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Reinhard Staupe Sherlock Card Game Review

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Basic Information

Number of Players: 2-5

Age: 5+

Time: 15 minutes

Price: Low

Introduction to Reinhard Staupe’s Sherlock Card Game

Reinhard Staupe’s Sherlock Card Game is a great game to help improve reading, object identification, and memory in young children. It’s a great memory game for young players as the rules are fairly simple and the game play is still challenging enough to keep them invested. The idea of the game is that you are Sherlock and you are following the clues around the board.

How to Play Reinhard Staupe’s Sherlock Card Game

Reinhard Staupe Sherlock Card Game — Visual of Game Play

To set up Sherlock the card game you must shuffle the cards and place them in a stack in the middle of the playing area. Then you place 8 cards face up in a circle around the stack. Players take some time to memorize these 8 cards and when they are ready they flip the cards back over so they are face down.

The first player takes the Sherlock token and places it on one of the face down cards and announces what they believe that card is. That player then flips that card face up to reveal if they were correct or incorrect. Should they be correct, they then move in the direction that the card instructs them two (with an arrow pointing in a direction left or right and a number dictating how many cards). They move to this new card and must again guess what that card is and if they are correct they move on to the next card and so on until they land on a card that is face up which they then take as their point. That card is then replaced by a new card from the deck which is revealed to all players before being also placed face down in the empty space. Should a Player guess a card wrong at any time they lose their turn and the next player becomes Sherlock and tries to remember their way around the cards.

The player who is the first to gather 6 clue cards is the winner!

Notes on Reinhard Staupe’s Sherlock Card Game

This Sherlock card game is a great gift idea for kids around the ages of 5 or 6. The game play is simple enough to understand and start playing within minutes which is great for younger kids with shorter attention spans. The more they play the better kids will become at memorizing cards which can flow into other aspects of the education. This is a great simple game which has always been a favorite of mine when playing with younger kids.

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Best Board Games for 10 year old Boys

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10 year old boys are absolute spoiled for choice when it comes to board games. They can play both kids games and adult games and are able to read and interpret the rules more easily than younger kids. For this reason the list for 10 year old boys is larger hold a more diverse list of games to play. Boys who like more of a challenge I highly recommend trying Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan. For those who want to play a more casual game I would go for Exploding Kittens or Jungle Speed.

Castle Panic

Number of Players: 1-6

Time: 45 minutes

Pricing: High

Castle Panic is a tower defense game where you and the other players are working together to fend off the hordes of monsters. This is a perfect game for 10 year old boys to play with friends and siblings as the cooperative nature of the game will help to avoid any unnecessary fights and also be a load of fun. The art style for me is also a great setting point as it reminds me of old school fantasy games from the 90s and gives me that healthy hit of nostalgia while playing.

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Sequence

Number of Players: 2-12

Time: 30 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Sequence is a strategy based board game where you want to place your marker 5 in a row, similar to connect 4 but more complex. When you play with more than two players you form 2 or 3 teams with the end goal being to create sequences before the others. This is a great game to play as a family as the parents and kids can team up and makes the game play feel fairer. The strategies can get a little advanced but is also a great way to push 8 year olds to be more strategic in games.

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Clue (Cluedo)

Number of Players: 3-6

Time: 45 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Clue (Cluedo outside America) is a classic board game about solving the murder of Mr. Black in his mansion. You play as one of 6 characters who collect clues by visiting rooms and making accusations. This was one of my favourite board games as a child and I believe that the game still holds up to this day. There has been many editions and additions to the base game but the core concept and rules remain the same. Would highly recommend this game for any 10 year old boy.

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Ticket to Ride

Number of Players: 2-4

Time: 30-60 minutes

Pricing: High

Ticket to Ride is a great euro-style board game where the objective is to finish as many destination tickets as you can before you or someone else runs out of trains. This is a great game for the whole family to play as its more mature art style and rules make it just as fun for adults to play with the older kids. This game is great for 10 year old boys who love board games especially as it requires more strategic thinking from its players than other games on this list.

