Agincourt District Libraries Blog

When it’s raining outdoors…

And there’s nothing to do.

Why not play a few of the following games, see below:

Bingo:  Objective – to cover a row horizontally,
vertically or diagonally. To make Bingo extra challenging, why not cover the
entire bingo game card. The winner of the game also yells out, BINGO!

Playing cards: Here
are a few game cards you can'try out, see below:

Go Fish: Object of the game is to collect as many books,
which are four sets of the same suits. 
Number of players 2-6 players. Dealer deals 5 cards to each player. One
player at a time will ask for a card (for example: Ace of hearts), if the other
player does not have the card, the player asking for the Ace of Hearts will be
asked to “Go Fish” (pick a card from the deck)

Crazy Eights: Object of the game is to get rid of all
your cards by matching the suits. First person to get rid of
their deck of cards, wins.  Number of
players: 2 or more. Dealer deals 5 cards each. Players can use the Queen of
spades as “Pick up 5 cards”, Jack as “Miss your turn”, Card with the number 2
as “Pick up 2".

War: Dealer deals out two piles of cards; each player
gets a deck of cards. Each player flips over one card at a time. The player
with the higher rank takes the card. However, when both players have the same
rank or equal rank. They call out “War”. The same ranking cards stay on the
table.  Then both players continue with
the next card. Number of players: 2.

Speed:  Object of
the game is to have a matching set. This is a two player game, the first player
who calls out “Speed”, the matching set gets the two cards. Players continue to
flip their deck of cards, until the deck runs out.

Board Games:  Monopoly, Scrabble, Brain Teaser,
Pictionary

Books on Games:

The big book of rules : board games, kids' games, card
games, from backgammon and bocce to tiddlywinks and stickball by Stephanie Spadaccini. 

 

Best-ever Games for Kids: 501 ways to
have fun by Jane Kemp offers an assortment of games.