Rolling the Dice

Taking a page from fellow blogger wegank (read his blog here), I asked my sons for their recommendations for games.

I started with my five-year-old, a sometimes silly, sometimes serious little guy who prefers music and art to dirt and trucks.

Here are his three favourite games:

Guess Who

This is honestly one of my favourite games, too. The only disadvantge it has is that you can only play with two people - no more and no less.

He says his favourite part of the game is “asking questions and finding out what it is”, by which I think he means he likes the logic aspect. He likes being able to systematically eliminate possibilities and come up with an answer.

I like that about the game, too. I also like that you can play it with a five year old, but you an play it with older kids, too, by picking up two (or more) cards each game.

I personally love playing with three cards each.

Guess Who is an inexpensive game (around here you can find it for about $15), and there are some variants that look interesting - Littlest Pet Shop is the first one that comes to mind.

Also, the more recent versions have added in faces with different colours, which I think is awesome.

13 Dead End Drive

We picked this game up at the local Salvation Army Thrift Store for $1.99. Even with a few minor missing pieces, we found it a good value.

Our five-year loves this one for “the cards and the traps”. The traps are probably the best part of this game, which usually involves me getting frustrated with the set-up process.

A new version of the game may be less frustrating, but 13 Dead End Drive does require about 5-10 minutes of assembly each time you play it. Which is why we don’t play it as often as our kids would like.

Monopoly Jr.

This game is meant as a way into the Monopoly games for younger kids. However, I find it still takes about an hour to play, so if your kids don’t have the patience for it, you might want to set a timer and declare a winner when it goes off.

“Moving around in a circle” is our son’s favourite of this game. I think he likes the repetition, but also the fact that it’s a lot like adult games, so it feels more grown up playing it.

Monopoly of any kind is a great way to learn about taking turns and counting money, so it makes sense to start trying to play it at age 5.

Next up: our seven-year-old’s recommendations (expect a reference to Pokemon!)

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