Read the full review for Ticket to Ride

King of Tokyo

Number of Players: 2-6

Time: 30 minutes

Pricing: High

Have you ever wanted to be a giant monster rampaging through the city and fighting other monsters? Well King of Tokyo is a great way to fulfill all your kaiju monster fantasies and is a great game for all ages to play. Its great for boys ages 10 and up as the box art is strongly influenced by comic and manga art and the game play is nothing short of fun. I highly recommend this game for parents who would like to play a game with their kids and have the playing field being fairly even dispute a large age gap.

Read the full review for King of Tokyo [Coming Soon]

Settlers of Catan

Number of Players: 3-4

Time: 60 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Settlers of Catan is the classic board game that almost everyone who plays board games has played at one point or another. It is for this reason that I feel it is a great game to play with 10 year old boys as it’s a classic that holds up incredibly well to this day. It’s a chance calculating, resource management, negotiation game where the aim is to be the first player to get to 10 points. Catan is a great staple of all board games collections and is sure to be a hit with any 10 year old.

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Jungle Speed

Number of Players: 2-10

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Jungle speed is a speed based party game where the aim of the game is to swipe the totem when your card matches an opponent’s. Jungle Speed is a great party game as its easy rules make it easy to learn and play. The real challenge comes from being able to spot the matching symbol before your opponent which can be hard to do especially with larger player counts. Definitely a great present idea for a 10 year old who likes speed based games.

[Coming Soon] Read the full review for Jungle Speed

Exploding Kittens

Number of Players: 2-5

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Exploding kittens is a fun card game where you are trying to be the last person left in the round. You accomplish this feat by stealing defuse cards off other players and trying to make then draw the exploding kitten card when they have no way to defuse it. Exploding kittens is a great game to play with both kids and adults of all ages and is sure to get a laugh out of even the most stoic of people.

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Anomia

Number of Players: 3-6

Time: 15-30 minutes

Pricing: Low

Anomia is a fast paced word association game that is great for family gatherings. This game is perfect for kids aged 10 and up as it requires players to be able to think fast on their feet. Speed is really the name of the game here when two players have matching symbols on their cards they have a duel to try and name something from the subject of each other’s card. Great game for older kids to play with friends and families.

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Finding the Best Gift for 10 year old Boys

And those were my top picks of board games for 10 year old boys. I hope that this list was helpful in trying to find games that might be suitable for your child.

Be sure to also check out my other lists of board games for 8 year old boys and board games for 9 year old boys for further game inspiration. If you have any suggestions send them to me through my contact page. I’m always looking for new games to try.

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Top 5 Board Games for 9 year old boys

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9 year old boys can start really building on their strategy skills that they learnt from earlier years. The games lists below include a combination of strategy type games as well as some fun card games that every 9 year old will love. This is a great list for anyone looking for a fun gift to give for birthdays or Christmas.

Exploding Kittens

Number of Players: 2-5

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Medium

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Uno

Number of Players: 2-10

Time: 30 – 60 min

Pricing: Low

Uno is a classic colourful card game that is perfect for 9 year old boys. Its fast paced, easy to learn and great to play with family and friend. Uno is a staple of most people’s board game collections and is a great compact game to travel with. It’s got great replayability and is sure to be popular with kids well into their teenage years.

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Kingdomino

Number of Players: 2-4

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Kingdomino is a fun domino tile placing game where the aim is to complete the areas around your kingdom with the biggest groups of colours as you can. Its both a game of strategy and a little luck as you try to compete with the other players kingdoms for land that can add value to your current kingdom. Kingdomino is a great game for kids aged 9 and up and is also a great game to play with two players.

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Anomia

Number of Players: 3-6

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Low

Anomia is a fast paced word association game that is great for family gatherings. The box advises it’s for kids aged 10 and up but any 9 year old who is good at thinking fast on their feet will do well in this game. Speed is really the name of the game here when two players have matching symbols on their cards they have a duel to try and name something from the subject of each other’s card. Great game for older kids to play with friends and families.

