# FaceTime games to play with a 13-year-old grandkid

The best video-call games for a 13-year-old are short, cooperative and need nothing you don't already have: draw what i describe, 20 questions, split-clue mystery. Teens talk more when the conversation has a purpose. Puzzles, teaching each other, or cooking together beat open-ended chat. Keep each round under 10 minutes and let your grandchild lead.

## What works for a 13-year-old on a video call?

Teens talk more when the conversation has a purpose. Puzzles, teaching each other, or cooking together beat open-ended chat.

## Try a split-clue puzzle

Below is a senior detectives puzzle (ages 13+). One of you reads the grandparent's clues, the other reads the grandkid's. Neither can solve it alone.

## 9 games for age 13

- Draw what I describe: One describes a simple picture; the other draws it without seeing it. Compare at the end.
- 20 questions: Think of an animal, place or person; the other has 20 yes/no questions.
- Split-clue mystery: Each holds half the clues to one puzzle and must talk to solve it. (This is what our game does every week.)
- Would you rather: Trade 'would you rather' questions and explain your answers. Great for finding out what a grandparent was like as a kid.
- Two truths and a lie: Each tells three 'facts' about their life; the other guesses the lie. Grandparents usually win.
- Online chess or checkers: Play on a shared app while you talk. Let the kid teach the grandparent the app.
- Cook-along: Make the same simple recipe at the same time, in two kitchens.
- Name that tune: Hum a song from your era; the other guesses. Then switch eras.
- Teach me something: The kid teaches a game, dance or app; next call the grandparent teaches a card trick or a word in the family language.

## The old postcard

A postcard from a seaside trip turned up in a drawer. The date has faded.

AGrandparent's clues

- Your clue

  Its stamp first went on sale in 1961.

BGrandkid's clues

- Your clue

  The postmark is from the old post office, which closed in 1965.

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