Home Games & Casino

Good game room games mix poker and other casino games, board games and tabletop games, so guests with different tastes have something to play. Home casino gear here includes poker chip sets, a folding poker table and poker-blackjack table tops. Board games include chess, checkers, backgammon and cribbage, and tabletop games include scaled-down billiards, foosball and hockey that sit on a table.

One game room idea is to choose games that pack away, so the same room can host a poker night one week and a board game night the next. The chip sets here close up in their own cases, most of the board game sets fold shut or store flat, and the tabletop games are compact enough to put away once play ends.

Good games to play at home with friends or family match the size of your group, from two-player board games to poker for a full table. Most board and tabletop games on this page are two-player games, while a few others stretch to four or six players. For a bigger crowd, Texas Hold'em works for up to 10 players, which is where the poker gear here comes in.

Fun games for a small room sit on a table you already have, so they need no floor space of their own. The board game sets and tabletop games here all play that way, and a poker-blackjack table top brings a card game to your dining table. The folding poker tables stand on their own legs instead, so measure your floor space before choosing one.

Learn the poker combinations from our poker hand rankings guide before you host, since the rankings decide which hand wins the pot at showdown. Start with the common hands, such as a pair, two pair, a straight, a flush and a full house. The chip sets here include two decks of cards, so you can play a few practice hands while everyone learns.