Christmas Gift Ideas : Games & Challenges

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

A virtual hypercar turned real, in a few hundred satisfying LEGO pieces.

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 major official Dungeons & Dragons rules expansion book.

A magnetic 3x3 speed cube from GAN, listed on Amazon as a puzzle for kids.

Build a sturdy 3D sphere featuring all your favorite Pokémon, no glue needed.

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.

150 obstacles, 50 secret portals, and one maze you can't put down.

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

Perplexus Beast, a 100-obstacle sphere from Spin Master Games, with the Laughing Man and Super Spiral.

A bestselling book answering absurd hypothetical questions with real science.

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

A falling-marble logic game sold as a STEM toy, rated 4.6 across 37,800+ Amazon US reviews.

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

Perplexus Rebel, the original 70-obstacle sphere, listed for ages 8 and up and pitched for anxiety relief.

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.

A STEM activity kit that teaches gear mechanics through building LEGO-compatible bots.

A hardcover book of fascinating trivia facts, with nearly 24,500 reviews.

Build a real moving robot from scratch — no batteries of frustration required.

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.

44 magnets and 10 scenes to dress up unicorns again and again.

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

A Pokémon TCG Elite Trainer Box from the 30th Celebration line, with a full-art promo card and 9 boosters per the listing.

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.

The classic UNO game, now with Stitch's chaos and an 'Ohana twist.

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 rotating wooden puzzle table for jigsaws up to 1,500 pieces, with six sliding drawers and a cover.

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.

A licensed Zelda Triforce metal disentanglement puzzle, level 5 difficulty.

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.

A 1,000-piece autumn landscape puzzle with a stone bridge, a cottage, mountains and A-to-F sorting letters on the back.

A 1,000-piece Christmas puzzle of Santa's reindeer sleigh under green and turquoise northern lights.

A fast, 15-minute LEGO-building party game for 2-8 players, ages 7 and up.

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 suction cup dart game starter pack from Popdarts, rated 4.8 across 400+ reviews.

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

A hilarious game where you try to think exactly like your friends do.

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

A quiz book with over 600 history questions.

A 1000-piece adult jigsaw puzzle with a matte finish, a bonus poster and a resealable bag.

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 humorous survival-hacks book covering 128 scenarios.

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

A mystery pack of DnD dice with no duplicates guaranteed.

A self-powered electronic puzzle box designed for adults.

A 1,000-piece Disney Dreams: Mickey jigsaw puzzle from Ceaco, with a full-size reference poster.

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.

An educational geography board game for kids and adults.

The classic four-in-a-row game, shrunk down for the road.

24 packs of World Cup trading cards to collect the stars of the tournament.

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.