Strategy games gifts for 8 to 9 year olds

Send everyone scrambling as you go out first in this 5-suit Rummy-like game! 1-7 Players | 30 Mins | Ages 8+ Features: Hand Management, Set Collection, Card Game Five Crowns is rummy with a five-suited deck and a twist. The...

Take a deep breath, and relax... You have come to the lake hoping to see a rare and beautiful sight. The lilies of the lake only open their blossoms in the rain, and only rarely do all eight kinds of...

Splendor is a game of chip-collecting and card development. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, and shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. If you're wealthy enough, you might even...

Wingspan: Oceania Expansion focuses on birds in Australia and New Zealand. It's designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and features birds illustrated by Natalia Rojas and Ana Maria Martinez. In this second expansion to Wingspan, colourful and awe-inspiring birds from Oceania are...

Expansion for Carcassonne. Build inns and cathedrals to boost your influence and score big with powerful meeples. 2-6 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement Theme: Expansion for Base-game, City Building, Medieval, Territory Building Description:...

Reverse the tide, flip the fight, and watch your foes dnup in delight! 2-5 Players  |  15 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Hand Management, Take That, Simultaneous Action Selection, Card Rotation Theme: Card Game, Party Game, Abstract Strategy Be the first to...

2-6 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Map Addition, Tile Placement Theme: City Building, Medieval, Territory Building Description: This Carcassonne Big Box includes the base game of Carcassonne, the 2001 Spiel des Jahres (Game of the...

Artfully embellish the walls of your palace by drafting the most beautiful tiles.  2-4 Players  |  30-45 Mins  | Ages 8+ Features: End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Pattern Building, Tile Placement, Turn Order: Claim Action Themes: Abstract Strategy, Puzzle, Renaissance Description: Introduced...

Greatest card game, made even greater - get your deluxe edition with Foil treated cards!  3+ Players  |  20 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Flip over cards one by one without flipping the same number twice.Sound easy? Think again! This isn't...

Fight your opponent and get the flags! Players use an army of toys to conquer territories. 2 Players  |  15 Mins  |  Ages 8+ On your turn, place one character from your army of toys (samurai, dinosaur, troll,  dolls...) on...

Expansion for Carcassonne. Trade goods to gain riches and use builders to speed up your plans. 2-6 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement Theme: Expansion for Base-game, City Building, Medieval, Territory Building Description: In...

Kids now have their own Dixit! Unleash your imagination to invite all rabbits for the Grand Party. 3-6 Players  |  25 Mins  |  Ages 6+ Features: Race, Storytelling, Targeted Clues, Voting Theme: Card Game, Humor, Party Game Description: In this cooperative...

The Rummikub Mini Pouch comes with a practical carrying handle, making it perfect for playing during travels. Size: 230 x 80 x 65 mm

This fourth Wingspan expansion explores the birds of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. This incredibly biodiverse and abundant region is home to more than 3,000 bird species, including the birds with the smallest and largest wingspans in...

Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from Stonemaier Games. You are bird enthusiasts, researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors, seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a...

Your team of experts must prevent the world from succumbing to a viral pandemic.  2-4 Players  |  45 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection Theme: Medical Description: In Pandemic,...

Garry Kasparov was undisputed world chess champion and #1 ranked player for over eighteen years. Kasparov was intimately involved in the design of these chess sets, to ensure a great chess experience for those who play with it. The set...

Explore the seas! Catan: Junior introduces a modified playing style of the classic Settlers of Catan, offering players as young as five a perfect introduction to the Catan series of games. Catan: Junior takes place on a ring of islands where 2 to...

Which mascot will cross the finish line first? Who will be disqualified? 2-9+ Players | 20 Mins | Ages 6+ Features: Betting and Bluffing, Simultaneous Action Selection, Take That, Card Drafting Theme: Racing, Humour Hot Streak is a game about...

2-4 Players | Ages 8+ Description: Play a card from your hand, place a chip on a corresponding space on the game board…when you have five in a row, it’s a SEQUENCE. Learn to block your opponents – remove their...

In Karma, each player is dealt three face-down cards that they cannot look at and that remain on the table in front of them. They are also dealt six more cards, from which they choose three for their hand and...

