Launching mid-2026 · South Africa first

The family board game that goes where
other games don't

A beautifully illustrated board game that pairs with a free companion app to turn family game night into something more meaningful — from "who takes out the bins" to "how do you feel about social media".

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2
Boards
74
Tiles per board
25
Original characters
300+
Challenge cards
5
Age bands
3
Game modes

Two boards. One app. One game that does both.

Family Xchange is a hybrid — not a board game with a nice-to-have app bolted on. The app is the brain, the board is the body. You need both to play.

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Physical board
74 tiles, playing pieces, Bluetooth die
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Companion app
Free to download · runs the challenge deck
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Family Xchange
One experience · no shortcuts
"Family Xchange gives parents a soft place to land when they want to talk to their kid about phones, and can never find the right moment."

Players roll a die and move their token around a board of 74 illustrated tiles. Landing on a Family Xchange tile triggers a challenge from the app — pitched at that player's age, by their favourite character. Landing on a gold X coin tile triggers a power play — jump ahead, swap positions, gift a move to a teammate, or deploy your shield. First to the end wins. Or co-operate to beat the bedtime clock. Your call.

Three tiers of conversation. Parents set the dial.

Every challenge card belongs to one of three tiers. The first two are always on. The third is entirely parent-controlled — kids never see the settings menu.

Tier 1 — Always on

Fun & Bonding

Favourites, family memories, silly dares, and the kind of questions that end in everyone laughing. The floor of every session.

Always active
Tier 2 — Always on

Life & Values

Chores, kindness, money basics, and safety — the everyday stuff families mean to talk about but rarely get to before someone's phone rings.

Always active
Tier 3 — Parent opt-in

Big Conversations

Social media, gaming, bodies, consent, money, mental health, peer pressure, difference. Each topic is off by default. Each card is reviewed by a specialist. Parents choose what's right for their family.

Opt-in per topic · per child

Every Tier 3 card is written and reviewed by a specialist — a paediatrician, family therapist, school counsellor, financial-literacy educator, or digital-literacy educator. Nothing said in a Big Conversation is ever recorded by the app.

Play it your way.

Three modes. One family. Zero excuses to not have a game night.

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Classic

First player to reach the end wins. Simple. Fast. Someone will gloat. That's the point.

Everyone for themselves
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Reverse

Last player to reach the end wins. Power plays and careful tile-management win over raw speed. Patience, not momentum.

Strategic
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Co-op — Bedtime Escape

The whole family must reach the end before the bedtime clock catches up. Play warm (help each other) or set rivalry mode (compete quietly while cooperating out loud).

Two sub-variants

Two worlds. The same 74-tile journey.

Each board is a winding path of 74 illustrated tiles from START to END. Most are ordinary squares. The rest are where the app takes over — a challenge card, or a power play. Same rules, same app, completely different table.

The Family Xchange House Board

Family Xchange Board

A cut-away family home — up the driveway, through the garage and laundry, across the kitchen and living room, into the bedrooms. Eleven rooms, and everywhere a sock might go missing.

74tiles
10challenge squares
13power plays
11rooms

Challenge squares carry the Family Xchange logo. Power plays are marked with a gold X coin.

The Jungle Beat 2 Board

Jungle Beat 2 Board

A prehistoric jungle of rock formations, a river, cave mouths and a volcano — built with the team behind the Jungle Beat animated series, and played by its own cast.

74tiles
15Time Portals
14power plays
13characters

Challenges come through a blue Time Portal. Power plays are marked by a pink crystal.

Both boards are sold separately and both work with the same free companion app — a family that owns both can play either without changing anything. The app knows which board is on the table.

A five-year-old and a teen at the same table. Neither bored. Neither left out.

The companion app knows who's playing and serves each player a challenge matched to their age band. 300+ cards across five bands means the deck takes a while to repeat.

A1
Up to 4
Pre-reader challenges, adult-assisted. Watchers welcome — they'll be playing next year anyway.
A2
5 – 8
Early school-age. Simple mimic challenges, sound rounds, and the kind of questions that produce correct but wildly overthought answers.
A3
9 – 13
Pre-teen zone. Storytelling, description, quick recall, and the occasional would-you-rather that takes longer than expected.
A4
14 – 18
Teens get opinion prompts, gentle debate, and the self-awareness to know they're enjoying it even while pretending they're not.
A5
Adult
Grown-up prompts and family lore. The round where parents suddenly struggle more than the kids.

Got a board? Start here.

The companion app runs the challenges, the dice and the power plays. Activate your board once, then everyone in the family can play from their own device.

Your board's serial number is on the card inside the box — 10 characters, letters and numbers.

Jungle Beat — The Past

Jungle Beat 2 — the sister board.

A second board built with the team behind Jungle Beat, the animated series. Same app, same dice, same 74-tile journey — a completely different world at the table.

The Jungle Beat 2 board

Prehistoric jungle. Same family game night.

Where the Family Xchange board runs on conversation, Jungle Beat 2 runs on doing — mimic a firefly, invent a jingle, describe a dinosaur without naming it. Challenges are graded by age band, so a five-year-old and a teenager get very different cards from the same square.

  • 13 Jungle Beat characters present the challenges
  • Time Portal squares trigger an activity card
  • Crystal squares trigger a power play
  • Lava Escape co-op mode — outrun the rising lava together
  • Works with the same free companion app
Play the Jungle Beat board ▸ All boards

Two boards. Two casts. One app.

Every challenge card is presented by a character — and each board has its own. The Family Xchange cast lives in the house; the Jungle Beat 2 cast lives in the jungle. They never mix.

Family Xchange board
Family Xchange Board
Twelve characters · one home room each · tiered conversation cards
Muddy
Muddy
The family's warm heart
Living Room
Ziggy
Ziggy
First out the door with a plan
Entry / Hallway
Pip
Pip
Facts on tap
Study / Home Office
Kick
Kick
Sport first, everything else second
Garage
Professor Nib
Professor Nib
The family's gentle storyteller
Study
Ash
Ash
Teen wisdom under a shrug
Pirate Bedroom
Splash
Splash
Pure joy in animal form
Pool / Garden
Piper
Piper
The sensitive one
Mermaid Bedroom
Dot
Dot
Head in the clouds, songs in her pockets
Bathroom
Sunny
Sunny
Chef and cheerleader
Kitchen
Bolt
Bolt
Cool without effort, fixer of things
Master Bedroom
Java
Java
Everyone's wise older cousin
Kitchen
Jungle Beat 2 board
Jungle Beat 2 Board
Thirteen characters · Time Portal challenges graded by age band
Munki
Munki
Monkey
Jungle Beat 2
Trunk
Trunk
Elephant
Jungle Beat 2
Rocky
Rocky
Rhino
Jungle Beat 2
Tallbert
Tallbert
Giraffe
Jungle Beat 2
Humph
Humph
Hedgehog
Jungle Beat 2
Ribbert
Ribbert
Frog
Jungle Beat 2
Mama
Mama
Ostrich
Jungle Beat 2
Baby
Baby
Ostrich chick
Jungle Beat 2
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Ray
Firefly
Jungle Beat 2
Tiptoes
Tiptoes
Stegosaurus
Jungle Beat 2
Fneep
Fneep
Alien
Jungle Beat 2
Grogon
Grogon
Alien villain
Jungle Beat 2
Zoog
Zoog
New alien
Jungle Beat 2

Artwork by the Jungle Beat studio. Ray is shown by name while his illustration is finalised.

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Family Xchange launches in South Africa mid-2026, followed by the US, UK and Australia. Leave your email and we'll let you know the moment it's available.