Family life advisors say having a weekly board game night is a great way to stay in touch with your children. As they get older, kids seem to chat more over board games. Today there are a wide variety of fascinating strategy games to interest your teens.
At the 41st annual Gen Con Indy board game show, 130,000 people came to see new strategy, adventure and fantasy games.
Strategy games include war games, such as “Axis and Allies,” which recreates battles of World War II, and “Risk,” the classic game of world domination.
Adventure games include “Carcassonne,” set in the medieval French town of Carcassonne; “Puerto Rico,” where you have a chance to become rich; and “Settlers of Catan,” where you try to tame the wilds on the remote but rich island of Catan.
Fantasy games include “Battlelore,” where you command an army in Medieval Europe, and the “Lord of the Rings,” based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy trilogy.
