Great Family Board Games Amir Saab
With everyone stuck at home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, it’s a good time to dust off that old chess set in the back of the bureau — or to order a modern game perfect for your family. Here are five prime candidates for a great board game extravaganza.
Mattel Games Blokus This game is a great pick that exercises strategic thinking and spatial reasoning skills in a competition to place the most square tiles on the board, using clever positioning. It’s colorful, too — the tiles come in red, blue, green, and yellow, and you can use them to create some unique stained glass effects when the board’s not being used for gameplay.
Chutes and Ladders A perfect choice for preschool-age children, Chutes, and Ladders helps improve kids’ counting skills, no reading required! It’ll also help build patience that will eventually allow your children to play more complex games while introducing the logical concept of action and consequence.
Telestrations — the Telephone Game Sketched Out! Telestrations is a laugh-provoking game that will stretch drawing skills — and lack thereof — to the limit. It’s a great fit for your next family bonding session, with the added benefit of providing some much-needed comic relief during these torrid times.
Catan The Board Game For a modern game with many expansion packs, check out Catan, in which you’ll compete to build the largest kingdom on a remote island. Played on a hexagonal board, it’s sure to become a family favorite. The rules are easy to follow, and the pace is quick. The game exercises both strategic and tactical thinking while maintaining a healthy degree of luck in the form of rolling the dice.
Presentation Outline Maybe that old chess set is destined to stay in the back of the closet, covered in dust, but there’s no reason to miss out on such a classic game. Enter “No Stress Chess,” which will teach you chess as you play, making one of the world’s most complicated games into a breeze. No Stress Chess, like other versions of chess, exercises logic, strategy, and creativity. Honorable mentions include Mousetrap, Classic Operation, Exploding Kittens Card Game, and Monopoly.
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