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[quote=Anonymous]We play a family game after dinner about 4 nights a week. When the kids were elementary age, we played their younger kid games (a lot of junior versions of adult board games (Labyrinth Jr, Settler of Catan Jr., i.e.), parchessi, sorry, and simple card games like uno and sleeping queens. We moved on to hearts and spades in middle school and more advanced board games. We tend to enjoy the ones where the family has to work together (Castle Panic, Escape Room in a box) as well as ones where we compete. My kids are both in high school now and we still play games after dinner 3-4 nights a week. They have a lot more homework, and want to spend time online with their friends, but the 20-30 minutes we spend sitting down together and playing games has been fantastic for reconnecting and catching up on everyone's day. Obviously, if they have a bunch of tests, we skip game night. If everyone is exhausted, we skip game night. But we do it a number of times a week. We take turns choosing the games to keep everyone happy! These are moments that I truly cherish. It might be hard the first few times, but once you establish a routine and have kids who are then looking forward to picking out games, it can be a lot of fun. The secret is so not play games like monopoly, setter of catan, or life when everyone is tired. Save the long games for the weekends! We generally play four hands of spades or hearts to keep the game playing to around 30 minutes. The kids also get new games from "Santa" every year!  It is always fun to try a new one![/quote]

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