Best board games for elementary-age kids?

[Anonymous]

I am purging the toys today after the huge Christmas haul. But I'd like to keep/buy some good board games for this age group. I know the classics - Monopoly, Life, Trouble, Sorry. We have chess, dominoes, checkers too. What else am I missing???

[Anonymous]

Me again - I forgot to add Connect Four!

[Anonymous]

no idea but I heard a great program on Kojo with the owner of Labyrinth Games on Cap. Hill who had great suggestions if you are heading out on a shopping trip.

[Anonymous]

There are so many great games made by newer companies that are so much better than the board games we grew up with.
Younger elementary card and board games:
Rat a tat cat
Sleeping queens
Hedbanz
Enchanted forest

Older kids
Ticket to ride
Carcassone
Settlers of Catan
Blokus
Swish

[Anonymous]

Perfection
Chinese Checkers
Simon
Parcheese
Payday
Scrabble
Boggle
Blokus

[Anonymous]

Thanks - keep them coming. I love the idea of newer board games and have a few from Haba which are great. We also have Headbanz - forgot about that one.

[Anonymous]

Not board games..,but...,

Quirkle
Apples To Apples Jr.
Blockus

[Anonymous]

Operation
Trivial Pursuit Family Edition (two set of questions, and the adult ones are pretty easy too)

[Anonymous]

Operation
Battleship
Playing card

[Anonymous]

Mastermind

[Anonymous]

Uno

[Anonymous]

Rack-o is a fun old game. We played it a ton at my parents house this past week. And I second the recommendation to check out Capitol Hill's Labyrinth. The store owner always has lots of great suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Life.

One of my favorites as a kid.

We gave it to our 9-year old this Xmas and has wanted to play non-stop!

[Anonymous]

Apples to apples
Clue
Beat the parents
Bingo
Mancala

Those are the big ones now, 1st and 4th graders. Also all kinds of card games-spot it and fluxx are 2 in heavy rotation.

[Anonymous]

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