board games that aren't boring?

[yogabird]

what is really good and family fun and will keep dd's age 9 & 6 occupied? Can only go back to the monotony of monopoly that my brother and I played in the 70's and not sure i want to do that to them - any ideas?

Not strictly a board game, but we have Uno Flash which is very lively and seems to appeal to all ages. link here

aw, i love boardgames!

you can get a family Trivial pursuit, you could have teams (one adult one child per team...)

cluedo?

hungry hippos? i love that!

and ker-plunk, too.

The favourite one in our house is Tummyache. It is simple, quick and all age groups can play. It doesn't last long though.

not quite a board game, and you might have to have teams again cos it's 8-upwards, is LeCardo - it's a card game like scrabble with compound words and phrases instead of letters.

there are some pictures of it here

or Guess who? there's a new one called Guess Who extra, which has electronic elements to it.
looks fun

I love pictionary - you can get Junior Pictionary too.

We have the guess who extra its good, also the toy story version of ker plunk is good for my 4 yr old to play. I am fancying mousetrap but it doesnt look like you play it how i did way back when......

oh my lord!

i've just found connect 4x4 - three dinemsional connect4 for 4 players instead of 2! it looks mad!
i want one!
here

Hiss is about the only one I manage to keep fully engaged for.

We also have the Eeeboo candy matching game.I quite like that,lovely pics.

oooh thanks that'll get me started. Yahtzee is a game I've just thought of myself, used to love it but having read on Amazon what its about am wondering why - is it as dull as it sounds? Anyone play it now?

My boys love Cadoo - lots of different activities involved - a bit of pictionary, a bit of playdoh modelling and a bit of charades.

Dh and I used to play yahtzee on holiday along with backgammon.

Love Risk but haven't got one currently so can't remember what age it's for.

Cranium is great. Used to love cluedo. The game of life is great for kids. Not boardgames but uno and top trumps are good. Personally I love monopoly but think you need to put a timelimit on it and the person the most money/property when times up wins. Rather than playing untill everyone is bankrupt.

Used to have the game of life and LOVED it - off to google!

we like Dont Wake Dad and DS loves Ludo .....

Blockus. Great for kids with that sort of age difference. And they'll probably beat you at it too!

and what else might my dd's want that's not as expensive as what they have on their Xmas lists? Any suggestions for things under about £20-30, please.