From classic games that parents will remember from their own childhood to new games you'll enjoy playing, too
Photo: FPG/Getty Images We’ve written before about all sorts of board games and activities to do while cooped up at home — including the best four-player board games, two-player board games, and board games for adults — and here, we’ve rounded up the best board games for kids, as praised by the most enthusiastic reviewers on Amazon. Best-rated board game for kids Connect 4 Game $13 now 23% off 4.8 stars, 21,197 reviews $10 Over 18,000 five-star reviewers praise the classic board game Connect 4.
$15 at Amazon Buy Best collaborative board game for kids Richard Scarry’s Busytown, Eye Found It 4.7 stars, 4,851 reviews $27 “This game was the big winner at Christmas. We played it six times that day and have been playing it daily since,” writes one reviewer. Many also praise the “collaborative” nature of the game, which they say makes for a fun and accessible way to introduce the value of teamwork, like one who says, “I bought this for my 4-year-old daughter.
$14 at Amazon Buy Best electronic board game Hasbro Operation 4.7 stars, 4,037 reviews $20 “THIS version is what I remember from my childhood: difficult bone removal with an almost guaranteed buzzer, parts that slide so far out of reach that you can barely see them, and an actual challenge,” writes one reviewer, who mistakenly bought the updated version before they found this “original” one.
$10 at Amazon Buy Best counting board game for kids Chutes and Ladders 4.8 stars, 2,751 reviews $13 Nearly 90 percent of reviewers give this classic board game five stars. It’s great for toddlers, as many say the bought it for the 3-, 4-, or 5-year-old in their life.
$22 at Amazon Buy Best not-too-competitive board game for kids Hasbro Gaming Candy Land 4.8 stars, 7,426 reviews $13 More than 6,000 reviewers give this classic board game a five-star review, and many parents get it for younger kids. “Candy Land is the perfect game for little ones who can’t really use logic or strategy yet, but still want to be able to play a board game. They only need to know their colors and they’re set to go,” says one reviewer.
$48 at Amazon Buy $49 at Target Buy Best maze board game for kids Ravensburger Labyrinth 4.8 stars, 6,221 reviews $32 Of the 1,400 plus purchasers who left a review for this game, 88 percent gave it five stars. Many love that the board changes a bit with each game since the tiles move and are not fixed. “It has so much replayability since it’s never really the same game each time you play,” one parent explains.
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