Top 10 Games for 6 Year Olds
Six year olds have strong opinions and a variety of interests. Our top ten games covers many different styles and themes: you’re sure to find one your child will love!
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Top 10 Games for 5 Year Olds
Five year olds usually have more patience for rules and competition. Here are 10 games we recommend for five year olds.
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Top Ten Games for Three Year Olds
Three years old encompasses a very wide range in a young child’s life. But here are our very favorite games that emphasize turn-taking, stacking, memory, and pattern matching.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Kabuto Sumo
Let’s play a game about wrestling beetles! Slide items onto the board and try to push your opponent off.
» Read morePlanes, Trains and Automobiles
Planes Trains and Automobiles has mass-market appeal, aiming towards fans of the comedic road trip movie. But the nostalgia wears off quickly.
» Read more318 – Board Game Terms: Draft, Dexterity, Roll-and-Write
What is a “draft” and what’s the difference between open and closed? What makes a dexterity game? And what on earth does “roll-and-write” mean?
» Read moreSNAP Review – Disney Mad Tea Party
286 – Play This, Not That, Dexterity Games! – The Family Gamers Podcast
We answer a listener question about how we got started with reviewing family board games. Then we suggest a few dexterity games to spice up your building and flicking.
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SNAP Review – Hero Hockey
I don’t think Hero Hockey could be simpler if it tried. Set up your magnetic hero, then try to knock the ball into your opponent’s goal.
» Read moreMegaCity Oceania – for the Artful Architect
There are many city-building games out there. But how many of them let you physically build the buildings? As an architect in futuristic MegaCity Oceania, you’ll raise buildings of glass, concrete, and steel, meeting the requirements of contracts to gain the most prestige.
» Read moreCrazy Tower – The Architect Meets the Saboteur
Put a little “fun with gravity” in your next family night with Crazy Tower, a building game that’s engaging for both builders and destroyers—you know who you are!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Trick Dice: (Skateboard) Fun for Ollie
Practicing skateboard tricks becomes a game with Jortner’s Trick Dice. Nick and Jace tell how to play and why it’s fun.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Valley of the Vikings
We don’t know why Vikings go bowling, but the goal of the game is to collect the most coins. You do this by… pushing other people off the dock? It doesn’t have to make sense.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Yum Yum Island
Rescue all the animals on Yum Yum Island by feeding them food tokens. But don’t let the giant steal it! We’ll tell you all about this cooperative dexterity game… that involves blindfolds.
» Read moreLearn Physics, Discernment, and More: Animal Upon Animal Crest Climbers
Animal Upon Animal Crest Climbers is so much more than just a stacking game. It’s a great option for young gamers, because there’s so much to learn!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Boom, Bang, Gold!
Lets’ go prospecting… with dynamite! In this fast paced game from HABA, you’ll throw wooden dynamite into the mine, then race to grab the revealed gold nuggets as fast as you can!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Narwhal Free for All
I’m not a fan of water games (especially inside) but Narwhal Free for All won me over. Five-year-old Elliot will tell you about this frantic ring flipping game.
» Read moreStill Unsure… (Why Join a Community? part 2)
Still unsure about joining a board game class, café, or convention—a gaming community for you and your kids? Last time I started addressing the question many families have: Why take a board game class, visit a gaming café, or go to a convention when I can just do this at home? I talked a bit about the scheduling and the
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