Reply To: Board Games for Kids, and no not monopoly. A 'Gamer Dad' topic.

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My eldest is coming up for 4, so I’ve been looking into things like this as well. Honestly at age 5, most games that we’d buy as adults are going to be a stretch for them – you’d need to simplify them and shorten them to work for kids ability and attention span.

Take a look at Haba – they’ve got a whole bunch of games aimed at kids from preschool onward. While they wont necessarily keep adults entertained for long, they’ll introduce concepts of following rules and waiting turns to kids, which is as good for life in general as it is for future board games. Most of their games have the instructions PDF on their website, so you can get a good look at how they work before you buy too. Any of them would be a good opportunity to get into a habit of having some games time with them, and you can add more complex games as they get older.

If you want something with a fantasy theme, there’s a good few in this list with castles, dragons and knights on them:

https://www.haba.de/en_GB/toys/games-books/childrens-games/c/opqzz7?sort=relevance&q=:relevance:ageRange:search.range.age.5

An exception to the not fun for adults thing is Rhino Hero – that game is a good laugh at pretty much any age 🙂