Gift Ideas for a Friend: Games & Challenges

The addictive card game where the lowest score wins and every round has a twist.

The CATAN board game, a trade and civilization-building game rated 4.8 across 38,500+ reviews.

An award-winning tile-drafting board game for 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up, about 30 to 45 minutes.

A gem-trading strategy board game for 2 to 4 players, rated 4.9 across 15,000+ reviews.

A fast word game for 1 to 8 players, with 144 letter tiles in a banana-shaped pouch.

A wooden escape-room puzzle box inspired by the legend of Davy Jones' locker.

A wooden escape-room puzzle box shaped like Sherlock Holmes' retro camera.

The Hasbro stacking game: 54 hardwood blocks, a stacking sleeve and a tube box with a carrying handle.

The PS5 role-playing game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, in an Amazon edition with a Cloud and Sephiroth controller skin.

A fast, clever memory game where the sharpest deducer wins.

A card game built around golf, rated 4.9 across more than 21,900 reviews.

A magnetic cube that transforms into over 100 shapes — endlessly fascinating, quietly calming.

The UNO deck built for the beach, the pool, and everywhere in between.

The sequencing card game that's brought families together for decades.

A woodland city-building board game for one to four players, rated 4.8 across 524 reviews on Amazon US.

A 1000-piece Ravensburger puzzle of a magical deer, 70 x 50 cm when complete.

A cinematic take on the Star Fox 64 story for Nintendo Switch 2, with a cockpit view and 4-on-4 online battles.

SEGA's Sonic X Shadow Generations for PlayStation 5, rated 4.8 across 1,886 reviews.

A fantasy-themed card game for group game nights.

A remake of the classic role-playing game with diorama visuals and Akira Toriyama's character designs.

A Pokémon TCG box with 8 booster packs, 2 foil promo cards and an oversize Snorlax ex card.

A co-op-only platform adventure for two players, on one couch or online, with a Friend's Pass.

The classic UNO, dressed up with a metal tin and a double-deck card tray.

A 1,000-piece puzzle of a toy store filled with Disney-Pixar characters, on glare-free linen-textured board.

The Guess Who? guessing game with classic Nintendo characters.

A party game where one- or two-word clues lead the group to a color among 480 squares.

Shout the words, slap the pile — the fastest, silliest card game around.

The fast card game where one wrong move sticks you with the dreaded ox heads.

A 1,000-piece puzzle of a fantasy forest cottage with a fireplace, a sleepy cat and glowing mushrooms.

The latest Mario Tennis game for Nintendo Switch 2, with Fever Rackets, 38 characters and online matches.

UNO with the cast of Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters and a Wild Golden Honmoon card, in a collectible tin.

A 24-day escape-game advent calendar: solve each day's riddle to find the missing Hollywood star.

A 1000-piece jigsaw split into 24 numbered boxes, one to open each day until Christmas Eve.

Scan a card, hear the hit, and race to place it on your musical timeline.

A 1,000-piece jigsaw of national park travel posters, with a double-sided poster to work from.

A book of 80 murder mystery logic puzzles that pairs sudoku-style deduction with illustrated crime scenes.

Just when you think you've solved it, look again — the colors change.

A 500-piece Haunted House puzzle by Michael Storrings with a glow-in-the-dark finish, from Galison.

A 500-chip poker set in a carrying case, with 11.5-gram clay-composite chips, dealer chips and dice.

A light-up chess board that coaches you in real time, then lets you play the world.

A Nintendo set of Japanese Hanafuda playing cards, 48 cards in black.

A USB-C rechargeable shuffler that mixes one or two decks in auto or manual mode for poker nights and family card games.

A 500-piece puzzle of a vintage camper and golden retrievers by a lake, 23 x 15 inches finished.

100 large-print word search puzzles written for adults and seniors.