Board games

[poochie27]

Give me your best suggestions...we got kids Monopoly last year and played it loads, Game of Life also a hit. Was thinking Cluedo...would we go for the kids version or normal, dds are 8 and 12?

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Ingenious is brilliant. So is Quirkle.

At 8 and 12 I would go for one of the normal versions of monopoly. We've got family trivial pursuit, normal cluedo and monopoly deal for Christmas for our 8yo

I prefer the Harry Potter cluedo for kids, it is more fun as has additional features plus is murder really that festive?

Ticket to Ride is great with kids, and Carcassonne.

Really Nasty Horse Racing Game.
Exploding Kittens.

Throw throw burrito
Small World (it is a bit heavy to learn but my 7 year old absolutely loves it. Watch a youtube video of the board game geek playing it through and then it's no problem).

DSs age 10 and 7 play ordinary Cluedo without any problems! They are getting the Harry Potter one for Christmas.

Labyrinth is great. Or whatever version of Monopoly would appeal to them (we have Pokemon and Dinosaur).

Pictionary?

I second the really nasty horse racing game. We like it because everyone is involved all the time as opposed to say Monopoly where often some players end up 'making up the numbers'.

Ticket to ride is one of the best games out there, way better than cluedo.

Camel up is great, as is Labyrinth.

The London Game?

My 8 year old just got Tsuro for his birthday and it’s a great one for kids and adults. Up to 8 players so a good one for family games.

Carcassonne
Catan
Rummikub
Bananagrams (not strictly a boardgame, just a banana!)
Card games: Exploding Kittens, Virus, Uno, Sushi Go,

Labyrinth.
Hotel Tycoon.
Man Bites Dog.
Bounce-Off

And we still have my 1980s Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs if we run out of ideas... 😂

Takenoko
Tokaido
Dinosaur Island
Carcassonne
Catan
Ticket to ride
Through the desert
Nyet
Gloom
Fluxx
Exploding kittens
Dixit
Labyrinth
Articulate
Reef
Tsuro
Pandemic
Zombie dice
Dobble
Rhino hero
Sushi go

My kids prefer normal Cluedo to the Harry Potter one.

They also like Dobble, Exploding Kittens and Trivial Pursuit. One of them loves Monopoly but the rest of us hate it.

(off to find Ticket to Ride...we played it once and I can't remember why we haven't played it again)

Our favourite is Articulate

But for this year, we have Pandemic

(price has gone up since I bought it!)

I know it's an old one but frustration is still a good family game.

Camel Up or Ticket to Ride for sure

We’ve always just gone for the adult versions of everything and simplified the rules if necessary or had young ones on a team. They last forever then.

Ticket to Ride is also one of our favourites.

This year we’ve got:
The Chase (family edition like Trivial Pursuit)
Jumanji
Monopoly Sore Loser (because 9 year old is a born capitalist and gets really stroppy because he thinks he is the best)

Also 5 Second Rule, Listography and the Sussed games are fun.

Ingenious, Qwirkle and Rummikub are favourites here. Monopoly Empire quite good too.

Camel Up or Ticket to Ride for sure.

Oh God we love Camel Up!

I used to love the game payday it might be a bit "old" for kids though but I used to enjoy playing it when I was around 10.

We no longer play monopoly in this house. Too many arguments.

We do annual trivial pursuit male v female at Christmas. Family ructions. So we no longer play that.

So we stick to a nice safe Murder. Normal Cluedo. The only board game where we don’t end up killing each other.

Dixit
Sheriff of Nottingham
Jamaica
Greedy Goblins

Articulate and Five Second Rule.

We always have Frustration out over Christmas, and whenever there is a quiet moment, there are always two or three others up for playing it.

And a jigsaw!