Yorimichi GamesEasy-to-learn games
Short, simple rules that first-timers and young children can pick up in a minute.
Easy-to-learn games (36)
Amidakuji (Ladder Draw)Enter names and outcomes, add rungs together and trace each path (2–20 people)
Bozu Mekuri (Poet Card Game)Flip the Hyakunin Isshu poet cards: keep lords, monks cost you everything, princesses take the field
Buta no Shippo (Pig’s Tail Card Game)Flip cards from a ring – match the last card’s suit or rank and you take the pile. Fewest cards wins
Capture GoBe the first to capture a stone – a beginner-friendly way to learn Go
Fifty-One (Japanese Card Game)Swap cards with the table until your hand is one suit, get close to 51, then call
Fox and GeeseOne fox against a flock of geese in the classic European hunt game
Hana-Awase (Hanafuda)Three-player hanafuda: match cards by month and score card points plus yaku
Hasami ShogiSlide pieces like rooks and sandwich enemy pieces to capture them. First to 5 wins
Mawari Shogi (Shogi Board Race)Toss four golds as dice, race around a shogi board and rise from pawn to king
Oicho-Kabu (Japanese Card Game)A Japanese adding card game: get the last digit of your total close to 9 and beat the dealer
Royal Game of UrRace seven pieces home with pyramid dice in this 4,500-year-old game from Mesopotamia
Senet (Ancient Egyptian Game)Throw four sticks and race your pieces along 30 squares in the board game of the pharaohs
Shogi KuzushiSlide shogi pieces out of a pile with one finger, without a sound. Solo, vs CPU or 2 players
SugorokuJapanese dice race: roll, follow the special squares and reach the goal first
Territory GameClaim squares next to your land, wall off areas to take them all, and own more of the grid
War (Card Game)Flip the top card at the same time and the higher card takes both. Tie? It’s war!
Acchi Muite Hoi (Look That Way!)Win rock paper scissors to point, lose and look away – the Japanese “look that way” game
BingoFree bingo caller for parties (75 or 90 balls), printable cards, and bingo vs the CPU
Chinese CheckersHop across the star board and be first to fill the opposite triangle
Concentration (Card Game)Flip two cards at a time and find pairs of the same rank – solo or vs computer
Crazy EightsMatch the suit or rank, play wild 8s, and call “Last card!” before you go out
DominoesMatch tiles end to end in a single line and be the first to play all your tiles
Dots and BoxesJoin the dots one line at a time. Complete a box to claim it and draw again
Four in a RowDrop discs into the columns and be the first to line up four across, down or diagonally
GomokuTake turns placing stones. The first to get five in a row in any direction wins
Hit the MoleHit the moles as they pop up, build combos – and leave the helmet moles alone
I Doubt ItPlay cards face down in order, bluff when you must, and call “I doubt it!” on a lie
Klondike SolitaireBuild the columns down in alternating colors and move every suit from ace to king onto the foundations
LudoRoll the die and race all four pawns home before the computer does
MancalaSow the stones one by one and collect the most in your store
Old MaidTake cards from your neighbor, discard pairs, and don’t get stuck with the odd card
ReversiOutflank stones to flip them to your color. Most stones at the end wins
Rock Paper Scissors RoulettePlay rock paper scissors against an arcade machine – every win spins the roulette
Sevens (Card Game)Build each suit out from the 7s, hold back cards to block, and go out first
Speed (Card Game)No turns: race the computer to play cards one higher or lower onto the center piles
Tic-Tac-ToeThree in a row wins. Play the computer or a friend, with 4×4 and Vanishing modes