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What was your favourite board game as a child?

(17 Posts)
MissAdventure Fri 05-Jun-26 18:28:27

Mousetrap, although it never worked like it did on the adver.

crazyH Fri 05-Jun-26 18:26:02

Draughts, Ludo, Snakes and Ladders

jusnoneed Fri 05-Jun-26 18:22:15

Back in the 60's with my Nan it was Ludo or Draughts.
With friends Monopoly or Cluedo. We would spend hours playing one or the other when it was raining during school holidays.

Wyllow3 Fri 05-Jun-26 18:17:20

Snakes and ladders for me as a young child so of course I bought my son one. He loved it too and called it "nakes and ladders"

One of 4, we played a lot of Draughts all the time.

NotSpaghetti Fri 05-Jun-26 18:09:30

Monopoly.

I did love Chinese Chequers too. My set was an old one even when I was young.

It was a wooden frame (like a picture frame) with a thinner wooden board set inside. It had glued-on paper "Chinese" artwork. The little holes went through the paper and the thinner board to sit the marbles in.
It had its own "special" marbles. A bit smaller than ordinary sized ones and solid colours.

I thought it was beautiful.

winterwhite Fri 05-Jun-26 18:09:08

Cluedo.

Oldnproud Fri 05-Jun-26 18:00:05

ViceVersa

Oh, I loved Mastermind too, but my absolute favourite was Scrabble! I still love playing it online to this day.

Same here.

Greyduster Fri 05-Jun-26 17:51:18

I couldn’t get enough of Chinese chequers! These days I love Ludo.

paddyann54 Fri 05-Jun-26 17:44:57

Ludo

paddyann54 Fri 05-Jun-26 17:44:39

Lido …with my granny who ALWAYS cheated…Ina hilarious way that made us laugh .Still miss her 55 years since she died

Rocketstop2 Fri 05-Jun-26 17:43:58

Snakes and ladders and Tiddly Winks when I was really little !

ViceVersa Fri 05-Jun-26 17:06:18

Oh, I loved Mastermind too, but my absolute favourite was Scrabble! I still love playing it online to this day.

Tuliptree Fri 05-Jun-26 17:04:58

I had a travel version of Mastermjnd but not as a child. As a child I liked ludo and hated snakes and ladders. We actually played cards more than board games.

Fallingstar Fri 05-Jun-26 17:01:35

Mine was snakes and ladders as a child.

ThreeRandomWords123 Fri 05-Jun-26 16:54:38

I loved that too - have got various different versions of it today but the challenge is getting people to play it as it takes quite a long time!

LaCrepescule Fri 05-Jun-26 16:51:06

Monopoly every time.

ThreeRandomWords123 Fri 05-Jun-26 16:48:25

Mine was Mastermind - it was the perfect format for me - only needed one other person to play it and it didn't last too long and I loved the logical thinking it needed. Wish I'd kept my board though....