Board Games

We have a whole lot of board games and card games. We play them a whole lot more when it gets dark before 5:30. We started pulling games out a couple weeks ago.

Scrabble Junior has a printed crossword puzzle. In this two-player game, players take turns placing two of their letter tiles. The one to complete a word gets the point.  The other side of the board has a blank simplified Scrabble board.

Herding Cats is a card game mostly geared for 10 and under. Players start with 3 cards. If the first player has a cowdog he must play it then draw another card. If the player cannot play a card he discards one card and draws another. The cats can only be played on the cowdog of the same color. The Wild Cat Lady is a wild card that can be played on any cowdog. The Stampede card allows a player to play all cards from the discard pile that can be played. The player who plays the third cat on the cowdog wins that group. Play continues until the cards run out.

In the two-player game, Ducks in a Row all pieces move similar to the Queen from chess, but no pieces are taken. The goal is to get four pieces in a row.

Niya is another two-player game. Each tile has two attributes. The first player chooses any tile and after that players have to choose a tile with one of the attributes of the last tile played. There are three ways to win; get four in a row, a two-by-two grid, or if a player cannot make a move.

Outfoxed is one of Sabrina's favorite games. Players are trying to gather clues or suspects to figure out who the thief is. Each player has to declare whether they are hunting for clues or suspects then they have three tries to roll the three dice. All three must match what they are hunting for or the fox moves three spaces. Game play ends when either the player figures out who the thief is or the fox reaches the end of the board. (The fox rarely wins.)

I thought this game was a bit too simple for kids Sabrina's age, but all of her friends really like this game too.

Marie-Anne