Expand Your Strategies & Skills with New Board Games for Kids, Teens & Families
Posted on December 4, 2025 at 4:00 am
Check Out These Games
We’ve added two dozen tabletop board and card games to our library catalog.
This collection offers a great way to try games before you buy. And they’re for anyone who just wants to add some variety to family game time. All you need is your library card to borrow a game.
This new collection includes the following games:
- 13 Beavers (ages 7+)
- Beacon Patrol (ages 8+)
- Carcassonne (ages 7+)
- Catan (ages 10+)
- Codenames (ages 10+)
- Coup (ages 14+)
- Disney Villainous (ages 10+)
- Forbidden Island (ages 10+)
- Forest Shuffle (ages 10+)
- Indigo (ages 8+)
- King of Tokyo Origins (ages 8+)
- Labyrinth (ages 7+)
- Marvel Dice Throne (ages 8+)
- MLEM Space Agency (ages 8+)
- Pandemic (ages 8+)
- Quacks & Co (ages 5+)
- Qwirkle (ages 6+)
- Slapzi (ages 8+)
- The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game! (ages 3+)
- Splendor (ages 10+)
- Ticket to Ride (ages 8+)
- Unlock! Escape Adventures (ages 10+)
- Unlock! Kids Legend Stories (ages 6+)
- Zeus on the Loose (ages 8+)
These games have a standard 28-day checkout and can be placed on hold. This is similar to other items in our Library of Things collection, such as tabletop role-playing games and Stay Sharp Kits.
This collection is sponsored in part by Uncle’s Games.
Recommended Ages
The manufacturers’ age recommendation for each game provides a guideline. Families may find that their children can play and enjoy these games better at younger or older ages.
Even with age recommendations that include kids and teens, you can locate these games on the adult shelves in the library. If you need help finding one to check out while you’re in the library, please ask an employee at the service desk for assistance.
Benefits of Family Game Time
Research has shown that playing board games helps kids build their cognitive skills, including critical thinking, problem solving, planning ahead, considering options, and adapting to different strategies.
Math and literacy skills also get a boost from playing games when kids count, read instructions, and recognize patterns. Social-emotional skills are another area that get practiced when playing games. Kids get to work on their patience when taking turns, following rules, and having good sportsmanship, especially when learning how to handle both winning and losing.
For families, game time is a screen-free way for everyone to come together with the single objective to have some fun. If this is a regular occurrence, that predictability can be comforting for kids and grownups alike. Family game time can also help create traditions and lasting memories.
The nature of playing games can help kids feel empowered, especially when they win against a grownup, whether through luck or clever play. When playing games, you get to see how children think and problem solve, which can give some insight into areas to build upon during future gameplay. Siblings who may not always get along can practice interacting positively with each other as well.
One thing to keep in mind is that family game time doesn’t need to be a marathon. You can begin with playing a game for 15–20 minutes with younger children and build up to longer or more complex games as children get older.
And if you try a game from the library and don’t enjoy it, simply return it and borrow a different one.
Place a hold on a board or card game today!
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