geek
Bazaar
Misc
Help
QuickBar
SEARCH
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
[+] [+]
[+] [+]
[+] [+]
[+] [+]
[+] [+]
The Hotness
Games|People|Company
Good list of games for 13 year olds, by a 13 year old
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
Recommend
103
9.12
a good list for 13 year old gamers
Your Tags: Add tags
Popular Tags: recommendation [+] kid-playable [+] [View All]
Posted Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:58 am
Edited Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:50 pm
1. Board Game: Nexus Ops [Average Rating:7.23 Overall Rank:154]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 nexus ops is a great game with fantasy characters battling for the most spaces
8
Jason Freer
United States
Houston
Texas
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron070809
mbmbmbmbmb
My eight year old also enjoys it. No issues learning it. He still hasn't won but he is getting better every game.
2. Board Game: Vegas Showdown [Average Rating:7.30 Overall Rank:123]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 vegas showdown is an awesome game
2
Max Jamelli
United States
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
flag msg tools
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
I am a big fan of this game too.
NaNoWriMo! (Erik Warnes)
United States
Waldorf
Maryland
flag msg tools
designer
Avatar
patron06070809
mbmbmbmbmb
nextinline wrote:
When my daughter was 13 I don't think she would have liked Vegas Showdown, but now that she's 17 she loves it. I bought this when it was on sale to be a Christmas gift for family members.
She also really likes Hollywood Blockbuster and she used to carry No Thanks around in her purse to play with friends at school.


When I was in school, they would have confiscated the cards as "gambling paraphernalia." When we explained why Magic: The Gathering wasn't gambling, they were confiscated for occult references.
3. Board Game: Samurai [Average Rating:7.55 Overall Rank:50]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 samurai is a great game of strategy
4
4. Board Game: Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers [Average Rating:7.24 Overall Rank:143]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 carcassonne is a fun game of conquering land
5. Board Game: Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot [Average Rating:5.86 Overall Rank:2877]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 killer bunnies is a game where the object is to collect the most carrots and keep your bunnies alive. a not very diffucult but great game
Max Jamelli
United States
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
flag msg tools
Avatar
mbmbmbmbmb
This is a fun game - if you have all the expansion decks it gets a little confusing, but still a good time.
6. Board Game: Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation [Average Rating:7.38 Overall Rank:93]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 the confrontation is an awesome game for 2 players
5
David Bush
United States
Lexington
Virginia
flag msg tools
Avatar
040506070809
mbmbmbmbmb
This is a great game if you like Stratego. There's a strong element of bluffing involved. I like to pair Sam up with someone besides Frodo, if I think I can get away with it.
Chris Daniels
United States
Unspecified
Unspecified
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron070809
mbmbmb
This is to me far better than Stratego simply because it involves far less bluffing and more strategy, but the bluffing is still so important. Also the tiny board gives such an intense and claustrophobic feel that makes you always pressed and feeling threatened. One of my top 2-players.
1
Edited Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:35 am
7. Board Game: Formula Dé [Average Rating:7.08 Overall Rank:191]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 formula de is a great car racing game imitating the indy 500. sort of diffucult but fun
3
Kelly Bass
United States
Venice
California
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron040608
mbmbmbmb
You might also consider Ave Caesar. It's not long, but if you & your friends like a racing game all about getting in each other's way, I think you'd like this.
Christopher Rao
United States
Seattle
Washington
flag msg tools
designer
Avatar
patron0708
mbmbmbmbmb
chockle wrote:
You might also consider Ave Caesar. It's not long, but if you & your friends like a racing game all about getting in each other's way, I think you'd like this.
Another possibility is Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix. Both of these games are, IMO, better than Formula De.
United States
Clemson
South Carolina
flag msg tools
designer
Avatar
040506070809
mbmbmbmbmb
topherr wrote:
chockle wrote:
You might also consider Ave Caesar. It's not long, but if you & your friends like a racing game all about getting in each other's way, I think you'd like this.
Another possibility is Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix. Both of these games are, IMO, better than Formula De.
I agree--although I've only experienced Ave Caesar as Ausgebremst. But I think that 13-year-olds wouldn't mind the shortcomings (as I see them) of Formula De (starting position having a huge effect on outcome, fiddliness). When my eldest was that age, he also loved Carabande (Pitch Car) and that Racing Game in a Tube (DMS?). I think those 'active' games appeal well to teens.
Michael Hellyer
United States
Aurora
Illinois
flag msg tools
patron070809
mbmbmb
SPEED CIRCUIT by Avalon-Hill was also an excellent race game, as was it's very old predecessor, LE MANS. I enjoyed many races with both those games. WINNER'S CIRCLE is a fun horse racing game where you secretly bet on three horses, two of which are actual bets and the third is a fake bet (to fake out your competitors). Then you try to run the race so that the horses you bet on will win. Good fun.
Michael Hellyer
United States
Aurora
Illinois
flag msg tools
patron070809
mbmbmb
RISK was one of our big favorites when we were 13.
Edited Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:49 am
NaNoWriMo! (Erik Warnes)
United States
Waldorf
Maryland
flag msg tools
designer
Avatar
patron06070809
mbmbmbmbmb
PlayMe1 wrote:
SPEED CIRCUIT by Avalon-Hill was also an excellent race game, as was it's very old predecessor, LE MANS. I enjoyed many races with both those games. WINNER'S CIRCLE is a fun horse racing game where you secretly bet on three horses, two of which are actual bets and the third is a fake bet (to fake out your competitors). Then you try to run the race so that the horses you bet on will win. Good fun.


