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Theme: Teaching Programming

Drupal: The Card Game

Drupal: The Card Game

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
5 min
Min. Age:
8
Robogem

Robogem

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
20–30 min
Min. Age:
6
Input/Output Game

Input/Output Game

boardgame

Produced by Educational Insights, the 'Input/Output Game' is a board game based on 1970s BASIC computer programming. Players collect statement, command, and line cards to complete programs. The instructions also feature educational supplemental activities.

Players:
2–4
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
10
Algorilude

Algorilude

boardgame

Players:
2–7
Time:
30 min
Min. Age:
9
Turing Machine

Turing Machine

boardgame

Players:
1–4
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
14
Display

Display

boardgame

This magazine game from Jeux et Stratégie #5 has players control a group of bits represented as zeros and ones. They travel through an electronic circuit, competing to be the first to reach the display.

Players:
2
Time:
90 min
Min. Age:
12
Cyber Crash

Cyber Crash

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
15–60 min
Min. Age:
10
Quirky Circuits

Quirky Circuits

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
15–30 min
Min. Age:
7
CoderMarz

CoderMarz

boardgame

Players:
1–4
Time:
15–30 min
Min. Age:
6
La sfida del coding

La sfida del coding

boardgame

Players:
1–4
Time:
10–30 min
Min. Age:
5
Summon The JSON: JavaScript Deck

Summon The JSON: JavaScript Deck

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
10–60 min
Min. Age:
16
Programmer's Nightmare

Programmer's Nightmare

boardgame

Players take turns placing program instructions with ownership markers to build a complex chain, eventually starting it with a run card. The goal is to successfully execute your programmed logic. An alternative rules variant reduces luck and increases strategic depth through randomly dealt instruction loops.

Players:
2–6
Time:
20 min
Min. Age:
12
Bugs & Looops

Bugs & Looops

boardgame

Players program a simple Turing machine by writing instructions for states and pointer movements. Points are awarded for successful moves, while errors like bugs or infinite loops must be avoided to succeed in the game.

Players:
2–4
Time:
15 min
Min. Age:
0
Mouse Mania

Mouse Mania

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
15–30 min
Min. Age:
5
Extreme Programming Playing Cards

Extreme Programming Playing Cards

boardgame

Players:
2–10
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Ergo

Ergo

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
30–45 min
Min. Age:
12
Half Byte

Half Byte

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
15–20 min
Min. Age:
6
Zakodowana Wieża

Zakodowana Wieża

boardgame

Players:
1–4
Time:
10–30 min
Min. Age:
5
Fortran

Fortran

boardgame

This educational game teaches programming basics to players aged 12 and up. As instruction pointers, players move through a program, share global registers, and manage loops and conditionals to achieve the highest score by the end of the game.

Players:
2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
0
Robot Wars: Coding Strategy Game

Robot Wars: Coding Strategy Game

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
30–60 min
Min. Age:
7
Code Monkey Island

Code Monkey Island

boardgame

Players:
2–4
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
6
Problems and Programmers

Problems and Programmers

boardgame

Problems and Programmers is a software development card game. Featuring over 120 cards, players simulate the project lifecycle from conception to completion while learning to avoid typical pitfalls.

Players:
2
Time:
45 min
Min. Age:
8
LOKI: The Computer Game

LOKI: The Computer Game

boardgame

Players:
2–6
Time:
60 min
Min. Age:
0
4917: Machine Code For Kids

4917: Machine Code For Kids

boardgame

Players:
1–2
Time:
–
Min. Age:
8