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King of Tokyo

Number of Players: 2-6

Time: 30 minutes

Pricing: Medium-High

Have you ever wanted to be a giant monster rampaging through the city and fighting other monsters? Well King of Tokyo is a great way to fulfill all your kaiju monster fantasies and is a great game for all ages to play. Its great for boys ages 9 and up as the box art is strongly influenced by comic and manga art and the game play is nothing short of fun. I highly recommend this game for parents who would like to play a game with their kids and have the playing field being fairly even dispute a large age gap.

Read the Full Review of King Toyko [Coming Soon]

Finding the Best Gift for 9 year old Boys

And those were my top picks of board games for 9 year old boys. I hope that this list was helpful in trying to find games that might be suitable for your child. Be sure to also check out my other lists of board games for 8 year old boys and board games for 10 year old boys for further inspiration.

If you have any suggestions send them to me through my contact page. I’m always looking for new games to try.

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Best Board Games for 8 Year Old Boys

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There are heaps of great games for 8 year old boys as this is the age where a lot of games start their age recommendations. The list below comprises of games that I feel are most suitable for boys who are 8 years old and is a healthy mix if classic favorites and new games. I hope this list gives some good inspiration for anyone looking to give board games as a gift.

Sushi Go

Number of Players: 2-5

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Low

Sushi go is a fun strategy card game where players are trying to collect certain types of sushi to maximize their sushi points. It encourages formulating different strategies and risk assessment in its gameplay and can be used as a learning tool for these skills. The art is a fun Japanese anime style and while it may appear more on the feminine side, I feel this is too good a game to discredit it for boys on the basis of aesthetics. Highly recommend.

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Sequence

Number of Players: 2-12

Time: 30 minutes

Pricing: Medium

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Clue (Cluedo)

Number of Players: 3-6

Time: 45 – 60 minutes

Pricing: Medium

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Monopoly

Number of Players: 2-6

Time: 120 min

Price: Medium-High

Monopoly is a great classic board game for any 8 year old boy. The game play has remained fairly consistent throughout the years and is fairly easy for new players to pick up.

There are also many versions of Monopoly with their own unique twists that you are sure to find a version that is the perfect gift.

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Uno

Number of Players: 2-10

Time: 30 – 60 min

Pricing: Low

Uno is a classic colourful card game that is perfect for 7 year old boys. Its fast paced, easy to learn and great to play with family and friend. Uno is a staple of most people’s board game collections and is a great compact game to travel with. It’s got great replayability and is sure to be popular with kids well into their teenage years.

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Finding the Best Gift for 9 year old Boys

And those were my top picks of board games for 8 year old boys. I hope that this list was helpful in trying to find games that might be suitable for your child.

I also have other lists ranging from 5 years old to teens so make sure to check those lists out too. If you have any suggestions send them to me through my contact page. I’m always looking for new games to try.

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Kingdomino Review

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Basic Information for Kingdomino

Number of Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 15 minutes

Price: Medium

Introduction to Kingdomino

Kingdomino is a tile placing game where players are trying to build the land around their castle using the domino tiles. It’s a great small fun game that is really easy to learn and uses a good amount of strategy. This is a great game to play with older kids as I feel the game is fairly balanced between kids and adults playing together. I really enjoy the art style and the overall and also won game of the year in 2017.

How to Play Kingdomino

Each player has a castle and a king that matches their castle colors (2 player games have 2 kings). To set up you shuffle the domino tiles and place 4 face down in the center and the rest are face down in the box. You order the tiles from lowest to highest and flip them over. Players decide who goes first and they will play their king on one of the 4 domino options and continue in a circle for this first round. Players then take out another 4 domino tiles and place them face down, again ordered from lowest to highest. Player then flip these tiles, and the player that placed their king on the lowest value tile gets to go first for the next tile choosing. The next lowest value player then choses and so on.

Players are trying to build a 5 x 5 grid using the dominos. They are no allowed to breach the 5 x 5 land limit so sometime a player will have one less domino on their final board and there was no place to put it. You must match at least one color to the same color (except for the starting castle tile) and build out your kingdom following the basic domino rules. Once half the total tiles are used players should have a 5 x 5 grid (or almost a full 5 x 5 grid). Points are counted with the amount of crowns there are in one connected color group. For example, I have a large forest of 5 tiles that has two crowns. 5 x 2 is 10 so I receive 10 points for that forest. I have a single forest tile that is not connect to that forest and has no crown, it does not earn any points. The player with the most points wins.

