AllTheGames - Rules & Ideas

AllTheGames is a pocket encyclopedia of games to play together — and it works completely offline. No account, no sign-up, no clutter. Just 226 games, each with what you need, how many players it takes, how long it runs, how to set up, and the rules one step at a time.

It answers the question you actually arrive with: "there are five of us and one deck of cards — what can we play?" The home screen filters by how many people you have, and one tap shows the games that need no equipment at all.

SEVEN CATEGORIES

• Card Games — Rummy, Hearts, Spades, Whist, Cribbage, Go Fish, Cheat, President, Euchre, and solitaire from Klondike to FreeCell (45 games)
• Dice Games — Yacht, Farkle, Pig, Liar's Dice, Shut the Box, Ship Captain and Crew, Bunco (25)
• Yard & Garden — Bocce, Kubb, Cornhole, Ladder Toss, Horseshoes, Croquet, Pétanque, egg-and-spoon and sack races (29)
• Playground — Tag and its dozen variants, Hide and Seek, Hopscotch, Capture the Flag, Marbles, Conkers, skipping and clapping games (33)
• Party & Parlour — Charades, Mafia, Wink Murder, Fishbowl, Twenty Questions,
Consequences, Telephone, Musical Chairs (36)
• Pen & Paper — Dots and Boxes, Hangman, Sprouts, Sea Battle, Nim, Bulls and Cows, Racetrack (26)
• Board & Tile — Chess, Go, Backgammon, Draughts, Nine Men's Morris, Dominoes, Mancala, Reversi, Hnefatafl, and other traditional games from around the world (32)

FEATURES

• 200+ games, every one written from scratch in plain language
• Filter by player count first — "there are five of us" — then by category
• "No kit" filter for the games that need nothing but the people (38 of them)
• 20 games you can play alone; 122 that work with eight or more
• Every game works offline — no connection needed
• Search across names, regional names, equipment and tags
• Mark your favourites
• "Pick Random" — can't decide? Let the app choose, indoor or outdoor
• Read-aloud mode — the rules advance on a timer, so one person can read them to the
group hands-free while everyone deals or lines up
• Light and dark themes, and it lays out properly on a tablet
• Private by design — your favourites and settings stay on your device and we have no
server

A NOTE ON THE PHYSICAL GAMES

Many entries are active outdoor games. Where a game has a real injury history — conkers,
British Bulldog, leapfrog — the app carries a plain safety note and, where a game is
widely banned in schools, says so and gives a gentler alternative. Adults should read
those notes and use their own judgement about which games suit the children in their
care.

Made by AllTheThings.