lisabees Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 (edited) Not sure which to give for Christmas. ;) ETA: Doesn't need to be a "board" game! Edited November 26, 2009 by lisabees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiobrain Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 We love "Ticket to Ride" in this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Ticket to Ride is good. Zooloretta is another good one. Our favorite though, hands down, is Settlers of Catan. (It would be a stretch for a 6yo, but great for everyone else.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissijane Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 My kids love Settlers. Although it isn't a board game they also love Killer Bunnies. It is funny how wound up we get playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothering7 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Mancala is the game that gets played over and over and over at our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Thanks for the ideas. Amazon has some good deals on the ones you all mentioned. Now to make up my mind! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Depending on the age of kids... Brain Box is a huge favourite in our house, although technically it isn't a board game (no board). Trouble, Candyland, and Cranium are all tons of fun too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 We love Cranium, Pictionary, various Trivial Pursuits and our favorite Clue Master Detective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 http://www.gipf.com/project_gipf/index.html We have Gipf, Zertz, and Dvonn. My 14yo likes Dvonn best, probably because she wins 9 times out of 10. I like Zertz best. My 11yo likes Gipf best. We don't have the others, but probably should get them, because they're all fun. Quick games: Connect 4 Ziggity Sleeping Queens games that take more than 10 minutes, but less than 30: Yahtzee Bananagrams - too much of a stretch for your 6yo though Muggins long game: Mexican train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Our favorite to play together is Wild Animalopoly. When my girls play alone or with their friends like like Zooreeka the best. I'm also still a big fan of plain old regular Uno. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Cadoo 10 Days in (Europe, USA, Asia, Africa) Blockus Rush Hour Doodle Dice Dutch Blitz (card game) Mystery Museum Garden Game Chinese Checkers Backgammon tournaments Sequence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 A friend was RAVING about Apples to Apples. I think 6 might be a little young, but her 7 year old loved it. And my friend isn't the "rave" type. Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 A friend was RAVING about Apples to Apples. I think 6 might be a little young, but her 7 year old loved it. And my friend isn't the "rave" type. Alley Apples to Apples has a "junior" version. This really works better for us even though my ds is twelve. While there is nothing that I recall that is inappropriate in the regular version of Apples to Apples, there is a lot of pop culture with which my ds isn't familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) We have quite a collection, some of which we've only played a few times. We gravitate toward our favorites, especially Yahtzee, Apples to Apples. We're partial to dice games and card games that use special decks. Oh, and the kids (ages 14 & 19) still like Connect 4! When ER comes home from college, he loves to play it! If he brings a friend home with him for the weekend, they usually wind up playing it at least a few times. Edited November 27, 2009 by ereks mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 We love "Ticket to Ride" in this house. :iagree: We love this game. My husband and I play it with just the two of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Apples to Apples has a "junior" version. This really works better for us even though my ds is twelve. While there is nothing that I recall that is inappropriate in the regular version of Apples to Apples, there is a lot of pop culture with which my ds isn't familiar with. Even the Jr. version has a lot of pop culture references - I just took them out - doesn't hurt the game at all. (For those who don't know the game - that's not to shelter them, it's just the game is based on references, and if you don't know the reference, the game is no fun, or at least frustrating. Do I want to stop the game to explain who Mary Kate and Ashley are? no.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 We like Munchkin. It isn't a board game (uses cards) and if you have issues with Dungeons and Dragons type games you probably won't like it. We think it's a lot of fun, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Apples to Apples! We have a "rule" that any player is allowed to discard a card with an unfamiliar reference, so that takes care of all the pop cultures stuff. I haven't played Settlers of Catan but my middle dd plays at a friend's house and raves about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 We love "Ticket to Ride" in this house. We love this too. A new family favourite is Small World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam101 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 The Amazing Labyrinth is a favorite of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Wise and Otherwise is our current favorite. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Wise and Otherwise looks really good. Apples to Apples Jr. is probably our favorite. Settlers of Cattan seems so hard and takes a long time to play. