Recommend your favorite family boardgame

[karinothing]

We started monthly game night with friends. The kids are 3, 7, and 11. The 3 year old doesn't really play, just hands out. What are your favorite games.

What we have played before:

Bob Ross Happy Little Accidents

Outburst

Codenames

What I just bought

Catan Jr. (this is a ton of fun), only four players though so we have to play teams.

[Coopertown]

My kids (5&10) got The Game of Life for Christmas and they are obsessed. We also love Tenzi (dice game - it's cheaper to buy a set of dice and the Tenzi cards on Amazon than buying a full Tenzi set).

[karinothing]

Feb 28, 2019 9:38:29 GMT -5 Coopertown said:

My kids (5&10) got The Game of Life for Christmas and they are obsessed. We also love Tenzi (dice game - it's cheaper to buy a set of dice and the Tenzi cards on Amazon than buying a full Tenzi set).

Oh we already have this one. That is a good idea. I need to go through all of our games. I feel like the kids have abused them a bit and not sure we have all the pieces lol.

[ohgillian]

My kids love the Wimpy Kid 10 Second Challenge. It's okay. I think it's fun; DH rolls his eyes.

[lilac05]

Our favorite games at home are Carcasonne and Ticket to Ride First Journey. Neither one would work for a larger group, though.

They also love to play Quirkle, Tenzi, and Mille Bornes. We have also had fun doing puzzle races, Kids vs Adults. The kids get a 100 piece puzzle and the adults get a 300 piece puzzle.

[mel]

We love to play Sequence. We're also teaching them classic card games like Euchre, Rummy, poker, etc

[dochas]

We love Sorry. Would Headbanz count as a board game?

[OG Jo]

Monopoly Millionaire was our go-to when our kid loved Monopoly. It's a faster game than traditional Monopoly!

The only game I like is Uno.

[namasteak]

We like to play (with a 3.5yo & 5yo)
-Sneaky Snacky Squirrel
-Stack Up (peaceable kingdom cooperative game)
-race to the treasure (peaceable kingdom cooperative game)
-Spot It Jr animals (card game)
-qbitz junior

Kids like but we are bored by
-candy land
-hoot hoot owl (peaceable kingdom cooperative game)

[anonymous]

We like sorry, clue, mastermind, scattergories, Mole rats in space, exploding kittens, Uno

[abs]

Scattergories is fun and might work for y’all. The 7 year old would probably need help.

We play a ton of games. Skip-bo, qwirkle, sequence, and sorry have been the favorites for years now. I don’t know if those support enough players.

Card games might be good.

[pinkyp]

My all-time favorites are probably Sorry, Life, and Payday.

[fumbalina]

My favorite board game is Parcheesi. I also really like Disney trivia and kids usually know there answers as well so it is not as frustrating as trivial pursuit. I had a game called bonkers I liked until I lost too many pieces, but the gist was the rules changed as cards were drawn. I also love almost any card game and since are better for large groups like rummy 500 with multiple decks of cards.

[bbdoll]

My kids like Jenga and Jumanji. Jumanji is very interactive, so even when it's not your turn, you are doing something.

[jeaniebueller]

Camp

www.amazon.com/d/Kids-Board-Games/Education-Outdoors-Camp-Board-Game/B0010SSBNY

[DeeDee]

Not a board game, but we really like to play dominoes.

[oswin]

Sushi Go! www.amazon.com/Sushi-Go-Pick-Pass-Card/dp/B00J57VU44 My 5yo loves it, my 3yo can kind of play it. Up to 5 players. You can get pretty advanced with the strategies, but for littler kids they can actually do pretty well just by picking cute cards (it's adorable).

[wildrice]

Guesstures is fun for a group. And kids have a great time too. My nephew played it with the family when he was 3, and he really didn't understand how to play at all, but really enjoyed copying what we all did so he felt like he was participating

Apples to Apples is another fun one that the older kids would probably get a kick out of.

And Clue is one of my all time favorites!

[pinkalicious]

Your 3 year old could play Pass the Pandas with a bit of help. You’ll need the deluxe version for so many players.
Ticket to Ride and Qwirkle are favorites. Sushi Go and Roll For It would be great for the kids too. You could look into King of Tokyo, zombie dice is fun too, although not sure if you want to do that with a little one.

[lucybrown]

Sorry, Uno, Jenga. She's just starting to learn Skip Bo and other card games.

We also play Mancala a lot and have tournaments with H, DD, and I. It's nice because one of us is free to manage DS (1).

[bsp36]

Quelf Jr and Apples to Apples Jr are hits with my nieces.

[stinkyfeet]

Uno, Skip Bo, Apples to Apple and reverse charades are our family favorites.

Sorry,Qbitz and monopoly also are fun

[glitzy07]

This is a card game, not a board game, but we always loved Phase 10! Also Telestrations is a blast for all ages!

[circa1978]

My almost 8YO is currently obsessed by Shadows in the Forest: www.amazon.com/ThinkFun-Shadows-Forest-Board-Families/dp/B07DGSMNTC/ref=asc_df_B07DGSMNTC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312128107912&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8619529046479623905&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9022811&hvtargid=pla-568587715422&psc=1

[snapoutofit]

Clue
The Game of Life
Scattegories
Apples to Apples Jr

[mala]

Catan Jr (which I do see you already have
Phase 10
Unstable Unicorns
I just taught the 7 YO to play Risk, she took to it really well, though we dind't play with some of the more complicated rules

ETA: Sushi go! How could I forget Sushi Go!

[foodiemom]

Rummikub

[karinothing]

Feb 28, 2019 14:55:47 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

My almost 8YO is currently obsessed by Shadows in the Forest: www.amazon.com/ThinkFun-Shadows-Forest-Board-Families/dp/B07DGSMNTC/ref=asc_df_B07DGSMNTC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312128107912&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8619529046479623905&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9022811&hvtargid=pla-568587715422&psc=1

I saw this today and it looked like fun!

[zaneyzoo]

I have a 4.5 year old and a 7 year old.

We have had a blast playing Silly Street (perfect for younger kids, and a great reason to be silly as an adult) We also like Happy Salmon - it is fun, fast paced and hilarious.

[lolalolalola]

My kids are 11 & 13 so most of our games would be too old for the 7 yo.

We really like Labyrinth- it is pretty fun. 

Guesstures

Sushi Go

Loonacy

Clue

Mexican Train