Stacking or construction games have the advantage of being accessible and transgenerational. Thanks to the simplicity of their mechanics, they can be explained in a few seconds, which leaves more time to play! Here is our selection of 10 stacking board games that will please both young and old.
Logs of the Woods
Reveal a card and start building the requested tower as quickly as possible. Once completed, this is where the game gets tricky, since you will have to fit adorable little mischievous beavers inside. Your tall construction will have to be perfectly stable to accommodate them. At the end of the six rounds, the player with the most points wins the game!
Number Up
Dexterity, observation, and mental calculation, this is what the Numbers Up game offers. Your mission is simple: be the fastest player to complete the challenges to earn victory points. To do this, reveal a card and build your tower using the numbers. An easy game to take out and that will bring the whole family together.
Nekojima
Nekojima is an original game of skill and dexterity in which players will have to build the island’s electrical network using poles of different colors and supply the four districts without any cables touching. If the structure falls, it’s over! Tasty and colorful, Nekojima is a real attraction in which action will inevitably be invited to the players’ table.
Team 3 Green
Team 3 offers you more than just a game, but a real experience. The game is played in teams of three. Each player takes on a particular role: one player cannot speak, another cannot see and the last one is their intermediary. During the game, players will then have to help each other to build different structures. Simple, right?
Block Out!
In Block Out!, defy the laws of gravity by stacking cubes on top of each other following the instructions given by the cards! The game incorporates a dimension of speed which is the whole point of the game. The game ends when a player has played all his cards or placed his ninth cube. Simple, but effective!
Crazy Cups
In Crazy Cups, players compete by quickly aligning or stacking their cups to reproduce the pattern given by the card. To win, you will have to keep your cool by following the order and direction of the colors and ringing the bell. The player who has won the most cards wins the game. A bit stressful, but fun!
Crazy Tower
Crazy Tower is a construction game but offers a completely different gaming experience. Combining strategy and dexterity, the game will challenge players to get rid of all their pieces to win the game. The box includes different game modes and dozens of individual challenges to enjoy Crazy Tower according to your desires.
Villa Paletti
In this construction game, help your friend, Prince Paletti, build the palace of his dreams. Only, there is a catch, the prince is as ambitious as he is broke. You will then have to build the different levels of the villa using pillars from the lower floors. Villa Paletti won the Spiel des Jahres in 2024 and has not aged a day!
The Dancing Tower
The Dancing Tower is a game of skill for the whole family. It’s up to you to build the tallest tower, not on a fixed base, but on an unstable pedestal that will make the varnished wooden building dance for sure! Will you manage to hold the 36 blocks? Nothing could be less certain!
Monkey Palace
When the world’s most popular toy franchise lays its first brick in the world of board games, it gives Monkey Palace, a clever and colorful construction game. In this strategic game, build a LEGO brick staircase little by little, earn monkey cards to receive other bricks, and get bananas to win the game!