Game night, in your pocket.
16 family games for the kitchen table. No board, no box, no lost pieces.
Free for 7 days, then £14.99 a year.
Put the phone in the middle.
Gamebox turns your phone into the board, the dealer and the referee. Sit opposite, and everyone gets their own end of the screen. Face to face, not face to screen.
Add the family
Up to six players, each with their own colour and initial, so nobody argues about whose go it is.
Pick a game and a level
Little ones (3–5) or Bigger kids (6–8). The rules change to suit, so a four-year-old and a grown-up can play the same game.
Sit opposite and play
Gamebox deals the cards, keeps the score and never takes sides. When you’re done, put the game away.
16 games. Two levels each.
Board games, card games, word games and party games. Flip the level to see how the rules change for little ones and bigger kids.
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Noughts & Crosses
A 3×3 board with big, chunky pieces. Three in a row.
A 4×4 board. Get four in a row, block twice as much.
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Charades
Picture cards, act in pairs, no timer.
Trickier words and a 60-second timer.
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Dots & Boxes
A small 3×3 grid. Quick and friendly.
A 5×5 grid. Long chains and sneaky sacrifices.
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Would You Rather
Silly questions with pictures.
Trickier ones that start a proper debate.
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Snap
Big pictures, slow dealing, no penalties.
Faster dealing. A wrong snap costs two cards.
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Pairs
12 cards with big pictures.
24 cards, and the board shuffles once.
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Go Fish
Picture cards. Little ones can show a grown-up their hand.
Full rules: ask by name, no peeking at all.
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Happy Families
Three families, with picture hints for who to ask.
Six families. Remember who asked for what.
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Connect Four
A smaller 5×4 board. Get three in a row.
The full 7×6 board. Four in a row.
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Battleships
A 5×5 sea with three boats. Hints on.
A 7×7 sea with five ships. No hints.
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Mystery Word
Short words with a picture clue.
Longer words, no picture.
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Word Chain
Animals and food. The phone helps if you’re stuck.
Any category, 10 seconds each.
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Draw & Guess
Picture prompts. Draw what you see.
Word prompts and a 60-second timer.
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Object Hunt
Colours and shapes: find something red.
Trickier: find something older than Mum.
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Simon Says
Slow and silly. Nobody is out, everyone just laughs.
Faster and trickier. Move without Simon and you’re out.
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Musical Statues
Long songs and gentle freezes. Nobody is out.
Short songs, sudden freezes. Wobble and you’re out.
Crown tonight’s champion.
Every win counts towards the family table. Bragging rights last all year.
- Never shames the loser. “Alfie got you. Rematch?”
- A grown-up check before anything costs money.
- No upsells anywhere the kids play.
The Parkers
THIS YEAR- 1Alfie14
- 2Isla12
- 3Mum9
- 4Dad7
All 16 games, free for a week.
Every game in the box, plus new packs and charades decks as we add them. We remind you two days before the first payment.
Asked at the table.
What ages is Gamebox for?
Every game has two levels: Little ones (ages 3–5) and Bigger kids (ages 6–8). Grown-ups play too, and the Bigger kids level is tricky enough to keep them honest.
How many people can play?
Add up to six players to your family. Everyone plays around one phone or iPad, sitting opposite so each player has their own end of the screen.
Which devices does Gamebox work on?
iPhone, iPad and Android phones. On iPad, lay it flat in the middle of the table and it becomes the board.
How much does Gamebox cost?
All 16 games are free for 7 days, then £14.99 a year or £2.49 a month. We remind you on day 5, two days before the first payment, and you can cancel in Settings.
Can my kids buy things by accident?
No upsells appear anywhere the kids play. Anything that costs money sits behind a grown-ups-only maths check.
Do you add new games?
Gamebox Club includes new packs and charades decks as we add them, at no extra cost.
Two games. Bragging rights.
Download Gamebox for iPhone, iPad or Android. All 16 games are free for a week.