Each session consists of six themed weeks, with each theme highlighting a different style of game so participants can experience something new each time.

Program Overview

Push your Luck

Games where you decide how far to go — stop early and play it safe, or risk it all for a bigger reward!

Life Skill Focus: Risk-taking, probability, and knowing when to stop

Examples: Can’t Stop, Flip 7, King of Tokyo

Illustration of red dice rolling over a cracking stop sign with the words "CAN'T STOP!" in bold red letters at the top. The background depicts a landscape with a sky, clouds, and distant hills.

Box cover of the card game Flip 7 by Eric Olsen, featuring colorful graphics, bold text, and instructions to press your luck and race to 200, suitable for ages 8 and up, with 3 or more players, lasting about 20 minutes.

Dexterity & Reflex

Fast, hands-on games that test your ability to balance things, accuracy, and reaction time.

Life Skill Focus: Speed, balance, coordination, and quick reactions

Examples: Aniomal upon Animal, Ghost Blitz, Dodos Riding Dinos

A cartoon illustration of a moon with a smiling face and big eyes, flying through a dark sky. The moon has little wings, and surrounding objects include a rat, a green bottle, an orange armchair, and a computer screen showing a book titled 'Jacques Zimet.' The image features the title 'Ghost Blitz' in large, spooky letters, with awards and logos around it.

Colorful cartoon cover art titled "Dodos Riding Dinos" showing animated dinosaurs and pterodactyls, including a pink T-Rex, a blue dinosaur with glasses, and flying Pteranodons, set in a prehistoric jungle scene with a volcanic eruption in the background.

Card Games

Quick, clever games that use cards to test memory, planning, and sometimes a little bluffing.

Life Skill Focus: Quick thinking, memory, and forward planning

Examples: Jungo, Sea Salt & Paper, The Crew

Origami paper boat and waves made from paper with the text 'Sea Salt & Paper' at the top.

Party & Social Games

Lighthearted games designed for laughs, teamwork, and creative thinking with friends.

Life Skill Focus: Laughter, communication, and reading other players

Examples: Dixit, Sushi Go Party, Wavelength

Board game called 'Sushi Go Party!' featuring cartoon sushi characters including two sushi rolls with smiling faces, a sushi rice ball with a happy face, a piece of sushi with shrimp and vegetables, and assorted fish-shaped and animal sushi pieces. The game is labeled as a deluxe pick and pass card game for ages 8 and up, with 2 to 8 players.

Colorful, symmetrical abstract artwork with multiple layered human profiles in various colors, featuring the word 'WAVELENGTH' in the center.

Drafting Games

Games where players choose from a shared set of options, taking one and passing the rest along to shape their strategy over time

Life Skill Focus: Decision-making, adaptability, and planning ahead

Examples: Draftosaurus, Point Salad, 7 Wonders

Co-operative Games

Everyone works together to beat the game, learning teamwork and problem-solving along the way.

Life Skill Focus: Teamwork, problem-solving, and winning (or losing) together

Examples: Outfoxed!, Forbidden Island, Illiterati

Cover of a game titled 'Forbidden Island' with a lighthouse on a rocky island, palm trees, and a sunset sky.

Artwork for the game "Illiterati" featuring a diverse cast of animated characters, including a man reading a book, a young woman, and various fantasy creatures, with the title "ILLITERATI" in stylized letters at the bottom.

Tile Laying Games

Games where players build patterns, landscapes, or networks by placing tiles to create the most effective layout.

Life Skill Focus: Spatial reasoning, planning, and creativity

Examples: Kingdomino, Carcassonne, Happy Home

Strategy Games

Games that reward smart choices and long-term planning, often where players pick and trade resources to build the best outcome.

Life Skill Focus: Planning ahead, resource management, and reacting to a changing environment

Examples: Draftosaurus, Medieval Academy, Splendor

Illustration of a cartoon medieval castle on a hilltop with a cartoon cat character walking up a path towards it. The scene includes fantasy elements like a purple dragon flying in the sky and target practice rings scattered around. The text 'Medieval Academy' is prominent at the bottom, with the names 'Nicolas Poncain' and 'Antoine Lanau' labeled in the sky.

The box cover of the board game 'Splendor' by Marc André features a smiling man dressed as a nobleman or merchant, holding a glowing blue gemstone between his fingers. In the background, there is a foggy scene with a medieval town and a knight on horseback.