Top 5 Tuesday: Childhood Board Games

The McGee's love board games, so this was an easy list.

5. Bonkers: This game was one of the cleverest games I've played, but no one outside of my group of friends at home has seemed to hear of it.  There are a number of tiles and you lay them on the board next to the spaces as you play.  Eventually, each space has instructions next to it on the tile.  Every time you play, it's a new game.  It also had pink and purple pieces, which was awesome.

4. Sorry!: One of my family's favorites.  My grandmother used to play it with me, which taught me to strategize and to lose.  My grandmother never believed in letting little kids win if they didn't actually win.

3. Mall Madness: I scrimped and saved the $35 to buy this game when I was a kid, and it was money well spent.  I loved the announcer's voice and having my own "credit card."

2. Monopoly: I agree with Sara that this game is amazing.  It's not a passive game; you must be engaged the entire time, and it can be days before it's over.  My sister and I also played Monopoly Jr., which was set at a carnival and you paid different amounts to ride the rides ($1 - $5).  It was a lot simpler, but introduced you to the basic concepts of the game. I have two versions now: Original and Seinfeld.

1. Trivial Pursuit: I've been playing this since I was a kid, and I have always enjoyed it.  When I wasn't getting a lot of answers right, I was learning new things by hearing the questions and answers.  Otherwise, I was kicking ass and taking names.  When my family plays with my extended family, my parents and I aren't allowed to be on the same teams.  :)

I also loved Yahtzee, but it didn't make the cut.  As a kid, I had Disney Yahtzee, which had characters' faces rather than numbers.