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

The wolf is back, and he is not happy! But Little Red Riding Hood, the Three Little Pigs, and the Seven Kids may yet have the last laugh!

Each turn, take on the role of one of these famous characters. As the Wolf, try to surprise the other players in their sleep by sneaking into their lovely little cottages. But beware, Wolf! Your tender victims may have laid traps for you!

A quick game to enjoy with family or friends! Explained in 2 minutes! Be crafty, and don’t hesitate to bluff if it will save your skin!

Create beautiful Celtic knot designs in over a dozen different games and puzzles. Play with art! Knot Dice are games, puzzles, and artistic inspiration.

Build the greatest inventions never known in this easy to learn, fast paced card game. Construct an amazing machine using Asset and Concept cards, and then explain how it works!

Will you go for the high scoring cards, or play it for laughs and be showered in commendations from your fellow inventors?

With over 95 million combinations, you’ll never play the same game twice!

What will you invent?

In this quick card game, each player chooses a dinosaur or pack of dinosaurs from their hand and compares their ferocity! These prehistoric pugilists have their own special abilities, combo possibilities and varying score values to add to the tide of battle! A well-placed bluff or an intentional loss may provide an edge to victory in this game of subtle strategy and prehistoric pounding!

Draw a word from the deck. Build the word using the pieces. Get your teammates to guess the word before time expires!

In Tsuro of the Seas, you’ll sail the treacherous waters of the Mystic Seas in an engaging game of adventure and suspense! As the captain of one of the Emperor’s mighty Red Seal ships, you will navigate the seas by placing wake tiles to direct your vessel. Take care to avoid your opponents’ ships… and the dangerous creatures lurking just beneath the waves. Guide your ship with a steady hand and be the last captain sailing to win!

In Lord of the Fries, players are dealt a random hand of ingredients, which they will use to complete menu items. At the beginning of each round, a player will either roll or call an order. Taking turns starting with the next player on the left, players will either fulfill the order using ingredients in their hands, or pass, forfeiting a card from their hand. If everyone passes, the customer gets impatient, and the round continues to the left; but this time, players may leave out an ingredient from the order.

England, 15th Century — On one side, the House of York, with its heraldic badge featuring a single, snow white rose. And on the other side, the House of Lancaster, its own heraldic rose depicted in blood red. The War of the Roses, a dynastic struggle for control of the English crown, has erupted between the two houses. In this strategic game, one player commands the House of York and the other, the House of Lancaster.