The Boardgames Thread / Board games

Spent the evening at Draughts, tried Eldritch Horror, really enjoyed that. Then after we'd prevented the rise of Azeroth, on the completely other end of the scale a game of Star Realms. Also great.

Got castles of brugandy at the weekend..

never heard of it^^
played Othello
its was like connect 4 for grown ups.
not a bad way to spend an eve with a mate

Just googled that! I’m remember player by a similar game buy with cubes

Finally got a proper Mahjong set last weekend, cue two days slamming pieces around and shouting!

Great thread dredge!
I play a lot of board games with my son. He loves Carcassonne at the moment.
I just got Samurai Spirit but it's a bit complicated for him.
His birthday is coming up and I've got him King of Tokyo (can't wait to play that).

King of Tokyo is great, good choice!

I've got a copy of Memoir '44 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Days-of-Wonder-DOW-7301/dp/B0002TV2NS) which you can have for £20 if you like, it's a great low-learning-curve 2-player strategy - ideal for Dad & son.

If @dangeek isn't interested I would be, I'm always looking for 2 player games

Any other genders allowed, or is it misogyny based?

Played Ludo with my 7yo and two deaf old people. Not to be recommended. Snakes and ladders wasn't much better.

I'm pretty keen. I'll PM you.

Thought I’d give this thread a bump as Christmas is coming.
What’s new?
Anyone got any recommendations.
My son is about to turn 8 and usually it’s just the two of us playing.

I played Takenoko the other day. Really liked it.
Been playing Exploding Kittens with my 7yo.

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Thanks, Takenoko has been on our wish list for a while but I’d not heard of exploding kittens.

Any suggestions for something suitable for 5/6-year-olds that won't make me want to stab myself in the face? Thinking ahead about entertainment over Christmas, and fancy trying something more fun than Peppa Pig snakes and ladders...

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/217382/mini-meeple-hobby-gaming-5-year-old

Coloretto / Zooloretto is another good one which might work for 5 year olds: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27588/zooloretto

Awesome, thanks - will take a look!

Rat-a-tat cat
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Kingdomino

I’d not heard of exploding kittens.

It's available as an app on Android and Apple so you can try it before buying the physical version. It's a great game.

Will do, thanks.

It's a really good game, plus the artwork is lovely.

If you want small quick games I can recommend Dobble, Loveletter and Hanabi. Dobble is definitely child friendly, the other two are logic based so it depends how much your son is into that.
They're all playable by 2 people (inc. exploding kittens), but Hanabi is better than the others in this respect. The others become quite luck oriented when played with 2, Hanabi stays great.

+1 for Dobble. Also Bananagrams for slightly older kids (spelling)

Been trying to find "Sushi go!" at a not shocking price, it looks quite good

Love Hanabi. Except for the fact that everyone else in my family seems to be absolutely bobbins at Game Theory.

Played that too, absolutely great fun!