Qwirkle Travel Edition just got easier to pack. Our travel-sized Qwirkle plays just like the award-winning original. It's as simple as matching colours and shapes, but it takes both logic and strategy to score big. Plan your moves to create...

Build your railroad across North America to connect cities and complete tickets.  2-5 Players  |  30-60 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Connections, Contracts, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Network and Route Building Theme: Trains Description: Build your tracks across the...

Rummikub is the fast-paced game of tile manipulation and skill for 2 to 4 players. Easy to learn yet hard to master, Rummikub challenges each player's wit against the others in the race to use all your tiles before your...

Charming strategy game with hidden treasures beneath each tree. Players search the forest for the treasure requested by the King of the Castle. Try to remember the location of other treasures along the way, as the King may ask for...

Expansion for Carcassonne. Outwit the dragon, call the fairy, and reclaim your lands with magical portals. 2-6 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement Theme: Expansion for Base-game, City Building, Fantasy, Medieval, Territory Building Description:...

Build railways to connect destinations across the northern side of Europe. 2-5 Player  |  30-60 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Connections, Contracts, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Network and Route Building, Open Drafting, Push Your Luck, Set Collection Theme: Trains...

Become the greatest barista by quickly fulfilling coffee and beverage orders.  2-4 Players  |  30+ Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Contracts, Grid Movement Description: A cup of coffee sure is relaxing — for the customer. For the coffee shop, however,...

Ride a London double decker bus when low on time with this 15 minute express version.  2-4 Players  |  10-15 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Hand Management, Network and Route Building, Open Drafting, Set Collection Description: Ticket to Ride: London features...

Zoom across Japan in a bullet train admiring Mount Fuji through the mist or take the Tokyo subway to your final destination. On this map, you face a dilemma between investing in the Bullet Train network, routes that can be...

5-­Minute Dungeon is a chaotic, co-­operative, real-­time card game in which players have only five minutes to escape the randomized dungeon. Communication and teamwork are critical to survival because there's no time to form a carefully considered plan — and...

Snapbox Test Match offers an authentic cricket experience with a compact card and dice game. Engage in thrilling gameplay as you take turns batting, bowling, and rolling to score the most runs across two quick innings. Designed to be fun...

Ready for a magical year at Hogwarts? In the Monopoly - Harry Potter Edition game, play as a Hogwarts student. To start, each player chooses a themed golden token. Then, they’ll choose a House Card to be sorted into a...

The best selling Azul game we all love, in a travel edition! 2-4 Players  |  30-40 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Travel size, Abstract Strategy Puzzle, End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Pattern Building, Tile Placement Description: This smaller version of...

The True King of Monsters finally joins King of Tokyo! 3-6 Players | 15 Mins | Ages 7+ Features: Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, King of the Hill, Open Drafting, Player Elimination, Push Your Luck, Re-rolling and Locking, Take That...

The Isle of Cats is a competitive, medium-weight, card-drafting, polyomino cat-placement board game for 1-4 players (6 with expansions). You are citizens of Squalls End on a rescue mission to The Isle of Cats and must rescue as many cats...

Are hue ready for an epic colour challenge? It’s ready, set, stack! Color Stack™ is a head-to-head puzzle race to sort the mixed up coloured rings into stacks of the same colour as quickly as possible before your opponent. Choose...

Zombie Kidz Evolution is the first legacy-style game for kids, with basic gameplay similar to the 2013 title Zombie Kidz—but things will quickly evolve! In the game, the young players are at school when zombies start to attack, infiltrating the...

 EXPANSION FOR: 5-MINUTE DUNGEON The Dungeon Master has found an ancient book of curses and has used it to spread magical traps throughout his dungeon! Are you brave enough to accept the challenge ? Now play with up to 6...

In this expansion for the action-packed Dungeons & Dragons card game, you win by being the last adventurer standing. Battle for Baldur's Gate is the first expansion for the wildly popular, easy-to-learn, family-friendly card game Dungeon Mayhem. This expansion unleashes...

In Rummikub Word, players attempt to create long words and score points to win. It is played with 112 letter tiles. Complete words may be placed on the table, or letters can be added to current words. Players can manipulate...

