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We got Labyrinth for Christmas. I'm not sure we're playing it right, but we're having fun with it.

DS9 just got knet. It was a expensive game but thought we needed something different. It's somewhat like chess. Pieces are captured with lazer lights that reflect off mirrors. We had a lot of fun with it. It's a different kind of thinking. I don't think he could just have someone over and just play easily but it's a good game to play with parents.

DD just got Qwirkle. This is very fun. This is a great game to learn quickly and play with freinds.

We have scrabble junior which has card board tiles and no points. I'm thinking of upgrading to the scrabble with the wooden tiles. I like the board that hold the tiles in place. I've seen a few other scrabble type games. Has anybody compared? Which is the best way to go?

We have bananagrams. I like that you can play shorter or longer games with it. Scrabble is great too, but the timed aspect of bananagrams is a great challenge for us.

Another short scrabble-like game is Quiddler, which you can play with others or in solitaire mode (just a card game with letters).

Settlers of Catan sounds worth checking out, thanks WannaBe, et al.

Oooo ... DS9 got Settlers of Catan for x-mas and we've started a few short games but haven't had time to play the full deal. Good to know you enjoyed it! We'll have to set up a game night! If I tell DS he can stay up until the game is over, he'll be way into it.

We have a lot of the games being mentioned! We've been on a dry stretch on the board games and should get them out.

A great game for kids in my mind is Set. Set is fun, fast-paced and all about pattern matching. My younger son loves it.

We also really like Made for Trade and Ticket to Ride.

Rat a Tat Cat is my all time favorite.
Chrys

My kids are teenagers. We love the Book Lover's edition of Trivial Pursuit. Also, although it is not a board game, the Perplexus puzzle D2 got for Christmas is very popular.

http://perplexus.net/products.php

We like "The way things work". It's a fun game that teaches the mechanics and physics of...the way things work. there are 3 versions you can play. One with just the question cards, one with models you have to build, or there is an experiment version too. it's quite fun and very eduational.