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Wise and Otherwise is our current favorite. :thumbup: We love this game, too. I can see it working for your teen and your ten year old (if the ten year old is savvy), Lisa. I don't see it working for your six year old. Reg, do you include your younger children when playing this game? If so, how? Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 We love this game, too. I can see it working for your teen and your ten year old (if the ten year old is savvy), Lisa. I don't see it working for your six year old. Reg, do you include your younger children when playing this game? If so, how? Regards, Kareni Yes, we include everyone. All of our children are reading and all can write well except for DS5. Currently, only DS10 and above are allowed to read the clue for the round, but everyone can guess an ending and therefore can participate. We often write the "public" part of the phrase for those below 10 who would like us to do so. For DS5, the person who reads the clue for the round goes off to another room and has DS5 tell them an ending to write down for their submission. This arrangement is not perfect, but the kids *love* the game! It's a lot of fun for everyone! Here are some of the issues and some thoughts on how to alleviate them: 1) As someone who has played this game, you certainly know that the main challenge is being able to craft an ending that is simple enough for any child to remember, grammatically correct, culturally appropriate, yet is insightful to the most experienced adults. While we all struggle to do this well, the little ones sometimes do not possess the eloquence to make compelling responses. OTOH, sometimes their naivete is fully to their advantage given the obtuse *real* phrase that often occurs. We try to coach them after each round to understand how an incorrect tense or some such may have given away their response. 2) The little ones tend toward "childish" or other inappropriate responses. We have instituted a policy that the reader will not read just any reply and will make the submitter come up with a new one if their first reply is not acceptable. We also coach them on these issues, as well. At the end of the day, the real issue is not that the little ones cannot win at this game. I have no doubt that they will quickly learn to craft clever replies. No, the real problem is with Mom and Dad. DS19 and DD17 have already surpassed our ability to win this game. Where is the hope that we can recover from this state and ever win again? :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Reg, Thanks so much for sharing your methods of including younger players. Yes, I can see how it could work under these circumstances! And I agree with your provisos as to the challenges that younger players face in terms of crafting responses that work. We've played this game enough that we've seen adults can also fall foul of the same traps. You asked, "DS19 and DD17 have already surpassed our ability to win this game. Where is the hope that we can recover from this state and ever win again?" Take heart, Reg. There's an old saying of unknown origin, "Age and cunning will defeat youth and skill"! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 DS10 got Blokus 3-D for his birthday earlier this month, but we have never played before today. I love puzzle games, and this is an awesome puzzle/strategy game for 1 to 4 players. There are four "templates" which constrain the game differently, making the strategy completely different in each case. Highly recommended! :thumbup: Is there anyone out there with regular Blokus or Blokus Trigon who would like to comment on those versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) There has to be an element of laughter, imo. So Boggle (*No way*! How dod you find tha?!) Scrabble (That's no word! I challenge you!) Outburst can work, so can Trivial Pursuit. Pictionary, too. There was a word game we played for a couple of years that was enromously fin and statisfying and we all played a lot. I cannot rememeber the name. Somehow we lost it in a move. It used a timer, and the word cards were on a little stand thing. I would love to remember the name. My dad also used to have singing game...it was hilarious. Again, lost to the ages. Edited November 28, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 There was a word game we played for a couple of years that was enromously fin and statisfying and we all played a lot. I cannot rememeber the name. Somehow we lost it in a move. It used a timer, and the word cards were on a little stand thing. Was it Taboo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Was it Taboo? Yes!! lol I am so happy. I am going to buy it for CHristmas. I hope it's as fun as I recall. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 We are getting Bananagrams for Christmas as our family game. We always get outselves a new game each year. My dd12 also asked for Scene It! Disney so i just picked it up at Target for $10. We LOVE Blokus...now to check out Blokus 3-D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Our favorites are the simple classics. Scrabble, domino, gin-rummy, racko, cribbage, backgammon. We also like Clue and Trivial Pursuit, our favorite non-classic games are Mind Benders and Chronology. My daughter in college has started playing Apples to Apples with friends and has suggested we get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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