Rummikub Voyager NGT (Travel Deluxe) was smartly designed as a travel-sized version in which the tile racks turn into the game case. Played with 106 tiles numbered 1-13 in four different colours, the object of the game is to go...

2-5 Players | 15 Mins | Ages 8+ In Spooky Tower, ghosts have escaped from the tower to invade the town. Throw yourself into a fast-paced, addictive ghost hunt full of twists and turns! Every roll of the dice leads...

Step into a world where beauty and strategy collide with Ravensburger’s Gloomies, a clever, fast-paced game that blends tactical thinking with a touch of chance. Perfect for fans of card-based strategy games, Gloomies invites players to cultivate colourful flowers through...

The Empire is invading a Rebel stronghold on Hoth. Who will prevail? 2-4 Players | 30 Mins | Ages 8+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Command Cards, Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, Grid Movement, Hand...

Create rows and columns of matching colors and shapes. 2-4 Players  |  Ages 6+ Features: Dice Rolling, Pattern Building, Pattern Recognition, Tile Placement Theme: Abstract Strategy, Dice Description: The follow-up to one of the most awarded games of all time!...

Jackhammers chattering, trucks beeping, engines roaring—the sounds of construction are everywhere. Sprawlopolis is growing, and you are in charge of it all. The last team of planners couldn't cut it, so the city turned to your team, the best of...

Move and spread your flock to claim pastures while you block. 2-4 Players | 15 Mins | Ages 7+ Features: Enclosure, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board Theme: Abstract Strategy, Animals Opposing sheep herds go head to fluffy head in...

Castle Panic Second Edition is the latest version of the hit cooperative tower defense board game for 1 to 6 players. The co-op element makes Castle Panic a great family game and the perfect kick-off for your weekly game night.

The well-known sliding game becomes a highlight for all computer game fans and families on game night with this Minecraft edition. In this Minecraft maze, nothing stays in its place because the walls and corridors are constantly moving! Who can...

Experience the tension of tribal council right at home with Survivor - Let's Go to Rocks, a fast-paced game. 2-6 Players | Ages 7+ | 20 Min Play Time A strategic and unpredictable party game inspired by one of TV’s...

Race against others to assemble your wonder, but speed won't guarantee victory. 2-7 Players  |  30+ Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Neighbor Scope, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers Theme: Ancient Description: We all aspire to leave our mark. As one...

Complete trick-taking-based missions to survive on a deserted island.  3-5 Players  |  15 Mins  |  Ages 8+ From the makers of the award-winning The Crew series: a cooperative The-Crew-style game with easier-to-learn rules and a captivating story to thrill the...

Division M has arrived in the neighbourhood! The Agent Avenue: Division M expansion introduces a new agent type to Agent Avenue, with these special agents creating a danger zone around your home space. Also included are fifteen unique black market...

Small World  is a zany, light-hearted civilization game in which 2-5 players vie for conquest and control of a board that is simply too small to accommodate them all! Picking the right combination of fantasy races and unique special powers,...

Magnetic Chess Set (8")

Expansion for Carcassonne. Spot hidden thieves and use towering watchmen to control the land. 2-6 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement Theme: Expansion for Base-game, City Building, Medieval, Territory Building Description: In this expansion...

Create your own version of the Paris Métro.  2-4 Players  |  10-20 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Find yourself transported to the glamorous Paris of the roaring twenties. Jump aboard an open platform bus, cruise down Champs-Élysées  Avenue, admire the Eiffel...

2-4 Players | 45-60 Mins | Ages 8+ A community of witches lives on a small, lush planet with a large enchanting moon in the sky. In this light strategy game, you’ll collect ingredients, learn new recipes, and form puzzles...

A light-security prisoner is trying to escape through tunnels starting underneath his cell. Will you be able to join forces and cards to stop him? Bandido is a cooperative game of strategy and observation for the entire family.

Are you ready for a new Dorfromantik campaign? 1-4 Players  |  20-40 Mins  |  Ages 8+ Dorfromantik: Light Luggage is a stand-alone lighter version of Dorfromantik – the popular cooperative tile-laying game – that provides new challenges.  It comes in...

