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Italian Games and
Fun Resources

One good way to supplement Italian studies is through games and puzzles. You can test your knowledge of the Italian language with Italian Crossword puzzles, try your hand at a rebus or two, and play the popular Word-seek games you see Italians doing while they're sunbathing at the beach.

Here are several links to games and other fun learning resources, including a section just for kids, as well as a collection of websites solely in Italian for more advanced students.

Italian Games and Puzzles

• http://www.digitaldialects.com/Italian.htm
  The best kind of learning is the kind that feels like a game. Even better when it is a game. From Tic Tac Toe to matching games, this resource is a great place for beginners and intermediates alike.
• http://www.quia.com/shared/italian/
  There's a hangman's life on the line, and it's up to you to save it. After that task is complete, try your hand at winning several thousand Euros in a game show. This is a creative and comprehensive game site to test knowledge in just about every area of the language.
• http://www.editricegiochi.it/
  You can purchase Italian board games such as Monopoli, Risiko, Scarabeo, and Il Paroliere online. Also includes electronic games and a discussion of the history of various games.
• http://www.hello-world.com/Italian/index.php
  From games and songs to flashcards and worksheets, you can find a wide variety of entertaining ways to learn more Italian. If you log in (for free), you get access to a large number of games. If you subscribe, an even bigger number. But the free version has quite enough to start with!
• http://www.syvum.com/learn/vocabulary/Italian/
  This is not the easiest page to navigate, but it has a large number of quizzes and games, all helping you to learn Italian. There are different sections (from airport to weather), each with different quizzes, games, worksheets, etc. In other words this website can keep you busy for a long time!

Italian Word Games

• http://www.moltobeneitalian.com/games
  Here you'll find a collection of online, interactive games to play such as Word-Seek and Hangman. This site also offers a game called "Whack a Word" (think Whack a Mole") and a Memory game as well.
  
• http://bronze.uco.edu/passport/italy/funstuff/seekword/cities.html
  The University of Oklahoma provides a fun word search game of Italian cities. It includes information about each city, so you can learn as you play.

Italian Games in Italian

• http://www.repubblica.it/online/lessico_e_nuvole/index_cruciverba.htm
  The crossword puzzles of La Repubblica, one of the main Italian newspapers.
  
• http://www.cruciverbaonline.it/
  Your source for Italian crossword puzzles. This website also features Sudoku games, which have become very popular in Italy in recent years, as well as other word games that can be played online.
• http://www.aenigmatica.it/
  All Italians remember reading La Settimana Enigmistica, a booklet full of crosswords, word-seeks, rebuses, and jokes. This is their online site, with all they have to offer. Fair warning: the games here are not for beginners.
• http://www.giochi-gratis.eu/
  This is probably the most comprehensive list of free Italian games online you will ever find. The website is entirely in Italian, as are the games, so a certain level of knowledge is required. But you sure can find everything, including a vibrant community!

Jokes

• http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfareindex04.htm
  A very comprehensive list of jokes, riddles and puns, all in Italian. If you ever needed some in your arsenal to impress your Italian friends with, this is the source!
• http://www.italiancook.ca/italian-jokes.htm
  A list of Italian jokes in English, managing to poke fun at the accent, the food, the family. In other words, at all Italian generalizations (use some of these only with Italians who really deserve them).
• http://italian.about.com/od/gamespuzzles/a/aa040506a.htm
  This is a (tongue in cheek) syllabus for teaching how to become a man. Specifically geared toward Italian men, some examples include "Learning to live without Mommy" (2000 hours) and "Beat the Remote Control Syndrome" (550 hours).
• http://www.barzellette.net/
  If you like Italian jokes (barzellette), then this is the website for you. With more Italian jokes than you can shake a stick at, divided into many different sections. The website is all in Italian, so this is for more advanced levels.