CLUE: ESCAPE

▶︎ This series blends the iconic mystery game with the escape room trend. Players set a timer, open the box and solve puzzles together. Several versions are available, each with a distinct name, such as The Midnight Hotel or The Illusionist’s Club.

YAHTZEE FRENZY

▶︎ If you think Yahtzee is too slow, this is for you. Yahtzee Frenzy kicks the classic dice game up a notch. Instead of taking turns, players roll and score simultaneously, trying to be the fastest to roll the right results.

SPIES & LIES: A STRATEGO STORY

▶︎ Stratego is a chesslike game with pieces on a board. But in this version, players also use cards, placing them face down and going through rounds of guessing and bluffing in a complex battle of wits in addition to strategy.

JENGA MAKER

▶︎ This version upends the tower-toppling game. Jenga Maker puts players on teams. One member gets a card displaying a tower and must communicate to their teammates how to build the tower without sharing the card.

CONNECT 4 SPIN

▶︎ Players still try to get four of their color in a row, but instead of dropping discs, they insert them into a column. Then the player spins the entire plastic column around a horizontal bar. How it stops can change the board. —Marc Musso