Best family board game a 5 year old can join in with?

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I want to buy some board games this year, something the whole family will enjoy but that but 5 year old can join in (even with a bit of help). I always remember loving Game of Life when I was a kid, we played it as a family a lot! And Hotels (anyone remember that one?!). I noticed in Aldi they are selling Cranium.

Can you recommend any good board games that could span 3 generations (from an 80 year old to a 5 year old)??

Following! Was thinking the same thing this afternoon...!!

We bought Outfoxed. It's a bit like Cluedo but for younger kids. You play as a team against the fox. Our 5yo can play it with us and it takes about 15mins to play a game. Perfect duration for our DS.

Not a board game but we enjoyed family version of charades when kids were small

Not a board game but I'm getting Bingo this year.

Not board games, but Yahtzee and Uno have always been faves in our house.

I’ll be following with interest - we haven’t got board games yet but we love hungry hippos, pop up pirate, and silly spaghetti

My 5 year old loves monopoly, chess, guess who, trivial pursuit (the kids version has adult questions and kids ones), Pictionary and mousetrap l.

Great thread idea. We love board games but the only game our 5 year old joins in with is uno, snakes and ladders and coppit.

Thanks for all the responses. I’ve just found a junior cranium which is suitable for 5-15 year olds... any reviews of that?

Is Dobble any good?

Connect 4 is a classic too!

5 second rule, you just pick easy ones for the 5 year old. Excellent family game

Dobble is great!

A cooperative game like Forbidden Island or Castle Panic works well.

Ludo
Snakes and ladders

Yy dobble

Dobble is brilliant. Ideal for little kids once they know what the images are called (ying yang took a while in our house!). Comedy adult game too especially after a drink or two! It's our go to birthday present gift

@cornflakegirl oh yes, forgot about Forbidden Island. A firm favourite with our 9yo DD.

There's a junior version of Monopoly. Guess Who is popular in my house 🙂

Rapidough

Minion monopoly

Qwirkle is good for all ages. It's like a cross between scrabble and dominoes. You match shapes or colours on tiles.

There's no board, just a bag of tiles which you can just lay on the floor or on a table. This also means it's easy to pack for holidays.

Labyrinth is brilliant

Junior monopoly is great.

Uno
Frustration (especially when you gang up on family members. OK DH)
5 second rule
Rummicub

Dobble

Guess Who

Sorry - Like Ludo but nasty.

Dobble is great! My 4 and 6 year olds love it. They also love battleships, but the youngest needs to be on a team with someone