While Qwirkle is one of my favorite games and I would play it at any opportunity, it's not a favorite of Kale's. I think it's just a little bit too long for him because he seems to enjoy it until we've about half way through, when he begins to groan and fidget and needs to do something else. Even when he's winning! Sam likes the game simply for the purpose of sorting the shapes and colors and creating pattern games. At five-years-old, the level of strategy involved is a little bit overwhelming to him just yet.
Cranium Cadoo, on the other hand, is a huge hit with the whole family. Kale and Sam both love the opportunity to challenge and stretch their creative muscles through sculpting, drawing or acting out the given subject, or answering general (easy, fun) trivia questions that are nicely geared to younger age levels. We found this game at a thrift store for $2 and the only thing missing was the clay. This was not a problem as the kids immediately set to work whipping up a batch of homemade play dough to replace it. While we played the game, Hillary (3) practiced baking and sculpting with her own portion of the dough at the table with us.
Skip-Bo is a fun card game that Kale has just begun enjoying. I like that you can make it as long or as short of a game as you want just by dealing less cards in the pile you need to get rid of (we play with anywhere from 5 to 30 cards). Some games go so fast we play 2 or 3 in a row, sometimes 1 game can last an hour! A perfect rainy-day or ferry-trip game, fun with just a little bit of strategy and luck involved.
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