Notes on Kingdomino

Like sushi go or other point based games you can play to see who has the most points are the end of 3 games. Kingdomino is also a great couple’s game to play. Me and my partner will usually play this if neither of us a feel like playing a biggest game like Gloomhaven or Pandemic. It’s a great little game and I highly recommend it.

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Best Board Games for 7 Year old Boys

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Buying a board game for a 7 year old can be tricky. A lot of board games have a minimum age of 8+ and these young tikes are just below that threshold. In saying that, there are still plenty of board games that are age appropriate for boys of this age. Below I have complied this list of my top board games for 7 year old boys and I hope it will be helpful.

Ticket to Ride First Journey

Number of Players: 2-4

Time: 15-30 min

Pricing: High

Ticket to Ride: first journey is the kid adaption of a popular European style board game called ticket to ride. This game differs from the original with a smaller map and a faster game time. This is a great game for any 6 year old boy who loves trains and is a great way to start teaching them about geography. I personally love the ticket to ride series and see this as a great Segway to kids into the more serious board games when they are older.

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Spot It

Number of Players: 2-8

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Low

Spot it (previously known as Dobble) is a face paces card game where players are trying to match the pictures of the card in their hands to the ones in the stack before the other players. Even though its typically rated for ages 6+ any 5 year old with a knack for identifying figures and colours could play this after a few practice rounds. It also comes in a handy travel sized tin so if perfect for a game on the go or even on long plane trips.

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Guess Who

Number of Players: 2

Time: 20-30 minutes

Pricing: Low to Medium

Guess Who? is a game where two players try to guess each other’s chosen character based of asking simple yes or no questions. This is a fairly simple game, great for young kids, and is fairly quick to play. Guess Who? It’s great for teaching kids colours, facial recognition, and basic deductive reasoning. Guess Who is a stable of children’s board games and still holds up to this day.

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Uno

Number of Players: 2-10

Time: 30 – 60 min

Pricing: Low

Read the Full Review of Uno

Catan Junior

Number of Players: 2-4

Time: 30-45 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Catan Junior is a great game to get kids to learn some fundamentals of board game strategy and resource trading. Based off the very popular Settlers of Catan, Catan Junior is another great game to help transition younger kids into more serious board games. This was a personal favorite of mine to play with my nephew as he quickly was able to form surprising complicated strategies for obtaining resources. The pirate theme is also popular with young boys and has fun artwork that is pleasing to even adults.

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Finding the Best Gift for 7 year old Boys

And those were my top picks of board games for 7 year old boys. I hope that this list was helpful in trying to find games that might be suitable for your child. Most of these games are really versatile in terms of age so many of them also feature on my lists for board games for 6 year old boys and board games for 8 years old boys. Be sure to also check out those lists for further inspiration. If you have any suggestions send them to me through my contact page. I’m always looking for new games to try.

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Best Board Games for 6 year old Boys

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Buying board games for 6 year old boys can be tough. I know when my nephew was that age we were constantly trying to find games that would challenge him, but not be so challenging that he did not enjoy playing them. Below I have composed a list of the board games he enjoyed the most, plus games that I as his uncle also enjoyed playing with him. I hope they give some good inspiration for family trying to find any table top game suitable for 6 year old boys.

Ticket to Ride First Journey

Number of Players: 2-4

Age: 6+

Time: 15-30 min

Pricing: High

Read the Full Review of Ticket to Ride First Journey

Guess Who

Number of Players: 2

Age: 6+

Time: 20-30 minutes

Pricing: Low to Medium

Read the full review of Guess Who

Catan Junior

Number of Players: 2-4 (3 is the optimum amount of players)

Age: 6+

Time: 30-45 minutes

Pricing: Medium

Read the Full Review of Catan Junior

Spot It

Number of Players: 2-8

Age: 6+

Time: 15 minutes

Price: Low

Read the Full Review of Spot it

Connect 4

Number of Players: 2

Age: 6+

Time: 10-15 min

Price Low

Connect 4 is a great two player game that two kids can play together. The name encompasses the basic idea of the game as two opponents try to be the first to connect 4 disks of their color together before the other player. Its fairly inexpensive and is a game that most kids can pick up easily.

