Donkey

Donkey is a particularly fun game to play for the younger people in your party or family because the rules are not overly complex, there is chanting involved, as well as inevitable giggles, and the game often goes to that person who is the most observant and has the quickest hands.

There is no winner in Donkey, or more accurately everyone wins in Donkey except for one player, and the object of the game is to not be that player. You do not want to be the Donkey.

In order to play Donkey, you will need the deck of cards, some tokens, and a tray (this is optional). The tokens can be anything, so long as they are easy to grab. The version of this game played in the United States is called Spoons because they use spoons as their tokens, but you can use coins, poker chips, or even more exciting for the younger players, candy canes or chocolates.

You want to have the same amount of tokens as you have players, but minus 1. Donkey is best played with 3-5 players, but so long as you have a big enough playing space where everyone can reach the tokens equally, you can play with as many players as you like. For example, if you have 6 players then you will need 5 tokens.

Donkey! is completely free to play.