Any ideas would be appreciated, I have already bought him Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit and chess games. I have bought his main present I just need to get him a few more things.
2006-11-29 02:37:12 · 20 answers · asked by TB 5 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
I just thought that I should add that he likes these sort of things as he isn't really into video games or sport and has a very active mind.
2006-11-29 02:38:59 · update #1
Hi, how about the traditional wooden puzzle toys? They're beautiful and they aren't easy. I used to love them when I was his age.
There's the traditional solitaire on the wooden board with marbles. It takes a little while to master but it's great once you do and has the added bonus of including marbles.
My other favourite is the wooden cube made up of different wooden pieces that you have to take apart and put back together again. There are several in this line and you can get some made of beautiful dark wood.
Oh and don't forget Jenga if he hasn't already got it.
Have fun shopping.
2006-11-29 04:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A couple of great games with an educational/reasoning bent that are great for the family
1) Blokus -- Available at Target and various stores -- A visual spatial reasoning game. Players have a collection of pieces to play on the board. The twist is that you can only play your pieces in such a way that they touch another of your pieces at the corner. The board fills up, and players do their best if they can plan and visualize well.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2453
2) Rumis -- Available at Target and various stores -- A three dimensional spatial reasoning game. Again, players have a group of pieces (three-dimensional blocks) that they must play to the board, but the twist here is that a player must play a piece so that it touches one of their previous pieces on at least one face. Additionally, there are height restrictions, so players can only make the pieces reach so high. Points are scored by the colors that can been seen on the board when looking at it overhead.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/6411
3) Buyword -- Available at various stores -- Teaches about words and anagrams, and money management, and math (squares). Players purchase letter tiles, each of which are worth points. Players use these purchased tiles to build words, which are then sold back to the bank. The great aspect is that when you buy letters, you pay the square of the points of the tiles (e.g. 5 points worth of tiles cost $25). When you sell, you take money equal to the square of the points in the word (e.g. selling a 8 point word is worth $64). Great as an alternative from scrabble, since players don't have to match tiles and words to those already played on the board.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/8920
4) Power Grid -- available at various stores -- Teaches money and resource management -- players are building connections between cities that they seek to power with their power plants. Players must manage their money to be able to buy power plants, and the raw materials that they use to run them.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2651
2006-11-29 11:38:01 · answer #2 · answered by Skelebone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clue, computer games, monopoly, book about nancy drew or narnia, othello, a sudoku book, 4 lines in a row, puzzles about 500 pieces and things above
2006-11-30 18:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have bought computer games like Nancy drew and clue finders.
they have provided loads of fun for all the family
but remember to still include outdoor activities
2006-11-30 05:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by graham302118 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Gameboy Advance SP with a strategy/RPG game. They make your brain process and he'll have lots of fun with it. Look at gamespot.com to find some.
2006-11-29 11:38:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you thought about a foreign language course, you can buy them in most good book shops, I have a very good one for Greek, it only cost about £30, you never know he might thrive on it and go on to do more different language's.
2006-11-29 11:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OOh ooh get Cranium. As far as board games go it rocks.
A bit of trivia, a bit of pictionary, a bit of charades and a bit of a few other things too. Best game ever!
2006-11-29 10:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Cynical_Si 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Perfection, scrabble, boggle, jigsaw puzzles, battleship, risk, or clue just to name a few games/toys that are good for kids that are eager to play games.
2006-11-29 10:49:08 · answer #8 · answered by tbears43 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Othello is a good challenging board game. It's easy to learn as well.
2006-11-29 10:40:07 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get him a rubik's cube...those are fun! Or a lab/chemistry set...anything from the discovery channel store is awesome!
2006-11-29 10:46:30 · answer #10 · answered by rdnck_grl_ms_007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