1) Dutch Blitz-this is a new game for us that we all love! It reminds us all of the game spoons. This is a fast paced card game where you try and play sequenced numbers in a central pile all the while trying to get rid of your 10 pile Blitz. This can get a little crazy but we all love it! Ages 8 and up
We are HUGE board game fans here so it was without surprise that the kids received games for Christmas! I thought it would be fun to list our top favorite board games since we have been playing so many during our Christmas break! My kids are on the older side so the games that I list will be for older kids. Without further ado, here is our list in no specific order... 1) Dutch Blitz-this is a new game for us that we all love! It reminds us all of the game spoons. This is a fast paced card game where you try and play sequenced numbers in a central pile all the while trying to get rid of your 10 pile Blitz. This can get a little crazy but we all love it! Ages 8 and up 2) Ticket to Ride-we have had the US version for awhile and we just welcomed the Eurpoean version into our board game family! This is just a simple but fun game! You try and build trains to link cities together by collecting colored cards. The European version just adds more challenges such as tunnels and ferries. Ages 8 and up 3) Settlers of Catan-we just discovered this game and it has been a lot of fun! You build roads and settlements by collecting resource cards. Ages 10 and up 4) Scotland Yard-another Christmas game. The detectives work together to try and find Mister X (1 player is Mister X and the rest are detectives). We only played this twice, it is a challenge to find Mister X and a lot of strategizing but it is fun! Ages 10 and up 5) Who What Where Drawing Game-Fun twist on Pictionary! We all had plenty of laughs with this one! My only complaint is the kids didn't know some of the people so I just ended up pulling all the people they didn't know out of the deck which made the who deck a little smaller. Ages 12 and up 6) Zooreeka-an oldie but goodie! We have had this game for years and it is still a favorite! From the price of this on Amazon though, it looks like they do not make it any more. This would be a good game to watch out for at garage sales or yard sales. Collect cards to trade in for animal habitat tokens. Ages 8 and up 7) Pandemic-we've had this game for awhile as well. You work together as a group to try and fight diseases. This is a challenging game! We have yet to beat it but we do enjoy playing and the challenge (I am determined to beat this game one day!!) Ages 13 and up 8) Pay Day-my kids discovered this game while playing it at a friend's house. We were able to find it in great condition at a used book store that also sells used board games so it has been a favorite over here (the one we have is the 70's version)! You travel through the month all the while collecting bills, saving money, getting paid on payday, etc. Ages 8 and up 9) Clue-another oldie but goodie game but it's still fun to play. You try and solve the clues on who commited the crime. Ages 8 and up 10) Monopoly-I had to put this in here because Speedy is a collector of Monopoly!! He has quite a few versions! His favorite though is the Disney version which we found at the used book store for a really great price. That is our list of favorite games right now! I am sure we will be collecting more as the years go by and we'll be having new favorites!
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