What would be a good board game for an 11 year old girl?

[desteffy]

Something interesting for that age group, but not too simple just based only on rolling dice or having an obvious optimal strategy. Any suggestions? favorites of your kids?

 

[pontifex]

prepare for lots of inappropriate answers.

 

[lobbyone]

Chess, monopoly, checkers

 

[gwrober]

My kids like the Cranium series - those are fun. Scattegories, etc. They make a ton of games geared towards pre-teens and early teens that are fun. I like to get my kids the games that 'force' them to be creative and do some thinking, and they really get into it.

Heck, we even yahtzee a few times a week - that involves minimal strategy....


Edit:
Try this one...

 

[sao123]

twister

 

[AreaCode707]

My twin sisters are 11. They can play Monopoly or Backgammon for hours.

 

[PHiuR]

Stratego

 

[FoBoT]

cranium if they are brainy types
apples to apples jr. edition

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: desteffy
Something interesting for that age group, but not too simple just based only on rolling dice or having an obvious optimal strategy. Any suggestions? favorites of your kids?

World of Warcraft

barbie dolls

My little pony Board game

 

[lobbyone]

what about scrabble?

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: desteffy
Something interesting for that age group, but not too simple just based only on rolling dice or having an obvious optimal strategy. Any suggestions? favorites of your kids?

World of Warcraft

lol

 

[Bryophyte]

Agree with the Cranium games. My 10 and 6 year olds love those games and can play for hours.

 

[funboy6942]

You can never go wrong with Mouse Trap
Or Operation.

 

[hans030390]

Risk?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Agree with the Cranium games. My 10 and 6 year olds love those games and can play for hours.

oh yeah!

halabalue (whatever) my 4 yr old loves that game.

 

[torpid]

Cranium, Scrabble, Boggle, Pictionary, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Blokus...