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Nooknookmom
10-20-2012, 12:22 PM
DD2 is 5 and lives to play the adult Yahtzee with us. It has really helped her counting skills! We also play various card games. Her sister is 17 so I have been out of the game loop for some time...and sister lost all the pieces to her life, monopoly and other games (grrr).

Can u Rec some games that we can play together or she can play with friends? I'm not a fan of the "spongebob life" or character versions of classics. Unless in the past few years they have changed.

Tia!
Melaine
10-20-2012, 12:34 PM
Our favorites are: blokus, sorry, UNO. We don't have UNO Attack but they loved it at family party. They can play chinese checkers, but that can be a little tedious (the ones with pegs less so). I keep forgetting to try Jenga. They also like doing hard puzzles with us, we just don't have the table space to keep it going.
queenmama
10-20-2012, 12:45 PM
Connect Four, Perfection, Guess Who?, Sequence, Qwirkle, Mousetrap, Operation, Scrabble Jr., Mancala...

We love games!

p.s. Our kids are also 12 years apart!
hillview
10-20-2012, 01:51 PM
Uno has been a big hit lately.
jerigirl
10-20-2012, 02:02 PM
DS1 likes Jenga, Uno, Rivers, Roads and Rails, dominoes, Sequence Jr., Sorry!, Sum Swamp, Hyperswipe, What's Gnu?, Battleship
KrisM
10-20-2012, 02:05 PM
Uno Attack, Monopoly Jr., Blokus 3D, Sorry are good here.
ett
10-20-2012, 02:15 PM
In addition to the ones listed, DS2 also likes Blink.
queenmama
10-20-2012, 03:43 PM
I forgot about Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, and similar classics!
hillview
10-20-2012, 05:24 PM
DS2 said to tell you chess.
Nooknookmom
10-20-2012, 06:03 PM
DS2 said to tell you chess.

Rotfl...tell him "thank you" for me and will he show ME How to play, don't think I'm smart enuff!

You guys are so fast - I even have UNO Attackb in the closet!

Ok great ideas..will scour Walmart/target for some (and apparently my own closet).
jenstring95
10-21-2012, 11:10 PM
We like Trouble, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Zingo, Snack Attack, Hedbanz, Curious George Discovery Beach, Curious George Hide and Seek Zoo (both of these have very little to do with Curious George, especially Discovery Beach, where his pic is on the box, but that's it - they are both very good games), Monopoly Jr and Busytown. Honestly, I enjoy all of them too!
Multimama
10-21-2012, 11:15 PM
DS2 said to tell you chess.

My 4 y/o likes to play chess too! I'm glad DH likes it because I can't stand it. He's also a fan of Uno. I really like the classic edition (http://www.amazon.com/40th-Anniversary-Edition-Card-Game/dp/B0049B4DNQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350875613&sr=8-1&keywords=uno+classic) we got courtesy of the BBB last year and I'm sad to see it is $$$ now. ETA: He also likes Sequence for Kids.