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Finding the Perfect Gift for a 6 Year old boy

And those were my top picks of board games for 6 year old boys. I hope that this list was helpful in trying to find games that might be suitable for your child. For more game suggestions also check out my list of best board games of kids or my other lists for kids aged 5 to teens. If you have any suggestions send them to me through my contact page. I’m always looking for new games to try.

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Best Board Games for 5 year old boys

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It can be difficult finding a board game for boys who are the age of 5 and under. Parents often want games that are more educational in nature while others want to make sure that the game in fun. Well in my opinion all board games are educational to some degree as they often require kids to count, recognize colors and shapes, and learn basic strategies to try and win. The list below encompasses my top picks for boys around the age of 5.

Don’t Step in It

No of Players: 1+ (4-6 Players seems to work best)

Age: 4+

Time: 30 minutes (But the kids Just. Kept. Going!)

Pricing: Low-Medium

Don’t step in it is a great game for kids to play at birthday parties. It involves the kids taking turns to walk on top of a mat covered in fake poo to try and get to the end. The rules are fairly self-explanatory and kids of all ages can play together. Would definitely recommend as a gift for a a kid around the ages of 5 and under.

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Reinhard Staupe’s Sherlock Memory Card Game

No of Players: 2-5

Age: 5+

Time: 15 minutes

Pricing: Low

Sherlock is a memory card game that is great for young developing minds. There is a stack of cards in the middle with 8 cards surrounding the stack face down. The player then points to a card and guesses what the card is, if they are correct they move to the next card (following the prompts on the correctly guessed card) and go around the circle until the arrive at a card that is face up. Play continues until a player has won a certain amount of cards or there are no more in the stack. This is a great gift for boys around the age of 5 and is also fairly inexpensive to buy.

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Hasbro Candyland the board game

No of Players: 2-4

Age: 3+

Time: 30 minutes

Pricing: Low

Candyland is a fun board game for boys and girls between the age of 3 and 6. Players are trying to find the lost king of the Candy Kingdom and the only way to find him is to play through the game. This is a great game to play with young kids who are learning to count since it has very simple game mechanics and a fun color palate.

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Spot It

Number of Players: 2-8

Age: 6+

Time: 15 minutes

Price: Low

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Guess Who

No of Players: 2

Age: 6+

Time: 20-30 minutes

Pricing: Low to Medium

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Finding the Perfect gift for a 5 Year old boy

Those were my top picks of board games for 5 year old boys. You seriously can’t go wrong with any of these as they are all great as both games to entertain and as educational tools.

For more game suggestions also check out my list of best board games of kids or my other lists for kids aged 5 to teens. If you have any suggestions send them to me through my contact page. I’m always looking for new games to try.

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Spot It! Review

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Basic Information

Number of Players: 2-8

Age: 7+

Time: 15 minutes

Price: Low

Introduction to Spot It

Spot it is a fast paced card game that is about trying to match up symbols between the card in your hand and the one in the deck before the other player! It a fun fast paced card game that is great for all ages and even languages. Because it is symbol based it relies only on your ability to match images rather than any reading so it’s a great game to take travelling.

How to Play Spot It

In spot it there are only ever 1 matching symbol between two cards. That means that plays need to be quick at looking over all the symbols and matching them up in order to win. There are a few variations to play spot in, but in essence the game is about acute observation and quick reflexes which makes it a fun fast game to play.

Notes on Spot it

Spot it is a game that I play a lot with my niece and nephew when I am over to visit. Being picture based and reliant on speed puts us all on a relatively even playing field which is great. I also love playing this game with my friends when we are having smaller game nights since its fast to play and fun to win. Definitely recommend for any parent to play with their kids and makes a great birthday or Christmas gift.

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