board games?

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what are the favourite board games in your house? for the kids?
looking to buy a birthday presnet.
thanks.

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What age?

DS (6) likes frustration, guess who, operation and top trumps. DD (3) loves hungry hippos and is learning to join in with frustration.

Guess Who? is popular here (DCs are 6 and 3; the 3yo is just learning how to play it), as is Connect 4 (3yo doesn't get it at all, but enjoys putting the discs into the playing grid).

How old?

When mine were younger they liked this pirate thing, buckaroo and one with fish and fishing rods.

They are teenagers now and have no interest at all in board games.

Which means I never get to play.

What age... The house jack built, guess who, game of life...

Rings on your fingers

We love Qwerkle. Very simple game, I think children from about 7 up could play it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Board-Games-M32016-Qwirkle/dp/1933054395

Think scrabble but without the need to spell.

Frustration,guess who, connect 4, junior monopoly, Rubix race, cluedo,

hes going to be 7. but is very young in himself.
weve got guess who, buckaroo, bop its, top trumps.

Which Guess Who have you got? The new one with the doors rather than the faces that flip down is garbage, drives me mad!

Here, it's Connect 4, Monopoly Junior and Frustration (dds aged 6 and 7) and Shopping List or Soundtracks (dd aged 3)

Uno is brilliant too.

They also love snakes and ladders but it always ends in tears (occasionally mine).

Mine like all the old ones - cleudo monopoly scrabble - MIL even has totopoly and they love it

uno and boggleslam for camping (card games)

we also have this www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LABYRINTH-THE-MOVING-MAZE-GAME-ITS-MAGIC-RAVENSBURGER-1992-COMPLETE-RARE-/191217827327?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item2c85787dff which is excellent

Uno

Dobble

Monopoly

Junior Scrabble

Family Trivial Pursuit

Whats Up is a favourite here with my 7 year old

We don't play board games. It all ends in tears.

Get a swing ball.

My almost 6 year old likes labyrinth too, connect 4 (there's aversion where it shoots too), talisman, UNO, rummikub, post the most, dungeon quest, game of life.

Ohh labyrinth is a good one for adults and children! It's lots of fun

got a swing ball, kids love it. ....so does the hubby.
weve got him a goal post set.

Monopoly
Frustration
Operation
Disney trivial pursuit
Junior scrabble
Kerplunk
are the favourites in this house. DD is 8

No kids, but the games we lilke can be adjusted for them:
Settlers of Catan
Union Pacific
Dominion

I've played Settlers with my younger (5 & 7yo) charges, and Domion with a teen charge. All good fun :)

We have quirkle but we're not fans, I can see how it's an appealing game with kids. There's this story-telling one that DP has played that looks like i'll be good for kidfs, but he wasn't a fan of it.

I*'ve played uno with my charges and they love that, I do too

We don't play board games. It all ends in tears. Get a swing ball

LOL it's swing ball that always ends in tears here black eyes and strangulation by the cord

Hate kerplunk as a child. You spent ages setting up as last person won. (Children memories come back)

Labyrinth, Coppit, Rushhour

grr strikeout fail

Oh yeah, ludo and snakes and ladders too. DS really likes games.

So many more I need to introduce him too.