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amother

Sun, Nov 26 2023, 6:52 pm

Please suggest good board games that you've seen on sale for various age groups. Also toys for a family.

Instead of trying to buy s/t for each grandchild, last year I decided to get a game for the older kids and a toy or little kids' game for the younger set, for each of my families.

We actually spent Shabbos Chanukah together and the various cousins had a great time playing together.

I know a lot of them have Catan, Ticket to Ride etc but I think if they're on sale there's always one family who doesn't have it or the kids just became old enough. But I really don't know enough about games...

Thanks for any ideas you can provide!

amother

Aqua

Sun, Nov 26 2023, 7:47 pm

Older Kids:
Ticket to Ride and Catan are great options if they don't have it yet
Bonanza is an awesome game for older kids. It's extremely interactive and strategic game - Ages 11+
Anomia - needs a few players so only get if there's a few adults
Banana Grams
Perpetual Commotion

Younger Kids:
Cover Your Assets
Go Nuts for Donuts
Jr 5 second Rule
Moncola

amother

Daylily

Sun, Nov 26 2023, 7:52 pm

Random ages:
Blokus
Stratego ( only 2 players)
Trivia pursuit
Rummikub
Racko
Code names
Spy alley
Life
Sorry
Malarkey
Jenga
5 second rule

Ages4-7:
Hi ho cherry o
Shabbos shopping game
Guess who
Sneaky snacky squirrel
Sequence junior
Spot it
Candy land
Yeti in my spaghetti
Twister
Don’t break the ice

Card games:
Cover your assets
Go fish
Skip bo
Phase 10
Uno dare

amother

Mustard

Sun, Nov 26 2023, 7:54 pm

I'm picking up the new Kichels game, that's basically Taboo. We have been lovong the original one, and we love Taboo.

penguin

Mon, Nov 27 2023, 8:38 pm

Amazon has Buy 2 get 1 free on a lot of games!

Amelia Bedelia

Mon, Nov 27 2023, 8:41 pm

Our latest favorites are Splendor and Azul.
Card games: Skyjo and The Bears and the Bees

Amelia Bedelia

Mon, Nov 27 2023, 8:56 pm

amother Aqua wrote:

Can you link Bonanza? Is it this? AMIGO Bohnanza Gold by AMIGO Games https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000.....ss_tl

TranquilityAndPeace

Mon, Nov 27 2023, 9:54 pm

Someone gave us Otrio for Sukkos and kids of all ages enjoyed.

I liked that each game takes less than five minutes. The ticket to ride style games that take over 30 minutes never seem to get played with here.

TranquilityAndPeace

Mon, Nov 27 2023, 10:00 pm

I bought this for Yom Tov last year. I had been searching for something that many ages would enjoy playing together, where each game would take 5 minutes or less, that was not Muktza. We all had a good time with it. (The only issue is that it’s easy to lose pieces, I ordered a set of extra pieces that I never even opened.)

Klask

https://www.amazon.com/Klask-K.....ss_tl

lucky14

Mon, Nov 27 2023, 10:07 pm

Monopoly deal is on sale for $3 at target. It’s a quick card game for elementary age kids.

amother

Raspberry

Mon, Nov 27 2023, 10:09 pm

For those that like Catan, get Splendor. It’s great

amother

Cyan

Thu, Nov 30 2023, 6:22 am

Are Catan, yeti in my spaghetti & assets shabbos friendly games?
Just ordered for my grandkids & wanted to cover all ages - from 3 to 12

Tries2BGoodMom

Thu, Nov 30 2023, 6:24 am

I saw Walmart sells Escape Room in a box. Does anyone have that game? Is it good?

Amelia Bedelia

Thu, Nov 30 2023, 7:07 am

amother Cyan wrote:

Are Catan, yeti in my spaghetti & assets shabbos friendly games?
Just ordered for my grandkids & wanted to cover all ages - from 3 to 12

Catan and Cover Your Assets are both Shabbos friendly. I'm not familiar with Yeti in My Spaghetti

seeker

Thu, Nov 30 2023, 9:08 am

We love escape room in box, there are different brands though and ymmv.

Yeti is fine for shabbos.

Favorite card games here include rat a tat cat, good for young kids and also enjoyable at any age.

Rummikub is a perennial favorite

Tries2BGoodMom

Thu, Nov 30 2023, 9:14 am

Is Escape Room in a box Shabbos friendly?

seeker

Thu, Nov 30 2023, 9:26 am

Tries2BGoodMom wrote:

Is Escape Room in a box Shabbos friendly?

Most definitely not

seeker

Thu, Nov 30 2023, 10:16 am

Thinking what else is liked here

Buildzi is fun for 2-4 players of almost any age.

Trying to remember the name of it, our cousins have a game that's like apples to apples but with pictures and captions (you choose the picture that goes with the caption.) (Not thinking of dixit, though now that I think of it Dixit had a long run as a favorite. All these - apples to apples, dixit, and the picture thing are best with a group)

For medium age kids (6-10?) We really like banana split.

Medium and older are liking exploding kittens. It sounds weird but the game play is cute.

Young to medium - sleeping queens. (Can play without addition for very young kids)

Fun silly card game for those who don't mind slapping (like who slaps the pile first. We only play those when there are only girls or only boys around) - Taco Cat goat cheese pizza. Yes that's the name of the game.

For little kids (4ish and up?) I like shopping list (there's a Jewish version too) and a dress up game by eboo - I'm not sure if they make it anymore but they have a few variations so I'm sure there's something current - you spin the spinner and get a piece (in the dress up one it's a shirt, pants/skirt, shoes, etc) and the first to complete the picture wins.

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