My children love board games! I thought I would share some of our favorite board games, and I am even going to break them down into age categories!
Toddler-Preschool {pre-reading}:
I know I have mentioned this game before, but it really is one of the best games I have found for the toddler/preschool age group. There is no reading required, no competition, and no winners or losers. It's called Roll & Play from ThinkFun! You simply roll the dice, pick a card of the same color, and follow the instructions on the card! There are cards where you make faces, find something of a certain color, make an animal noise, and find shapes! It's a great, fun game and my kids always love to play it.
Ages 5-8:
My daughter and son love this Dora Carnival Fiesta Game! There are 6 carnival games you set up, like a ring toss and milk bottles to knock over. When you "win" a carnival game, you get a ticket. When all tickets have been distributed, you work together to put the puzzle together! There's not a lot of competition, since you work together at the end to work the puzzle.
Ages 9-12:Clue is such a fun game to play! My kids and I love to play "detective" and figure out who killer was, what his weapon was, and in what room was the murder committed! {Sounds a little violent, but it's not!} This was one of my favorite games as a kid, and I was glad to introduce my kids to it.
Ages 13 and up:
My oldest is 13, but I included a few games I like to play, as well.
Monopoly Empire is the best version of Monopoly {in my opinion!}. The game is quick, as you add "billboards" to a "tower" when you buy them. The first player to fill their tower wins! The game takes around 15-30 minutes to play for us!
There are many other classic games we enjoy playing - Scrabble, Apples to Apples, Candy Land, and Uno, to name a few! This next year, I am hoping to establish a family game night weekly, complete with popcorn, sodas, and maybe ice cream! My kids don't have video games, so board games really appeal to them!
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We love playing games! ...and this is a reminder that I need to get my "g" post up soon. I'm late this week.
ReplyDeleteWe always had fun playing games when y'all were little. It's a lost art anymore!
ReplyDeleteWe've been playing a lot of games this last week as we lead up to Christmas, and we're enjoying them, too. We love Ticket to Ride and Disney Scene-It. My oldest also loves Riskopoly (a combination of Risk and Monopoly together, and, no, that doesn't make it a shorter game!).
ReplyDeleteYou may be playing a lot of games next week, too. I know there's at least a few that I've wrapped to go under the Christmas tree. :)
DeleteI love reading other people's lists of favorite games because I either find new ones to play or remember ones that we have forgotten about. I need to find where I put our Scrabble game and see if Taboo is at our house or my parents' house.
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