[craigching]

> I discovered early on to buy only games that are either suitable for my two young kids (like Carcassonne, King of Tokyo, Blokus and Labyrinth)

How old are your kids? I would love to add more board games, but my kids are pretty young.

I have a five year old daughter with whom I started playing Forbidden Island about a year ago. She loves the game, though she has her own way of playing, she just loves collecting the "treasures", I usually have to feed her cards so she can do this ;) Adds a bit of a challenge for me to get her the cards before the island sinks!

My son is three, we haven't really added him into the fun yet.

[rubinelli]

With a five year old, you can try playing Carcassonne without farmers, or pick up Catan Junior. Cockroach Poker is a fun and simple bluffing game -- and kids love bluffing. Other card games, like Coloretto, may also work. Takenoko is more complex, but it's colorful, and comes with a lovely panda.

[craigching]

Excellent! Thanks for that list! I have Carcassonne and have been thinking about seeing if she'd be into it. You're right, take farmers out, I'm not even good a farmer strategy myself :p

[karlb]

My daughter is five and Labyrinth is her favorite. She can play Blokus too, and she enjoys Carcassonne, even though we have to guide her.

[craigching]

Yes, Labyrinth is one I've been wanting to check out. Thanks for sharing!