What board games does your 7 yo old love?

[carrots]

My dd's 7th b-day is coming up and I would like to get her a few new board games. Just looking for some new ideas/input. thanks

[annethcz]

I just asked my 7yo, here are his answers:

Chutes and Ladders
Battleship

I'd also add:
Jenga
Cadoo
Card Games (uno, go fish, old maid, etc)
connect four
checkers
chinese checkers

[KimProbable]

DS is 6 1/2 and he likes Janga, Sorry, Snakes and Ladders, Bingo, checkers, and Pokemon Yahtzee.

[Aeress]

she's not 7 yet (thinks she is ) but dd loves monopoly (especially daddy's star wars one), life (we play it a bit different than the traditional way), jenga, candy land, chutes and ladders, don't wake the skunk and boggle.

[grahamsmom98]

Ds is 8 years old, but has played the following since he was 7 or younger. They are all fun!

Dragonology
Monopoly
Artifact
Mousetrap
Battleship
Clue
Dread Pirate
Oceanopoly
DaVinci's Challenge
National Geographic Geo Bee Challenge
World Dash

For card-type games, we like:

Scrambled States
Moose In the House
Professor Noggin's Countries
Professor Noggin's States
Borderline (World)
Borderline (US)
Big Fish, Little Fish
In A Pickle
Mummy Rummy

That's a basic list. Let me know if you want more!

[AnnR33]

Favorites:
Chutes and Ladders
Trouble
Operation

Card games:
Uno
Hiss (matching type game both my kids like)

Others we like:
Perfection
Don't break the Ice
Clue Jr
Connect Four
various themed Bingo games (animals, halloween, sight words, etc.)

[Brisen]

We have a couple of games from

http://www.familypastimes.com/

We have Round Up and Caves & Claws. My oldest is 7, he really likes them. They're cooperative games; one of the things I like about them is that since you're not trying to win against someone else, you can easily play a solitaire version.

We were given Cranium Balloon Lagoon for Christmas, and just played it today. The kids enjoyed it a lot. They also like making up board games -- I saw a board game making kit at, hmmmm, it was Chapters. http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/toys/i...Your-Own-Games They usually just use game boards and pieces from the dollar store and make up games with that, but the kit looks fun.

The kid versions on Yahtzee are fun, too, or just regular Yahtzee... not so much a board game, though.

[chaos_pie]

Here are my answers:
The card game "Sleeping Queens". My kids (7 and 4) played that game everyday for 3 months straight. All our friends that we recommended it to also loved it.

Another awesome card game is "Loot"-- based on pirate ships (excellent).

I just asked my son (just about 8):
Risk
Chess
Battleship
Stratego
Monopoly
Mancala

[Katie Bugs Mama]

6 yo DD enjoys most of the games mentioned by the previous posters as well as Rumikub. She's a huge Rumikub fan.

[mom2ponygirl]

Blokus - fun for kids and adults to play, and if the adults are at all spatially challenged the kids can have fun stomping the grown-ups.

[teachinmaof3]

Zooreka is fun.

[3momkmb]

Originally Posted by Brisen

We have a couple of games from

http://www.familypastimes.com/

We have Round Up and Caves & Claws. My oldest is 7, he really likes them. They're cooperative games; one of the things I like about them is that since you're not trying to win against someone else, you can easily play a solitaire version.

My kids always enjoyed MAX from family pastimes.

[simple living mama]

Originally Posted by mom2ponygirl

Blokus - fun for kids and adults to play, and if the adults are at all spatially challenged the kids can have fun stomping the grown-ups.

That was my pick without a doubt.