Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
- Claude Monet
Dad Suggests was created to share with others the many different things that we have loved sharing with our own children.
Our hope is that - by reading or visiting our children’s bookstore - you will find something special to enjoy with your own family.
- Ryan
All tagged kids games
Magic Market from LOKI is our Game of the Month for May 2023. Buy and sell magical goods, remember what the customers are looking to buy, and come out on top as the best vendor at the magic market!
Candy Land gets a lot of hate from parents, but is the criticism unfounded? It’s time for me to defend this colorful classic board game - because I think it’s better than the credit it gets.
Rooby’s ABCs is a great gameschooling game from SimplyFun for practicing your ABCs with little ones. Designed by world-famous Reiner Knizia, Rooby’s ABCs is both educational and delightful.
Team Digger is a cooperative coding game for children and it’s our Game of the Month. You can use these cute doggies to teach your kids about coding, and practice spatial reasoning, planning, and visualization too.
Mysterium Kids is a cooperative family board game where you must use a haunted tambourine to make noises and help everyone else find out where the treaure is hidden. This ghostly game is quickly beloved and an easy choice for Game of the Month.
One of our favorite family games of all time has received a sequel! Gamewright has released the card game Sleeping Queens 2: The Rescue!, and we were eager to find out if we loved it just as much as the original.
Our Game of the Month for October 2022 is HABA’s new release Flotsam Float! Flotsam Float is a stacking game for ages 6+ with a unique twist - you have to move the entire balancing stack from place to place on every turn!
Mirror Mansion tests your memory and your knowledge of reflections at the same time. This family game is perfect for gameschoolers and fun for the whole family.
Familiar Tales from Plaid Hat Games and Jerry Hawthorne is our Game of the Month for March. It’s a cooperative family adventure board game with immersive storytelling and and a brilliant digital companion app.
Discover our favorite board games of 2021 and our Dad Suggests Family Board Game of the Year in two categories - games for younger kids and games for older kids.
Kingdom Run is a competitive family board game from Ankama with a very cute fantasy theme. Race against the whole family to bring your clan to the finish line first and score the most points to win!
Stardew Valley the Board Game captures the magic of the video game in the most perfect way. This cooperative game features farming, mining, fishing, making friends - everything you love about Stardew Valley. Fans will undoubtedly fall in love with it.
This month’s Game of the Month is Happy City by Gamewright. It’s a city-building card game that’s perfect for families. It’s cute, engaging, and easy to explain, so we’re having a blast with it.
Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape from HABA is our Game of the Month for November. It’s a great memory test for the whole family with creative design any many ways to play both cooperatively and competitively.
The ultimate list of board games for kids of every age. Starting with the first board games for toddlers and going all the way until the games are equally loved by all ages - discover your new favorite game for family game night every step of the way.
Discover the very best family board games for 8-year-old kids with this top 10 list. Find your next game for family game night with the best games from The OP, IELLO, Blue Orange games, and more!
Wizards and Werewolves is the perfect choice for an active, outdoor game with a spooky spin on it for Halloween. It’s like capture the flag infused with imagination and childhood wonder and a little bit of Halloween spirit as well. And that makes it the perfect choice for our October Game of the Month.
Our Game of the Month for September is HABA’s newest addition to their My Very First Games series - Animal Upon Animal Junior. It’s a spectacular stacking game for toddlers with both competitive and cooperative ways to play.
