PeterPan Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 We've been playing games that say 6 on the box, for instance Catan Jr, but we're ready for something a little more. He keeps trying to play Star Trek Catan, but that's a little *too* much and gives him meltdowns after a while. (box says age 10) So what are your favs in-between there? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 *Loot Set *Labyrinth Sleeping Queens Zeus on the Loose *Stratego *Battleship Chess *Poker *Ticket to Ride Slamwich Yahtzee The * are ones that are particular favorites of my son who just turned 9; he is very mathematically-oriented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 *Loot Set *Labyrinth Sleeping Queens Zeus on the Loose *Stratego *Battleship Chess *Poker *Ticket to Ride Slamwich Yahtzee The * are ones that are particular favorites of my son who just turned 9; he is very mathematically-oriented. Ooo, these are great suggestions! That's exactly what I was looking for! Anyone else? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Mine are addicted mainly to Minecraft. I know that isn't board games. They also love scrabble jr pick-up sticks scrabble slam phase 10 banana grams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Mine like UNO from about age 4 on up. Dominoes is another favorite at our house. But my dd#3 would rather 'imaginate' or play a run-around game than play a sit-down (board) game. On the other hand, ds#1 likes to play 10 Days in the USA & Battleship with dd#1 or dd#2 plus math & phonics games (with cards) with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 We just got, and enjoyed, Forbidden Island, which is collaborative if you want a change of pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 We just got, and enjoyed, Forbidden Island, which is collaborative if you want a change of pace. Ooo, I got that for myself for Christmas! :) He has played it once with me, and then he's played the app with me. We've also done the Ticket to Ride app together. I think the full board game of TtR would take too long for him, but the app versions work. Hold it, the app I have is Forbidden Island and the physical game is Forbidden Desert. Yup, that's what it is. You assemble a vehicle to escape, and the fact that it's sorta lego-ish is distracting, hehe. (flying the vehicle around, etc.) Maybe we can get the physical Forbidden Island at some point. Then we'd have less pieces. I definitely like the Forbidden games. It's a shame none of the rest of the family does, but at least ds seems to be growing into them. :D Mine like UNO from about age 4 on up. Dominoes is another favorite at our house. But my dd#3 would rather 'imaginate' or play a run-around game than play a sit-down (board) game. On the other hand, ds#1 likes to play 10 Days in the USA & Battleship with dd#1 or dd#2 plus math & phonics games (with cards) with me. Ooo yes, we love uno too! And dominoes my father got him for Christmas. He LOVES them. He also plays phonics dominoes with me. I was thinking about trying the 10 Days games with him, so now I definitely will! I'm looking all over the house for my Battleship game from growing up. It must be SOMEWHERE, and I think y'all are right he'd be ready for it. Mine are addicted mainly to Minecraft. I know that isn't board games. They also love scrabble jr pick-up sticks scrabble slam phase 10 banana grams Haha, that's hilarious! I don't even know what mine craft is. I've heard of it, but that's all. He's nutso for Angry Birds though (the app). :D I'll look up those others. We have jumbo and regular bananagrams, but we use them for lessons. Well good ideas! We had fun this afternoon playing games. (Trouble, I Spy Eagle Eye, Boggle Jr.). I found Stratego in the closet. Apparently I had gotten it at goodwill. I'm going to wait on it a little bit because I think it may blow my brain with the rules. We played No Stress Chess and he had fun with that and took right to it. With dd I had Fritz & Chesster on the computer, but ds has never done that. So yes, when he's very engaged, he'll sit there and play 4-5 games straight. Well good, this gave me some new ideas! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We've been enjoying Blokus, Ticket to Ride, Clue and Scrabble recently. He loves Monopoly when he can convince me to play - I don't have the ambition for a long game of monopoly most of the time. Oh and Carcassone. We play the kids version at the library and I modify the regular version a bit for home play. Oh and I just found an older Perfection game on ebay that I'm making part of his birthday present this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 My 7 year old likes Blokus, Star Fluxx, Digger's Garden Match, Apples to Apples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 In addition to many already mentioned, mine like: Quirkle Parchesi Checkers Mancala Rack-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Yahtzee! Not sure how I forgot that one in my last post - we only play like 3 games a day here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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