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Board game tournament

Three short games, points for each, a wooden-spoon trophy at the end.

  • Indoors
  • About an hour
  • Calm
  • Free
  • Ages 4–14

What you need

  • Two or three short games
  • Paper for scores

How to run it

  1. Pick games that last under 20 minutes.
  2. Three points for a win, one for finishing.
  3. Youngest chooses the final game.

Making it work for every age

Younger children: Pair them with an older sibling as a team — they roll the dice and move the pieces.

Older children: They run the scoreboard and handicap the rounds so it stays close.

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