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Rank & File - Rules

Rank & File @standardgames standardgames.com Players : 4 Objective 4 players work cooperatively to reveal all the cards before making 4 wrong guesses. Setup Using a standard deck of cards, remove A,K,Q,J. Place the 4 ac…

Kill the Kings - Rules

Kill the Kings @standardgames standardgames.com Players : 1 Objective Kill All 4 Kings. Setup Remove the four kings from a standard deck and place them face up on the table, with room beneath them, as below.  Shuffle the remain…

A Day at the Beach - Rules

A Day at the Beach @standardgames standardgames.com Objective: Make 3 sets of blue cards to win! Setup: Deal 4 cards to each player (as their hand) and 4 cards face-up as The Ocean.    The Discard pile is face up next to the de…

Game: Bouncy Ball Volcano

This game is super-fun and my 6 yr old son, Lincoln, invented it and ran it for us! The rules are: *You are trying to keep your ball in the tissue box the longest *This is a fair game.  Lincoln would randomly shake the box. *Ever…

This game was a lot of fun on the Long Island Sound.   A great beach game on the rocky shore when it's a bit too cold to swim in the northeast. We threw a tennis ball into the Long Island Sound, and took turns throwing rocks …

Game for the pool: Leaf Patrol

On a recent trip to DisneyWorld, we were lucky enough to get a day warm enough to swim in the pool.  My 6 year old is now swimming without a noodle, and my 4 year old still has a floatie. But - they came up with a pool came the…

Big Bear Battle Update #2

My daughter (6 years old) drew a game board and made rules and it's pretty good!  Wow!  I like that it's similar to the Mario Party concept where you go around the board for N turns in a path.  I like tha…

Game in Early Stages: Big Bear Battle

Big Bear Battle Years ago, my friend Joel showed me a video of bears in Canada similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSSPDwAQLXs The bears eat salmon as the salmon jump out of a river. Some spots are better than…

I played this in high school at my lunch table. Someone holds the pencil, point up. Another person has an apple. Fujis work well. The person with the apple attempts to lob the apple into the air such that it lands on the penc…

Don't just put your socks in a drawer. Roll each pair into a ball, and take turns throwing them in the drawer from 5 feet away. It turns laundry into an Olympic event of fun and excitement! Alternate turns. Most in wins.…

Game: Android Release of Kill The Kings

Android buddies, please enjoy my no ads, free solitaire game, Kill The Kings. It’s quick to play with a bit more strategy - all the rules are above.  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.standardgames.killthe…

Design: Game Design Lessons from A Day at the Beach

Game Design Lessons from A Day at the Beach Lesson 1: Prototype early For A Day at the Beach, the first prototype was made with index cards, the night after discussing a beach-themed card game over dinner.   Ally an…