Stocking Stuffers for the Silly Season! Boardgame Edition

As the end of another year draws closer, so too does the ever looming mountain of Christmas cheer. But never fear, we've written up an extensive guide to our greatest boardgaming hits to make your silly season as simple as possible! Here is a list of 5 stocking stuffer games that are sure to be a treat, and will fit neatly in any stocking, pocket, or teeny little giftbox and are sure to be a hit! 

Go Bum!
2 - 7 Players
10 mins
Ages 4+

A silly game created by father and son duo and sure to send a table giggling, Go Bum! is a cheeky version of Go Fish! To play, simply match cards together, and place them before you on the table. The first to empty their hand wins! This deck has a cute animal theme, and is a great game to play with the whole family. It has optional rules where to play cards you must also make the sounds of the various animals - guaranteed to set a 6 year old laughing, and then entertain the rest of the family.

Flip 7
2 - 8 Players
10 - 15 mins
Ages 6+ 

An addictive push your luck game, where you draw cards from a deck aiming to score a win from the combined number of the cards before you. However, if you draw a single duplicate, you lose the round! This game has such a snappy and easy to teach rule set, additional cards which allow you to force another player to draw more cards or freeze them out of a round, no two rounds feel alike. A winner of a family game, or a wonderful warm up to a games night, Flip 7 has been recommended again and again and for good reason!

One Card Dungeon
1 Player
15 - 60 mins
Ages 10+

This is a one player, one card tiny box game that packs a tonne of punch in its 15 - 20 min play time. With simple mechanics, using dice to represent both your explorer and the monsters within the dungeon, you must battle your way through the depths, earning level ups to your skills with every level defeated. Perfect for a player looking to scratch the itch of dungeon delving with no game on the horizon, or a puzzling little treat to while away the time.

Barbecubes
2 - 6 Players
5 - 15 mins
Ages 8+

Cute dexterity game which fits neatly in a little themed tin, Barbecubes has you drawing cards with pieces of food on them, and trying to place these items on the grill - but watch out! If you spill on the grill it's game over! The tiny pieces of food are so cute, as are your miniature tweezer-tongs for flipping, and the cleverness of using the box as the grill.

The Lord of the Rings Trick Taking Game
1 - 4 players
20 mins
Ages 10+

This narrative-focussed cooperative card game has been taking tables by storm, and for good reason - it's a bloody good adventure!. Following the narrative of The Fellowship of the Ring, the game plays in a campaign style across 18 chapters. In this game you’ll take tricks under certain conditions to meet the task of each chapter - this is also a limited communication game, where players cannot tell each other the cards in their hands, only deduce them from what has been played. Players pick characters at the start of the round, using their unique win conditions to take a round, which is over once all the characters' win conditions are met! If you finish a round with anyone's wincon unmet, you must replay that chapter. As the chapters progresses, the game gets increasingly challenging, which helps keep it fresh! While a campaign format might seem limiting, there is a lot of replayability as the drawing of different cards makes each scenario before you unique. And the art from this game is breathtaking - the stain glass motifs works so thematically, and is a joy to behold. All in all, a very solid game, and worth all the praise it had previously received!