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Suggestions for a family game that a 7-year-old can also play?

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ILiveInFlipFlops

ILiveInFlipFlops

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We have Settlers and we love love love it, but it's too much for DD7. I was looking at things like the Ticket to Ride and Agricola games, but they look like they're more for older kids/adults. Is that accurate or can they be adapted somehow? Can anyone recommend a game that would be fun for adults, DD10, and DD7?

 

Thanks!

BigMamaBird

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Our 7 year old plays the regular Apples to Apples with us and loves it! She does need occasional help with some of the trickier words though.

 

I got Ticket to Ride the USA version for Dh for Christma so we'll see how it goes over with the kids.

Kendall

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Ticket to Ride USA gets my vote. My daughter that turned 8 this summer has been playing Ticket to Ride since she was 7. I'm sure I've had others playing it at 7 but I don't remember for sure. I think it is a good one because older ones/adults like it, yet a younger one can play and enjoy it. You won't need to adapt it at all unless your 7 year old isn't reading. There isn't much reading-only the city names.

 

My teen/20's kids love Ticket to Ride, but aren't crazy about Apples to Apples. They play it when we choose it as a family, but they don't ask for it. My 10 and under crowd asks for A to A (we have the JR version I think) and we enjoy it for large gatherings.

 

HTH,

Kendall

Kendall

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One more thing - we really like Ticket to Ride USA it with the 1910 expansion. It adds tickets and gives larger sized cards of what is in the original (though maybe the newer copies of T to R have the larger cards already. With the expansion it is fun with 2 people and 5 people(and in between).

 

We also loved the game before the expansion though!

higginszoo

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Agreeing with Apples to Apples, Set, Uno ... if Settlers doesn't hold your 7 year old's attention, then Agricola won't either. Ticket to Ride might be ok, though.

 

Other options would be TransAmerica or TransEuropa -- kind of like Ticket to Ride, but plays a bit more simply and more quickly, so better for shorter attention spans. If they're reading fairly well, then one of the Fluxx games might work. My dc have also liked Bang! and Bohnanza at that age.

scrappyhappymama

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Ticket to Ride is by far our favorite game. I recommend it so highly because it is truly fun for both parents and kids, and kids from 7+ can actually play competitively.

 

We love Settlers too, but it has definitely been a little too much conceptually for our boys at 7.

 

Our newest favorite is Carcassonne. To me, it is similar to Settlers in play, but conceptually more like Ticket to Ride, so it's one that a 7 year old could enjoy as well.

justLisa

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We play dice games and gamble. My kids can clean my clock playing card games. They also like Apples to Apples, Chess, Chinese Checkers, Backgammon and Aggrivation. I'm trying to think of what others.

Cinder

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My 7yo enjoys Blokus, Uno, Farkle, Mille Bornes, Sorry, Monopoly (though she's not so good at counting money yet and her idea of collecting properties is to get one of each color :laugh: ).

Devan

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We like Dizios, even the adults have fun playing it. Ours are 7,5,4 and 3 so we needed something the younger ones can play too.

Uno is good for all ages, and I've heard tons of raves about Ticket to Ride.

LostSurprise

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Agricola may be a bit much but most 7 year olds can play Ticket to Ride.

 

Zooloretto (if it looks to hard it comes in Zooloretto mini)

Bohnanza

Space Beans

Faces

Incan Gold

For Sale

Survive: Escape from Atlantis

Bombay

Chateau Rocquefort

Word on the Street (in a group)

King of Tokyo

Castle Panic

Forbidden Island

Saboteur

MrsMommy

MrsMommy

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Another vote for Forbidden Island.

 

Ticket to Ride is my favorite game (and DH's), but the children still need a lot of prompting to play it successfully. Forbidden Island is fun because it's cooperative.

Julie Smith

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We have Settlers and we love love love it, but it's too much for DD7. I was looking at things like the Ticket to Ride and Agricola games, but they look like they're more for older kids/adults. Is that accurate or can they be adapted somehow? Can anyone recommend a game that would be fun for adults, DD10, and DD7?

 

Thanks!

 

 

Agricola is more complicated then settlers. We have it and love it. The "Farmers of the moor" expansion adds a lot to the game.

 

I personally think ticket to ride is boring. But many people here love it. Your 7 year old should have no trouble playing it.

Khselee

Khselee

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I saw In a Pickle up there, but that's definitely a favorite in our house, and has been since DS was about 5. I really like how it makes you think and be creative!

KatieJ

KatieJ

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Monopoly Deal is a card game with Monopoly properties. The rules are completely different. We have been playing with our Grandson for a few years now.

jujsky

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My kids find Ticket To Ride more confusing than Settlers -- probably because it's difficult to keep track of the routes you want to use AND strategize, AND rethink everything if your planned route gets blocked. Agricola is really difficult and frustrating. I bought it because it had good reviews, had to watch several on-line tutorials to figure out how to play the game, and found that by the time you are finally able to start doing something and you're making any kind of progress at all, the game is over. I thought it was just me, but I gave it to my brother (my way-smarter than me brother) and he found the same thing, only he's sick and enjoys being frustrated while he plays games.

 

Carcassone is accessible for a 7 year-old and isn't boring for adults. So is Bohnanza, which is a card-collecting game.

Julie Smith

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My kids find Ticket To Ride more confusing than Settlers -- probably because it's difficult to keep track of the routes you want to use AND strategize, AND rethink everything if your planned route gets blocked. Agricola is really difficult and frustrating. I bought it because it had good reviews, had to watch several on-line tutorials to figure out how to play the game, and found that by the time you are finally able to start doing something and you're making any kind of progress at all, the game is over. I thought it was just me, but I gave it to my brother (my way-smarter than me brother) and he found the same thing, only he's sick and enjoys being frustrated while he plays games.

 

Carcassone is accessible for a 7 year-old and isn't boring for adults. So is Bohnanza, which is a card-collecting game.

 

 

I personally really like Agircola. I find the expansion, "Farmers on the Moor" adds alot to the game. It is confusing to learn. But that is why I married, "The Rule Dictator". He will happily read the rules of a game just for fun before figuring out if he wants to buy it.

 

But I admit I don't recommend the game Agricola to just anyone.

 

One fun game not mentioned was Dominion. We played that tons. My husband, "The Rule Dictator" even made a video explaining how to play.

 

But you son would have to be a reader to play the game.

 

A great family fun game also not mentioned here. (If I remember correctly) is Dixit. No reading required, and it takes about 2 minutes to learn how to play.

 

http://tabletop.geekandsundry.com/episodes/dixit-leo-chu-casey-mckinnon-and-beth-riesgraf-join-wil-on-tabletop-episode-12/

 

If you are curious to see how, "Ticket to Ride" plays:

http://tabletop.geekandsundry.com/episodes/colin-ferguson-plays-ticket-to-ride-with-wil-wheaton-anne-wheaton-and-amy-dallen/

 

One game my boys liked at that age was "Star Fares of Catan". I feel it's a bit easy then the stanard Catan. You also get little ships to move around and a giant ship to shake. You can also buy guns. Lots of guns :) and clip them onto your ship.

 

ILiveInFlipFlops

ILiveInFlipFlops

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Wow, thanks everyone!!! We actually own (and never play) a lot of the games people mentioned here, so I'm kind of thinking I might just wait and we'll play a game we already own and haven't played yet on New Year's Day instead! If I do buy a new game, I'm thinking of Carcassonne, because we have some adult friends that we also play with, and that will do double duty.

 

I really appreciate all the input and suggestions. Now I have plenty of time to do more research before Christmas 2013 :D

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