Board games for beach house, kids 2.5-10
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Anonymous
| Wuirkle = Quirkle |
Anonymous
. These and Hisss! Also having a regular puzzle would be good. |
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Oh Snap!
It's great fun and easy to learn. Kids never seem to get tired of it and it draws a crowd. I like it because it's only about 5 min per match. https://www.amazon.com/Oh-Snap-Board-Game/dp/B01N01E8TI |
Anonymous
| Dinosaur Escape-- it's a cooperative game, so the older kids can help the younger kids and everyone wins |
Anonymous
| Trouble |
Anonymous
I just looked at your link and I don't get it. You remove pieces and the spring loaded bar slowly moves down the board? How does it work? |
Anonymous
You understand it. The bigger pieces that you take out are worth more points. You get to keep taking out pieces until the bar moves, so, like Jenga, you want to be sure your piece can move, but it might not be able to and it snaps forward - that's very satisfying for a kid. Other games: I highly highly recommend Ice Cool - it's got very cute little penguins that you flick around a board and try to get each other "out" - there's four rounds, and the penguins move in unpredictable ways due to their wobbliness. And did I mention - cute? I and my husband even have fun with it - and the 3 year old would have fun just playing with the figures. There is also card game I would recommend - Fuji Flush. Lots of laughs and fun - and bonus, it helps the kids with math a bit (they won't even know it). Also, Kingdomino, and Ticket to Ride, First Journey. |
Anonymous
These are all solid games. I don't know how much mileage you get out of games, but if you play a lot and don't have money to burn, I'd get regular ticket to ride, rather than ticket to ride: first journey. My kids started playing TTR:Europe when they were 5 and 6. However, TTR First Journey looks good if you're not really boardgamers -- lite, cute. I don't think anyone mentioned bananagrams which has scrabble tiles. If the toddler mouths everything forget it, but that game can be played multiple ways, and is dirt and water proof. In other words, you could play it on the beach or near the lake. I'd take Qwirkle too -- my kids played that from young too. |
Anonymous
PP here. (Other person shared wrong rules). 3 sizes of pieces, each worth 5, 10 or 15 points. You have to take the piece you touch. The bar is spring loaded. You alternate taking one piece. If the bar moves a little the piece you attempted goes in the discard pile. If it doesn't you keep it. Each player only attempts one piece. The snap is slight. At the end you total pieces. Winner gets crowned the grand snap master and gets to do a 'snappy dance'. My kids love this part. So do I. These also like saying ohhhhh snap when it moves on someone. Each kid stays focused on the bar to catch it moving. There's little lines on the game board to help show if it moved. Usually it's obvious because the pieces rearrange a little. |
Anonymous
| Sleeping Queens is good for a variety of ages, though maybe not younger than 4 |
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| Jenga! Yes, it's loud, but it's good for so many ages (my 2yo loves to push the blocks around), and once the game is done, they can be creative building all sorts of things! |