It was 4 bets when i played winner's circle: 1 double, 2 singles and a bluff bet.
8. Board Game: Through the Desert [Average Rating:7.26 Overall Rank:115]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 through the desert is a game where you create caravans of camels and attempt to conquer the most space
2
9. Board Game: Ticket to Ride [Average Rating:7.52 Overall Rank:55]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 the object in ticket to ride is to create long trains and getting from 1 destination to another
2
Michael Hellyer
United States
Aurora
Illinois
flag msg tools
patron070809
mbmbmb
Ticket to Ride: Marklin edition adds a fun extra -- zooming around your tracks picking up passengers for bonus points. The first person to hit stations gets more points.
10. Board Game: Winner's Circle [Average Rating:7.00 Overall Rank:241]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 in winner's circle you bet on which horse will win based on odds. this is a fun but somewhat difficult game
1
11. Board Game: Ave Caesar [Average Rating:6.75 Overall Rank:406]
[Shop]
Riley Kruger
United States

Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron07
mbmbmbmb
 ave caesar is a short, but good, racing game
3
12. Board Game: The Downfall of Pompeii [Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:185]
[Shop]
Michael Hellyer
United States
Aurora
Illinois
flag msg tools
patron070809
mbmbmb
 You might like THE DOWNFALL OF POMPEII. Very easy to learn and fun to play. The first half of the game you move your people pieces into the city of Pompeii, then when the volcano hits, for the second half of the game you try to move as many people out of the city without getting hit by lava from the other players. Of course, you can hit them with lava.
2
13. Board Game: Stratego [Average Rating:5.94 Overall Rank:1853]
[Shop]
Michael Hellyer
United States
Aurora
Illinois
flag msg tools
patron070809
mbmbmb
 Give STRATEGO a try. Interesting two player game trying to capture the other player's flag on a checkertype board with pieces of varying military ranks and powers that have hidden strength until moved into contact with each other.
Cliff
United States
Western Great Lakes
Michigan
flag msg tools
Avatar
mbmbmb
We have a copy of Star Wars Stratego around so it's pretty cool having extra chracter powers for us. Cool list and we were just introduced to Nexus Ops so I'll forward this to my twelve-year old son.
24 comments [Hide]
Jeff Cramer
United States
Littleton
Colorado
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron060708
mbmbmb
Hmmmm. . .odd. :what:
leftfield
United States
Durham
North Carolina
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron050607
mbmbmbmbmb
mvatson wrote:
I honestly can't understand what is so special when a 13 year old kid writes a Geeklist.


What is special about it to me is that Riley, and you, (and Eric, the Zildjian Ninja) are participating in this community. As far as I know, there are not very many posts done by folks your age. Also, people are responding and making recommendations. People of a wide variety of ages are engaged with one another and communicating. That's special to me.

mvatson wrote:

Im myself in the age of 14, written few thousand pages of text, just for my own amusement.

[snip]

Blah.



ok, show us what you got! If you're amused by something you've written, chances are someone here will be amused by it too. You've told us what you don't think has value. Give us something you think does have value. Write a review, or a session report, or make a geeklist. It's all good!

mvatson wrote:

Nor can I see this as a useful list. I just don't think it is, if you wonder if a game is suitable for a 13 year old, you have to think about the person in question, what is he intrested in, what kind of attention spam he has, does he learn the rules easily? And so on... You cant make a list of games that suit 20 year old people, how about for 60 years old? Naturally you CAN make list for games that suit small children, I just dont think it works after you hit 10-12 years of age.




You make some very good points. In the next couple of months, I will be deciding what to buy for my nieces and nephews for xmas, and I will look at this list. You are right about the age thing, though. I cannot blindly buy games from this list because my nephew is the same age. But, I'm 39 and I forget what it was like to be 13 or 14. I will use it along with other lists and recommendations here. Game recommendations are difficult to do, and I'll use whatever information I have to help me.

So, help me out with those reviews and geeklists. I'll need something by the end of November so I have time to order and ship my gifts.

Welcome to the Geek! :meeple:
leftfield
United States
Durham
North Carolina
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron050607
mbmbmbmbmb
mvatson wrote:

Oh, and I never said this list isn't valueable, all I said was that I didn't find it particulary useful. Very different things.


I think you're going to fit in just fine here. :laugh:
rick nichols
United States
San Antonio
Texas
flag msg tools
patron0708
Great list, Riley! I'll use it when I'm buying games for Nephews and children of my friends. It's always good to have some new blood at BGG.




Larry Kruger
United States
Germantown
Wisconsin
flag msg tools
Avatar
patron070809
mbmbmbmbmb
The key thing is that you are enjoying games and interacting with people face to face, and not across a computer network. I believe the best aspect of gaming is the socialization, although playing games like Nexus Ops and Winner's Circle is a lot more rewarding than playing Sorry or Go Fish.

Either way, I am just happy that I have successfully added another gamer to my circle. :laugh: Spiel On!
Front Page | Welcome | Contact | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Support BGG | Feeds RSS
BoardGameGeek and the BoardGameGeek logo are trademarks of BoardGameGeek, LLC.