Quick and easy board/card games

[JarOfRocks]

I'd like to get a few new games for Christmas. I've realised that, as much as I'd like them to, my kids (12 - 9 years old) just don't have the appetite for long games e.g Catan, Carcassonne, Monopoly. They love simple quick games like Dobble, Connect 4, Uno. Any recommendations for some new games for us to try?

Exploding Kittens
Blokus
Qwirkle

Take a look at a shop called Games Crusade they have loads of options.

King of Tokyo?
Fluxx? Pirate Fluxx is a particular favourite of ours.

Pictureka
Headbandz
Pictionary
Avocado Smash
Sussed
Happy Salmon
Triominoes
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Bananagrams
Cobra Paw
P For Pizza

Six Second Scribbles
Herd Mentality
Sussed card games
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza

Outsmarted looks pretty good. Trivia game, looks easy and entertaining.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/OUTSMARTED-Family-Board-Players-Outsmarted/dp/B0BRNJFFSB/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3W57NLK523IA3&keywords=outsmarted&qid=1698065445&s=kids&sprefix=Outs%2Ctoys%2C141&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

Family version of cards against humanity went down well here

Also, I’ve heard Soundiculous is good fun.

Perudo
Exploding Kittens
Mind the Gap
Labyrinth

Tsuro
Sushi Go

Sushi Go, Poo the card game, hive, and Hey that's my fish are all fairly quick and easy to pick up.

P for Pizza

Throw Throw Burrito!
Colour Brain

I’m thinking of getting:
Rummikub, labyrinth (probably pokemon version) and blokus. Not sure how well blokus would work as there’s 3 of us.

We have used to like Pit, noisy but good fun and easy to play.

Current favourite quick games:
Snakesss (multiple choice questions, the Snakes have to trick people into picking the wrong answer)
Chameleon (everyone has to describe the same thing, the Chameleon has to guess what they are describing and try to describe it too without giving away that they are the Chameleon)
Nice Buns - hilarious name, cute quick strategy game - get three sets of bao buns without being left with the fish heads, nice mechanic of splitting a 3 dice roll between yourself and another player (you cut, they choose)
Dixit - weird, beautiful picture cards, pick a card from your hand to match the Storyteller's theme, then everyone guesses which is the Storyteller's card.

Game of Life

I am thinking about getting kluster

https://www.boardgamer.ie/products/kluster

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza
Kids Against Maturity
Randomise

Love letters and exploding kittens, both great and quick too.

I’m thinking of Rummikub and blokus. Not sure if blokus works well with 3 players though which is usually our number.

Not necessarily quick but the sock game
is a winner in our house for all ages!

Monopoly Deal is the card version of Monopoly - much quicker & much more fun!

Rummikub is a firm favourite in our house.

Code words is good (using 1 word to link random words on the cards whilst trying to avoid the 'double agent')

Would recommend Skyjo

Pass the pigs

Monopoly deal is ace, much better than the boring board version of monopoly