Ludo5+ Cờ cá ngựa is the Vietnamese family favourite in the Ludo family, for two to four kids sharing one device. Count steps around the board.
Board games for kids
Ages 5+A board game gives children a chance to take turns, notice moves and think before choosing. Start with familiar rules, then try a different move together.
Ludo5+ 
Happy Property Town8+ Happy Property Town is a property-trading board game set in an original Vietnamese neighbourhood, with 40 spaces, 28 deeds and two decks of 16 event cards. Consider spending choices.
Backgammon7+ Cờ Tào Cáo is the Vietnamese name for backgammon — the oldest two-player board game still played, at roughly five thousand years old. Plan a route home.
Five in a Row5+ Five in a Row is a two-player strategy game for children aged 5 and up sharing one device. Connect five pieces.
Chess6+ Chess here follows the standard rules — castling, promotion, en passant, checkmate and the drawing rules — but on a large board with clearly drawn pieces, and every legal move lights up the moment a piece is tapped. Anticipate chess moves.
Happy Reversi6+ Happy Reversi is for two people sitting opposite each other at one device. Find ways to bracket discs.
Dots and Boxes5+ Dots and Boxes brings the familiar pencil-and-paper game to two people sharing one device. Close edges into boxes.
Vietnamese Ganh7+ Vietnamese Ganh is a traditional Vietnamese board game often associated with Quang Nam. Practise pairs and surrounds.
Jungle Chess6+ Jungle Chess is based on the Chinese game Dou Shou Qi. Compare animal strengths.
Xiangqi7+ Xiangqi — Chinese chess, and the board you find outside every Vietnamese tea stall — is set up here for two children on one device. Choose legal chess moves.
Go7+ Go is the oldest strategy board game still played, and its core rules are short: two players take turns placing stones on the intersections, a group left without liberties is captured, and whoever surrounds more territory wins. Surround stones on a grid.
Mandarin Square Capturing6+ Mandarin Square Capturing (Ô ăn quan) is the Vietnamese schoolyard game usually drawn in chalk, rebuilt here for two children on one device. Count and distribute seeds.
Flip for Treasure5+ Flip for Treasure borrows the neighbour-counting idea from Minesweeper but removes losing entirely: no cell ever ends a child’s game. Deduce safe squares.
Rainbow Pool Duel7+ Rainbow Pool Duel is a cheerful pool table for two children taking turns on one shared device. Aim the ball’s path.
Tips for parents
- Choose by age; try the rules together first.
- Take turns and ask why your child chose that move.
- Play a short round, then rest and move around.