ds(10) loves board games and we get a new one each year for me and him to play, dh hates them so its mostly 2 player games we play.
He has accumulated a few over recent years and favourites are:
- Uno Extreme (going strong for 4 years now)
- Standard Card Games (we have a book)
- Cludeo Simpsons
- Scrabble/Banagrams (sometimes)
- Monopoly (+ Monopoly card game)
- Survive: Escape from Atlantis
Following which get good reviews, but didn't go down so well with him (and are gathering dust in the cupboard):
- Labyrinth
- Ingenious (and another similar one I forget the name of)
- Q-Bitz
- Tri-ominos/Dominos
- Lego Games (Harry Potter, Minotaur and a couple of others)
- Pictureka/Pictionary
- Monopoly Millionaire / Hotel Tycoon (poor versions of monopoly)
(above make me think he wouldn't enjoy Qwirkle or Blokus)
Need a brilliant game for this year to drag him away from the Xbox 
Have seen lots of strong recommendations for Ticket to Ride on here , but watched a YouTube review last night to get an idea of the game play and it looks a bit complicated/tedious - was it just a bad review?
Settlers of Catan are 3+ players
Any recommendations for Carcassonne or Small World for a 10 year old and only 2 players?
Think chess would bore him just now.
All suggestions welcome!!!