Board games to play with a 10 year old where you don't lose the will to live?

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Looking for board games to play with dd2 who will be 10 at xmas, nothing that goes on for too long. Games we like and have already are Connect 4, Snakes and Ladders, Frustration, Snap, Top Trumps, Guess Who, Yes/No game. Anything else in the fun but quick category?

Uno
Monopoly Junior - the one with the fun fair dodgems on the front. Virtually the same as the real monopoly but each game only lasts 20 minutes.
Pass the pigs

Bananagrams

Uno, chineses checkers, pick up sticks

Exploding Kittens

Set,
Carcassonne (about 30 mins)
Drafts
Jenga
5 Second rule: great for a family rather than just 2 people.(about 30 mins)
Labyrinth: takes 45 mins or so but is perfect for this age. This and Set kept my youngest going for hours at 10.

Go Sushi
Carcassonne

Dobble
Piratatack
Scrabble
Pictionary (is there a junior version?)
Heads up

UNO
Sleeping Queens
Too Many monkeys
One fish two fish red fish blue fish
Junior monopoly
Operation
Flip tack toe
Rummikub (letters and numbers)
Chomp
Take the cake
Bravo pipieno
Hop hop hop
Ringo flamingo
Busytown
Marrakesh
Cats pyjamas
Snug as a bug

Splendor has a playing time of about half an hour, but is really good.

oh, and Rat-a-tat-CAt is nice and quick

Rummikub (the classic number version).

Games last about 30 mins, suitable about age 8 up. We're all addicted, I really enjoy it myself.

Dopple

I've just realised I've posted on a christmas thread in June!!!

Exploding Kittens

Patchwork
Carcassonne
Agricola - All Creatures Big and Small
Forbidden Island
Biblios
Jaipur
Kingdomino
Karuba
Jamaica
Unlock (escape room game)
Ticket to Ride

I play all of these with my 7 year old DS, but also very competitively with my DH and adult friends. They are not kids games but are playable by kids IYSWIM.

Labyrinth
Indigo
Marrakech
Sleeping queens
Super tooth
Zeus on the loose
Sushi Go
Banana split
Ingenious
Callisto
Dragonwood
King of Tokyo
Qwirkle cubes

Castle panic

Uno, dobble and bananagrams are all quick and fun.

Ooh thankyou loads to check out here.

Oh dear Rightwhine sorry to draw you in I do like to start early as I have 3 dds so need to spread the cost.

We also have Jenga, Pie Face, Headbands and 5 Second Rule but we use them as "family games" and different variants of Monopoly of course

Ticket to ride is great fun and often takes 45mins-1hr. The American map seems to be a faster game than the Europe map

Gubs. It's a card game but fun and relatively quick to play (around 20 - 30 mins). Takes a few goes to learn the rules but my 7yo can make a decent go of it.

My twins were given exploding kittens with the add on game for their 10th birthday and they love it.

I'm going to have to get Exploding Kittens, if only for the name . . .

Not a board game, but Whot! is great fun