Game recommendations for Charity Christmas present

[Rosamond35]

Hi,

I'm donating a Christmas gift to my local Woman's Aid this year. It's going to be for a teenage boy that will be in the refuge for Christmas.

I want one of the gifts to be a board or card game but am overwhelmed by choice!

Can I please hear your recommendations for something fun that could be played by multiple players, but would also work for as few as 2 (as I obviously don't know how many people he'll be able to play with). Kind of want to avoid anything with violent undertones, however humorous, given that this will be a kid from an abusive home.

Any suggestions massively appreciated.

Exploding Kittens is loved by my 14 and 16 year old sons.

Everyone I know loves Dobble.

My daughters are 15 and 11, we like p is for pizza, dobble, uno and boggle. All playable with 2 or more players 😊

We've got a few games from here: https://shuffle.cards/en_gb/home

They're great because they don't need a big playing surface (apart from Connect 4) and small to store. Plus Cluedo and Monopoly take nowhere near as long as the real thing!

Love Bananagrams too. And Dobble.

Thanks all!

I've gone for Dobble as it seems a universal fave (me included) and as it was under budget, I've also bought one of those handheld retro game consoles.