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Are there peer-reviewed journals that focus on "fun mathematics"?

By this I mean fun things that do involve nontrivial mathematics and which I think other mathematicians would enjoy reading in their leisure time but that are not interesting from the point of view of contemporary mathematical research.

For instance say that I have found a winning strategy for a folklore game that it is not as complicated as chess or Go but also not so trivial that you would figure it out in one afternoon. Or maybe say that I found some nice mathematical "magic trick" that was not known before. Where could I submit these things?

Of course there are journals that just accept more or less anything but this is not what I am looking for.

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    $\begingroup$ This usually goes under the name "recreational mathematics." I think a journal like the American Mathematical Monthly is willing to publish articles like this. But possibly there are also whole journals dedicated to recreational mathematics. $\endgroup$
    – Sam Hopkins
    Commented Dec 7, 2022 at 15:12
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    $\begingroup$ Some journals related to recreational mathematics are mentioned in the answers here: Recreational mathematics: where to search? $\endgroup$
    – Martin Sleziak
    Commented Dec 7, 2022 at 15:24
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    $\begingroup$ Obligatory "all mathematics is fun!" 😄 (I know, I know, you did carefully define your terms ….) $\endgroup$
    – LSpice
    Commented Dec 7, 2022 at 15:36

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I agree this usually goes under the name "recreational mathematics." I'd suggest looking at The Mathematical Gazette as well, which has a range of articles including short notes and problems.

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