The turkey needs another hour, the kids are circling the kitchen, and somebody’s about to suggest turning on the TV. Counter-proposal: hand the tablet to the kids’ table with a Thanksgiving memory game loaded. No download, no account, no setup — it just plays.
The Thanksgiving line-up
- Thanksgiving deck — turkey, pumpkin pie, corn and cranberries.
- Autumn memory games — falling leaves and acorns for the season.
- Grandma’s Kitchen — fitting, since that’s where the magic is happening.
- Farm Animals — for the littlest cousins.
The family tournament format
This works every year:
- Qualifying round: everyone plays the easy Thanksgiving board once. Lowest moves seeds the bracket.
- Semi-finals: head-to-head on medium, taking turns on one screen.
- The final: hard mode, winner carves bragging rights for a full year.
Grandparents are statistically dangerous in this tournament. You’ve been warned.
While you wait for pie
The “what’s missing?” version makes a brilliant whole-table game — put it on the biggest screen, everyone studies the board, and the table shouts out which dish vanished. It’s basically the digital version of “who ate the last roll?”, but with fewer arguments.