The Best Board Games for Kids

We filter for games the BGG community rates as appropriate for ages 8 and under, with a complexity weight below 2.0. That cuts out games marketed to kids but designed for adults to manage, and games that technically work for children but bore them within five minutes.

You will find cooperative games where nobody loses, memory games that give kids a genuine edge over adults, dexterity games that turn the table into a playground, and simple strategy games that teach planning without punishment. These are the games that turn screen time into table time.