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Games for mixed ages (boys)?
Does anyone have any suggestions of games that work well with a wide range of ages (at once)? My 4yo just came in crying that his brother was cheating at "Sorry" after the 9yo got a Sorry card and bumped the 4yos piece back to start. My boys are 4.25, 9.0 and 11.75 yo and they all love to play games, but it is obviously hard to find games that the 4yo can play that the older boys don't find totally boring. fwiw, the 4yo is a good reader, so we don't have that limitation to worry about. He is good with turn-taking and understanding rules, but not very good about dealing with very disappointing things happening, as the "Sorry" incident illustrates. Co-operative game suggestions are welcome too. In case anyone else has the same issue, two games we have found that do work well with all these guys are Apples to Apples Junior and Rivers, Roads and Rails. But we could sure use some more suggestions to get us through summer Thanks, --Robyn .. |
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My older sister and I are a little over 4 years apart and we played Go to
the Head of the Class quite a lot when I was 4. Mousetrap is also good for several age groups. |
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Workerbee wrote:
My older sister and I are a little over 4 years apart and we played Go to the Head of the Class quite a lot when I was 4. Mousetrap is also good for several age groups. I recall day-long games of Parcheesi and Life when I was young. Parcheesi is a good multi-age game, I think. Scott DD 12 and DS 9 |
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Scott wrote: I recall day-long games of Parcheesi and Life when I was young. Parcheesi is a good multi-age game, I think. Isn't Parcheesi very similar to Sorry? Life sort of works, but the 4yo doesn't quite get it yet. And we have to modify the rule about the computer consultant getting paid every time the spinner falls off the base when the 4yo is playing! (We never had life when I was a kid, so I don't know if there was an equivalent rule then.) My older boys want to add rules to Life to make it more realistic, like if you don't own a house, you have to pay rent (otherwise, buying and insuring a house almost never pays off). --Robyn .. |
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Workerbee wrote: Mousetrap is also good for several age groups. The 4yo *loves* mousetrap, but the older boys are bored of it. I'll have to look up the "Head of the Class" one -- it sounds vaguely familiar but I don't really remember it. Thanks, --Robyn .. |
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Robyn Kozierok wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions of games that work well with a wide range of ages (at once)? My 4yo just came in crying that his brother was cheating at "Sorry" after the 9yo got a Sorry card and bumped the 4yos piece back to start. My boys are 4.25, 9.0 and 11.75 yo and they all love to play games, but I'd recommend Hare and Tortoise by Ravensburger (actually it seems to have had several different manufacturors). You eat lettuces to move round the board, which you acquire on route: short moves use few lettuces, long moves use lots of lettuces. You can win just using luck, but you can also win by using strategy. Different web-sites have given different age ranges, but our 6yo has been playing for at least a year, maybe longer. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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Rosalie B. wrote: (Robyn Kozierok) wrote: In article , Workerbee wrote: Mousetrap is also good for several age groups. The 4yo *loves* mousetrap, but the older boys are bored of it. I'll have to look up the "Head of the Class" one -- it sounds vaguely familiar but I don't really remember it. Would Uno work? I don't remember it well enough to know. What about crazy 8s or Old Maids? My 4 year old loves card games, Uno is a favorite. We play face up (rules are in the instructions) and have been playing with her for probably a year or more. We also bought those plastic card holder thingies, since she isn't quite coordinated enough to hold her cards in her hand. She got the game Mancala for her birthday (its a two person game, you can find it at target). She loves this game! We've been playing it nearly every night. Mary W. |
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"Robyn Kozierok" wrote in message ... Does anyone have any suggestions of games that work well with a wide range of ages (at once)? How about a cooperative board game like Snowstorm? -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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In article ,
Claire Petersky wrote: "Robyn Kozierok" wrote in message ... Does anyone have any suggestions of games that work well with a wide range of ages (at once)? How about a cooperative board game like Snowstorm? Yeah, cooperative is great as long as they have a wide age-range for keeping kids' interest. We do Rivers, Roads and Rails cooperatively. I'll look up Snowstorm. Thanks! --Robyn .. |
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