Toy Tips with Marianne Szymanski - Board Game Revival
Editor's Note: Marianne Szymanski is a leading expert in toy reviews, and the founder of the Toy Tips Research Institute. She is the author of Toy Tips: A Parent's Essential Guide to Smart Toy Choices and also the editor of Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine.
Board games enjoy revival as more families pursue at-home summer family fun
Games build connections and promote social family interaction. They serve as parenting tools by teaching and reinforcing real-life skills including following rules, taking turns, thinking strategically and learning to lose. The laughter, face to face conversation and quick response is what makes family time so fun during playtime. It is important that the youngest player is included while still holding the interest of the older players and keeping mom and dad entertained and alert. Some titles have versions that are Jr. which are great for families with younger children. Look for other choices that focus on preteens and teens to play with mom and dad.
- Scrabble Jr. Dora
- Hasbro Games Monopoly Jr.
- TriBond Kids
- Apples to Apples Party Box Edition
- Zobmondo!! Would You Rather...? Boardgame
- Buzzword
- Say Anything
The big rule. if board game is still around since you were a kid, it must be fun so try it!
- Candy Land
- Trouble
- Battleship
- Uno
- Sorry! Family Game Night Edition
- Risk
- Chutes and Ladders
- Mille Bornes
- Parcheesi
- Blokus
- Booby Trap
For more board game ideas, visit toytips.com and follow me on twitter.com/toytips for a daily toy tip!
--Marianne Szymanski
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