Recommended Casual Game Award

Casual Game Recommended badge Each Recommended game has been carefully evaluated by our editorial staff and found to meet the following conditions:

• Representative of the casual game genre in terms of game length, depth, and complexity
• Appeals to a general audience, with a G or PG content rating
• Has acheived a high rating in gameplay, quality, and originality

Each entry in

Smart 10

A roll-and-write game in which players roll dice at the start of each round to build a dungeon, and then must race against the clock and each other to plot a course through it.

Crossed Words

An abstract roll-in-write game which features multiple ways to score, bonuses to earn, and many paths to victory.

An asymmetrical board game in which one player takes on the role of the alien creature while everyone else are the stranded crewmates trying to hold out until rescue arrives.

Choose the direction to move the buyer and then roll the die. If he lands on an opponent’s rugs, you’ll have to pay. Then lay down a rug of your own! Whoever has the most money and rugs at the end of the game is the best rug seller (and the winner).

A party game in which each round players call a showdown and race to pick an action by making the right hand gesture. Be the last player standing to win the game, or kill everyone else with your fellow ghosts to be victorious.