OT: Games for 6/7 year olds

[Aunt Flancy]

My nephew's birthday is coming up and he wants games. Board games or card games. Does anyone have any suggestions? Games that can be played with only two players would be great.

 

[woodkins]

My dd and dn just turned 7 and some faves are: Uno, Guess Who, Sorry, Kerplunk, Monopoly Jr., Connect 4 & Trouble.
Hope that helps!

 

[traveljunkie2]

My 6 years old loves Sorry! and Uno Spin. Both of these can be played with only 2 players. The Sorry Sliders game looks fun, but we haven't played it yet.

 

[Hannathy]

My DS's favorite at that age was Battleship! still likes it at 11 and that is for 2 players.

Also liked Guess Who, Don't break the ice, Good old Chutes and ladders and Candyland, Yatzee, Life Jr., Jenga, Mousetrap, If it is still made Kerplunk (left over from older sibling)

 

[MNdisneymom]

I have a game-loving 6 year old, this is a great thread....To echo an earlier poster, Uno Spin is a big hit. He also likes Monopoly (the grown-up one, not junior--he is disgustingly good at it for such a little guy), Sorry Sliders is fun for all ages too--you can change the boards around so there are different ways to play it. Another game that is fun, but might be harder to find (my mom got it at a local game and puzzle store) is called Doodle Dice. It has 6 sided dice with different little squiggles on them, and you have to roll the dice and match them to sets on cards...simple idea, but quite fun. Yet another game is Labyrinth or Junior Labyrinth (the latter having a smaller board)...you manipulate small cards around the board to create pathways to get at the objects you're trying to reach. (That one is really fun, but I quite often lose. To a 6 year old. Enough said...) You might have to go to a game or specialty toy store to find that one too--I got it at a small local place.

HTH. Love talking about this kind of stuff...

 

[AQW]

My 7yo's three favorite games are Uno, Blokus, and Sum Swamp.

 

[sl_underwood]

My 6 yos favorites are Uno Attack and Connect 4.

 

[magicmom07]

My DS7 loves chess, stratego, scattagories jr and all the other ones mentioned. It stinks when you lose chess to a 7yo

 

[powellrj]

We love dice games like Yatzee and Farkle

 

[My2Qtz0205]

My almost 7 year-old loves Uno Attack, also.

I was also going to suggest Guess Who! I might put that on his Christmas list this year.

I haven't tried Monopoly with him. I'm not sure it would hold his attention since it is often a long game.

 

[qcmommy]

DS 7 really enjoys battleships, Operation, Perfection, Connect 4 and Guess Who (he has the Marvel Heroes one)

 

[PollyannaMom]

DS got one at either his 6th or 7th birthday called Piranha Panic that went over extremely well. I also vote for Connect 4.