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Desktop Games: Perfect Stocking Stuffers for Office Drones

By Serena Solomon | December 15, 2015 7:28am

NEW YORK CITY — Give the clock-watcher in your life the ultimate gift: the title of most-entertaining person in the office.

These desktop games will help relieve stress with mind-numbing entertainment and create some friendly competition among co-workers.  

Here are eight games to take to work:

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Kinetic Sand from at Brookstone at 30 Rockefeller Plaza or Online
Price: $39.99

Take yourself back to building sand castles on the beach. The Kinetic Sand kit comes with a sand pit and four molds as well as sand that has been modified to be soft and stretchy.

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Desktop Golf from Uncommongoods.com
Price: $35

New York City-based Uncommongoods has numerous quirky desk games. Desktop Golf lets you design your own green before taking a crack at getting the ball home. The surface can be manipulated for a different pitch of the green. Unless you have a caddie, don’t forget to take the flag out before putting.

 

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Maze Pen from Office Playground
Price: .99 cents

This cheap and cheerful stocking stuffer offers hours of mind numbing respite from boring conference calls. The goal is get the ball from the top of the pen to the bottom and back again. Keep a stopwatch on hand to find the office champion.

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MUJI Penguin Bowling Set from MoMA Store in SoHo, Midtown and Online
Price: $25

This tiny bowling set — 10 wooden pins and a ball — could jumpstart the ultimate office tournament. Or keep it to yourself for a little stress relief.

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David Shrigley Dominoes from the MoMA Store in SoHo, Midtown and online
Price: $50

Thanks to British visual artist David Shrigley, these dominoes are a big step up from boring dots. Instead, you pair the sketches of a grumpy old man, cats and skulls.

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Baseball Game from Uncommongoods.com
Price: $50

Take time out from your work day for America's favorite pastime. This game uses dice to determine what moves your player and team makes.