Senor Misterioso
United States
Washington
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Our 2 1/2 year old son absolutely loves Go Away Monster! He started on Goodnight Moon (which he doesn't seem to like anymore) and also has the game Hissss which keeps his attention for about 2 1/2 minutes.
Any recommendations for other simple & fun games appropriate for his age?
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W M Shubert
United States
Portland
Oregon
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Yes, I really am that awesome.
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Monkey Madness (the ravensburger one, there is another game with the same name) is basically a competitive version of Go Away Monster. It was a big hit with my daughters at that age.
2+1/2 might be old enough for Viva Topo! and the (sadly out of print) Gulo Gulo also.
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Mark Clark Jr
United States
Visalia
California
Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard, be evil.
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A couple of ones that I've picked up for our son that's about the same age are Fish Eat Fish and Feed the Kitty.
Of course we're not playing using the cards yet in Fish Eat Fish but he likes jumping them and making them into stacks. Feed the Kitty is a quick enough little dice game that it doesn't lose him like Hiss does.
Also, I have a copy of Pengoloo and Der schwarze Pirat for when he gets a little bit older. We'll see how those go.
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Mark Jackson
United States
Fresno
California
Am I a man or am I a muppet? If I'm a muppet then I'm a very manly muppet!
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Walter Wick Can You See What I See?
Maskenball der Käfer
Feed the Kitty
Rabatz auf dem Riesenrad but it's sadly WAY OOP
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Zack Stackurski
United States
Mankato
Minnesota
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Animal on Animal was the first thing I thought of. I'm getting my 3 year old daughter a copy in her Easter Basket
Haba has some other games that might work out like the racing games Monza or Giro Galoppo if your kid likes race cars or horses respectively. Good luck in your search!
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Fraser
Australia
Melbourne
Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.
Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?
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Tummy Ache (assuming it is still in print).
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Senor Misterioso
United States
Washington
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Lots of replies! Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'll look into all of those!
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Senor Misterioso
United States
Washington
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Tummy Ache is still in print!
We went with that one and it was a big hit. Very similar to Go Away Monster, it was picked up very easily and he has a lot of fun making new plates of food and screaming when he gets a tummy ache card. Sometimes we spice things up by making plates of nothing but icky buggy food!
Thanks for the recommendation!
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Fraser
Australia
Melbourne
Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.
Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?
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Misterioso wrote: Tummy Ache is still in print! That's excellent news.
Misterioso wrote: ...Thanks for the recommendation! My pleasure. Both Daughter the Elder and Daughter the Younger enjoyed it when they were of that age. And we didn't mind playing it with them either (which is not necessarily always the case with children's games!).
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Was George Orwell an Optimist?
United States
Corvallis
Oregon
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My 4 year old granddaughter loves RattleSnake, Gulo Gulo, Go Away Monster!, and Memory. I recently introduced her to Sherlock, which went over well, and Walter Wick Can You See What I See?, which fell flat for both of us and won't be played again.
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Posted Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:00 am