6 nimmt! Baron Oxx features gameplay similar to 6 nimmt!, with players trying to avoid taking cards in order to keep their score low. Each player has a hand of cards, and five rows of cards are started on the table with...

Expansion for Carcassonne. Send messengers, sway knights, and let mayors shape the cities to your will. 2-6 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement Theme: Expansion for Base-game, City Building, Medieval, Territory Building Description: In...

Garden Variety 2-5 Players | 10-15 Mins | Ages 7+ This quirky card game is so easy to learn, you’ll be having fun before you know it! You’ll use strategy and a little bit of luck to gather as many...

GAME ON! Playful unicorns and roaring dinosaurs make this magnetic 2-in-1 game double the fun. Enjoy checkers or tic-tac-toe on the go—perfect for kids ages 5 and up! Crocodile Creek: Magnetic Tic Tac Toe & Checkers - Dino combines adventure...

Be the first to complete your royal mission and become the most prestigious traveler! 2-4 Players  |  25+ Mins  |  Ages 6+ Description: Use your resources to feed the inhabitants and travel across the realm of Splendor. Be the first...

In this strategic duel for two players, your mission remains the same: manoeuvre your toy troops and cleverly use their effects to gain the upper hand over your opponent. To win the battle, you must capture the enemy headquarters or...

Beautifully finished this series of wooden puzzle brings together classic board games and pastimes from around the world. The classic game that we all know and love! Great fun for all generations. Suitable for children aged 5 and up. Children...

Professor Puzzle Shut the Box is a classic wooden dice‑rolling game combining luck and strategy. Players roll dice and then “shut” numbered tiles corresponding to the total rolled, aiming to close all tiles and achieve a score of zero. The...

Expansion for: Coffee Rush A cake with my coffee? Sweet! Welcome back! Your café is expanding, and drinks are no longer enough. Thankfully, you can now serve cakes to keep your customers happy. Hire staff and use their skills to...

Welcome to the mosaic workshop! 2-4 Players | 20+ Min Play Time | Ages 5+ Young artists choose their colored tiles to complete their mosaic before the others. A clever and progressive game thanks to the double-sided boards, where shapes,...

Rummikub with a Twist: The favourite game of all times now has a surprising new twist. Three jokers in the Twist version add more strategy, fun, challenge, and fast-moving action to the gameplay: colour changing joker, mirror joker, double joker,...

Insert compatible with 7 Wonders (Second Edition), including Armada, Cities and Leaders second edition expansions. The design provides both efficient storage and improved game play. Many of the trays can be utilised during the game, and they greatly aid set-up...

With this game you will be able to introduce the youngest to the passionate game of chess Includes plastic playing pieces, a large board 40x40 cm. and a guide to the movements of each piece. Suitable for ages 6+ years

The cooperative Minecraft Explorers Card Game invites 2-4 players aged 8 and up to explore the picturesque landscapes of Minecraft and search for hidden treasures. Experience Minecraft as a new, exciting adventure and fill your chests with treasures before you...

Expansion for Carcassonne. Guide your flock through lush pastures, but beware—the wolf is always near. 2-6 Players  |  45+ Mins  |  Ages 7+ Features: Area Majority / Influence, Tile Placement Theme: Expansion for Base-game, Medieval, Territory Building Description: In this expansion for...

In Small World of Warcraft, players vie for conquest and control of a world that is simply too small to accommodate everybody. Small World of Warcraft is set on the fantasy world of Azeroth, where the races of the Alliance...

Fans of classic games? This magnificent board game allows the most skilled to play the three quintessential board games: chess, checkers, and backgammon.  Little ones can enjoy long afternoons of entertainment. This type of game is ideal as it encourages...

You are the proud owner of a team of eight racing marbles. 2-6 Players  |  10+ Mins  |  Ages 8+ Features: Racing, Roll / Spin and Move Theme: Dexterity, Family Game, Party Game, Humour Description: You must try to get...

Introducing the best board game for little fans of Everdell, My Lil Everdell. Join Chip, Sweep, and the other kids of Everdell to build the most spectacular make-believe city anyone has ever built.This easy to learn worker-placement and tableau building...