Category
Board Games
Chess and flying chess, Jenga, carrom, dominoes, memory games and multi game compendiums. Games with a rulebook, a winner and a reason to sit at a table together.
A board game is the only toy in the shop that needs someone else in order to work, which is exactly why it earns its shelf space. It gets an evening out of the whole room rather than out of one child.
Brands in this category: Mideer, Hasbro and Kosmos.
21 products, $6 to $49, 20 in stock
Out of stock
How to choose
A first board game should be short. Twenty minutes is a full attention span at five, and a game that outlasts it teaches a child that board games are boring. Games of pure luck, snakes and ladders or flying chess, let a five year old genuinely beat an adult, which matters far more than strategy at that age.
From seven, chess, carrom and stacking games start to reward practice. The multi game boxes are good value for a family that plays occasionally, since one box covers several different evenings.