Strollerderby
Board Games That Might Not Bore You. I Mean, Are Great for the Whole Fam!
It’s not that I’m a stickler for the rules or a game hater. It’s just that as much as some of us want to let our inner children soar during Red Light, Green Light and Candyland, quality family times can sometimes be mind-numbingly dull. Give me a board game that doesn’t have 8,000 pieces that are sure to end up in someone’s esophagus or buried in the carpeting, has a theme that doesn’t feature licensed characters and something to do that will be fun for longer than 30 seconds. After all, we’re TRYING TO BOND as a family here, people!
Maybe staying relatively alert and engaged will be a bit easier with this list of new family-friendly games where the fun and challenge might actually include you. Cranium Zooreka looks to be a classic board game with funny twists and an eco-theme that even includes gorilla babies. Who can resist gorilla babies? I Spy With My Eagle Eye is one I think my toddler would love and seems like a great game to throw in the carry-on for trips. Nerdy Wordy would be fun for kids beginning to grasp spelling and reading and older and is sure to bring out the crazy logophile in every geeky parent.
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amFinally! Another co, er, rooster in the hen house. Please welcome Chag of Cynical Dad to the SD this week. He's fitting in quite nicely, what with references to bongs and vodka . Well done, my friend. Well done. And thank god he's here. It's
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amNot many board games in our apartment. Pieces get lost and there is a lack of space. We have a handheld V-tech game and LeapPad. However, we have managed to fit a few in. Trouble is the absolute champion right now but Boggle junior is a close runner up.
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThis is such a timely post for me as we’re off to see the cousins next week and I want to buy a game that they can all play together. Only problem is that the ages range from 2.5 – 8… Any suggestions? Or any suggestions for a game for ages 5-8 would work as well. Thanks Ladies!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amWe’re big into Cranium games…
Bumperena is fun, and it’s a pretty quick game if you don’t have a lot of time.
Zigity is a fun card game that I’ve played with kids and adults, fast, fun, completely crazy!
Zooreka is another favourite – I was surprised by how much fun we’ve had with it.Of course, we’re also playing Life and Payday, along with many others – it has become the summer of the board game around here!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amFave’s at our house are:
1- Rivers, Roads and Railways. It’s a card game and you have to make matches and build a town. The cards lay out across the floor and offer lots of options. Sometimes hubby and I play without the kid after he’s in bed. It’s a lot of fun.
2-Trouble. A classic game that I loved as a kid and now my son loves it too…. There’s always “trouble in the bubble…”
3- Zingo! Got it for Christmas and the boy loves it! Lots of pieces with the tiles, but thus far, easy to manage!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amMy fave games are Apples to Apples and Whoonu. They are both games that require the kid to be able to read and have some vocabulary skills.
We played Whoonu with my daughter Megs awhile back and she misread “trampoline” as “tampon”. Hilarity ensued.
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