Family holidays: Discover the 10 favorite table games of the French in 2025

1. Skyjo

This simple card game is a lasting phenomenon, to the point of having been the number 1 toy of sales at Christmas 2024 in France.

In Skyjo, each player tries to make the smaller score by revealing and exchanging numbered cards. The accessible rules and the immediate pleasure it provides make it essential with the family. We take it in a campsite in the middle of the afternoon and during a relaxing evening with different generations: everyone has a taste easier.

Number of players: From 2 to 8

Recommended age: for 8 years

Average duration: 30 minutes (often several rounds in a row)

2. Trio

Sacro as d’Or – Game of the Year 2024, Trio conquered the public with his intelligent mixture of deduction and memory. The principle: guess which identical cards are hidden in your opponents and on the table, in order to train the winning trii.

His intelligent gameplay puts a friendly atmosphere at the end of the day, both as an aperitif and during a family game evening. This little game made in games cocktails, with fast and full of suspense, has deserved its place in the baggage of vacant players.

Number of players: 3 to 6

Recommended age: For 7 years

Average duration: 15-20 minutes

3. Odin

A great winner of the AS of OR 2025, Odin is a card game inspired by the game of folds (such as Belle) who seduced a vast audience. Behind its very simple rules that discard your cards for colors or numbers, the parts are particularly compelling and completely accessible, even for non -players.

We understand why the jury rewarded him: on vacation, Odin shines with his ability to gather around the table both children (7 years old) and adults, for short and intense sleeves. Ideal for a small strategic duel between two swimming or improvised family tournaments in the evening.

Number of players: From 2 to 6

Recommended age: For 7 years

Average duration: 15 minutes

4. Salt Marino and Carta

Discreetly released at the end of 2022, Sea Salt & Paper quickly became a must, to the point of having dominated the ranking of the best sales of 2023 in France.

This game of collection of cards on the theme of Marine Origami hides a subtle voltage: we assemble the combo of cards to mark points, then you have to dare decide when to stop the channel. Do you stop too early or do you continue at risk of losing everything? This risk assistance mechanism, signed by two renowned French authors, gives fast, tactical and emotional parts.

It is recommended during a relaxation break on the terrace or during a digestive nap in the shade: its pocket format and its beautiful cards make it a perfect travel companion.

Number of players: From 2 to 4

Recommended age: for 8 years

Average duration: 15-30 minutes

5. Flip 7

Among the novelties that caused a feeling this summer, Flip 7 is going well. Armed with simple numbered cards from 1 to 12, this little game offers everyone to push their luck without losing everything: more different cards drawings, more points scores … but two identical cards and it is a free fall!

The reverse probability pyramid (there is only one “1” but twelve “12”) brings a continuous suspense. Accessible to everyone, fast, tense and compelling, Flip 7 is unanimous with family or friends. Its mini format makes the ideal exit as an aperitif for guaranteed resatine or in the early evening to heat the atmosphere with a touch of strategy.

Number of players: From 2 to 6

Recommended age: for 8 years

Average duration: 20 minutes

6. List of cracks

Note to the amateurs of the traditional “small tank”: the list of cracks is the version of the survitamin cards. A theme is given and everyone must quickly get rid of their cards finding corresponding words, in a happily competitive atmosphere.

His strength lies in his versatility: you can play there at 2 as at 8, in a team or everyone against everyone, with his family with his grandmother as with friends after the beach. There is always a good opportunity to eliminate this game box, either as an aperitif, during coffee or during a vigil in the curtain. The French have understood it well and this recent game makes a tobacco thanks to its universal and intergenerational character.

Number of players: 2 to 8 (or even more in team mode)

Recommended age: For 10 years

Average duration: 20-30 minutes

7. Team one

The famous one no longer needs a presentation, but his new duo version surprised everyone … in good! The teams one offer to train couples who collaborate to get rid of their cards before the opposing team.

Some special cards allow you to help you each other, pleasantly renewing this great classic. It must be said that one knows how to reinvent itself with increasingly inventive special versions and the team formula brings a really fun dose of strategy and complicity.

Thus we rediscover the immediate pleasure of one, this time in cooperative mode. Perfect for wild games on a camping table or tournaments for parents-child on summer evenings, without losing the friendly spirit of the original game.

Number of players: 4 to 10 (paired or 2 to 5 teams)

Recommended age: For 7 years

Average duration: 30 minutes

8. Insider

An intelligent mix between the Wolf-Garou game and the dictionary game, Insider creates the atmosphere in a few minutes. A secret word to guess, a group that asks questions and including an employee who knows the answer but must remain discreet … the game ends in a general accusation of unmasking the traitor.

Ultra-compact format (Oink Games Edition) and the rules explained in 2 minutes, is the fatal weapon of the holidays when you are looking for a quick aperitif game using chat and cunning.

Following hidden roles, everyone appreciates this mechanism, because it makes it cogitrate while triggering lively debates. To go out at the end of the evening, when the family or friends have a player and a spirit made fun of.

Number of players: 4 to 8

Recommended age: For 9 years

Average duration: 15-20 minutes

9. Railway ink

For a moment of creative calm in the shade, the railway ink is the ideal candidate. This small game of Roll & Write offers to draw roads and railways on a deleted mini-platform, using the result of common dice.

Only or with the others, everyone draws their net on their side, so compare the best paths. Its small square format is easy to transport and the equipment is in a kit, which makes it a partner found for train travel or quiet afternoons in the cottage.

In addition, some discovered it while playing it … in the TGV, proof that it was appropriate. Tips only: pay attention to the dice on the beach or opt for a dice launch app so as not to mislead them in the sand. For the rest, the railway ink will occupy your spirit in a Zen and the joke between two excursions.

Number of players: 1 to 6 (or even + with additional copies)

Recommended age: for 8 years

Average duration: 20-30 minutes

10. Akropolis

Finally, if you want a slightly pose game while the family remains, Akropolis is a choice that has been found. This strategic and accessible tile game won 2023 gold, a sign of well -deserved success.

From his victory, the game has proudly moved to the upper part of the sales and confirmed its status inevitable again. Each player builds his Greek city there with skillfully overlapping colorful districts to mark as many points as possible. The reflection it offers remains light (30 minutes the game) and the equipment is located in an average box that can be slipped into the trunk.

Akropolis therefore finds its place perfectly during storms on vacation, when the family wants a slightly more strategic challenge around the living room table. Building cities in the heart of summer, without screen and good mood, is sufficient to delight lovers of vacationers of tactical puzzles.

Number of players: From 2 to 4

Recommended age: for 8 years

Average duration: 25-30 minutes

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