Family board game for 4yo and 8yo

[AnotherSofaDay]

Dds will be 8 and 4.5 at Christmas. I’m keen to find some games that we can all enjoy playing together.
Any suggestions?

Tsuro is great - I think a 4yo could manage it, and it can get quite competitive!

On a similar vein, bandido is a cooperative card game that everyone could play.

My kids are 5 and 9 and have enjoyed this year:

Junior Monopoly
Dobble
Snakes and ladders
Headbandz
Buckaroo
Jenga
Marble run
Hungry Hippos
Uno

Mousetrap!

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My grandson loved this one - might be a bit boring for your eldest though. Disney do 'home sprint' board games in different themes which is a similar vibe.

Dominoes is currently a fave in our house when the little ones are here - id recommend the cream sets though, the dots are more clear for younger players.

Oh and screwball scramble/silly sausage/bop it

Operation

I have a nearly 4 and nearly 8.

Mostly the 3 year old doesn't play games. She likes hoot owl hoot though the 7 year old gets bored of it fairly fast.

I did carcasonne as a kind of shared freeform jigsaw with her recently and that worked quite well so I think we will try the actual game soon.

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My 8yo only started sitting through the full game of labrynth in the last year or two, he always started getting bored in the middle (he loves it now!) Good old snakes and ladders has always done the job here!! Dobble, pop up pirate and Noicant said connect four- that is the go to game in this house, as well as jenga and the Humpty Dumpty wall game (though it can get loud and crazy!)

Agree with others Junior Monopoly is brilliant. My kids definitely played it at 4. Helps with maths and is easy to follow.

Quirkle would be my first thought.

Great for younger kids as it's matching shapes and colours, but can get strategic as they get older.

Carcassonne will be great, our 3yo plays with a bit of support. Don't play the farmer rules and they'll love it.

Our favourites for similar ages are bugs in the kitchen and children's monopoly.

I think Dixit is lovely and not too long.
Pop up pirate is great too.

Quirkle is a good shout - we actually have a set that we got a while ago but haven’t really played so I’ll dig that out.

I hate snakes and ladders- we always seem to spend too much time landing on snakes.

I’m keen to give carcasonne a go. When people say don’t play the farmer rules, is everyone playing with the junior version, or adapting the main game?

Definitely Labyrinth, we still play it with a 19 and 17 year old.

We adapt the main game and play the basic version of carcassonne.

Uno is one of my favourites. My 4 and 6 year old also like exploding kittens. We played a few times in pairs with each dc having a parent with them and now the 4 year old can play on his own and has brilliant strategy, he can't read the cards but remembers what each card does from the colour.

I Saw It First is great for the whole family, no reading needed and hardly any rules.

Orchard games are great and actually slightly educational too, shopping list has been a huge hit in our house

Looping Louis is a great laugh