Board games for tweens

[rhondajennings68]

Any recommendations? We have Monopoly, Clue, Scrabble, Checkers, Rubik’s Race, Mancala and Jumanji.

I want it for Christmas for a 12 year old boy.

Thanks, Rhonda

[totheskydear]

Dominion and Wildcraft are popular at our house. 🙂

[Tristan]

We love games. Current favorites:

• Dragonwood
• Gubs
• Catan
• Laser Maze
• Cat Stacks
• Five Second Rule Jr.
• Dutch Blitz
• Telestrations
• Ticket to Ride
• Farkle
• Rush Hour
• Anything by ThinkFun
• Knot So Fast

[rhondajennings68]

Great.  Thanks for the ideas.

[Monica]

Ticket to Ride
10 Days in the USA

[sarah2106]

We play many of the above so to add to those

Azul (this is new to us, but really fun!)

Stratigo

Steam Park

Payday

Pandemic

Forbidden Island

Castle Panic  (this has been a favorite for years, it is cooperative with a bunch of “rules” for each card, I get confused but my kids really like it and my youngest long before he could read started playing with us and learning strategy and he is the one that really likes it.)

Arrethtrae (this game is by Chuch Black who wrote the Kingdom Series, another cooperative game with strategy that we really enjoy playing).

We rarely pay attention to the suggested ages, and just learn together, even when my kids were quite young they enjoyed challenging games because we played them together. GeekDad has a huge review page of board games. When I am looking for new ones I often check there.

[Tamara Bell]

While a couple I’m going to list were listed above, I’m going to add them to my suggestions because they are favorites in our home.

Ticket to Ride

Sequence

Dutch Blitz (cards)

Pit (cards)

Trekking the National Parks