Already have Clue. Don't say Chutes and Ladders.

Backgammon

Stratego

She's decent at Monopoly but buys too many properties right off the bat.

Ticket to Ride ia good.

Connect 4- Kids love that game

Checkers

Memory

Plenty of great recommendations. We had them all.

Sorry!
Trouble
Blokus

Target has some fun looking mashup games; Guess Who Clue, Monopoly Jenga, Twister Scrabble, Candy Land Connect 4, and Taboo Speak Out.

Mousetrap
Sorry
Life

If you're looking for more than Monopoly and Sorry, then get one of these:

King of Tokyo
Ticket to Ride
Kingdomino

Appropriate and fun for 8 year olds, but still good enough parents will be happy to play.

If it was a boy, I would say What's that smell?


But she would probably like ticket to ride

- Settlers of Catan (Junior edition is good for younger kids with shorter attention spans)
- Hogwarts battle ( fun cooperative game but takes longer)
- Incan Gold (quick risk/reward game)

Carcasonne
Splendor (says 10+ but I bet a smart 8 year old can play it - its really simple)
Bohnanza (says 13+ but again I think it's fairly simple and an 8 year old would just love gathering a bunch of stink beans lol)

All of these games the parents would enjoy as well and not hate them.

Trouble

Dungeons & Dragons.

Dragonwood

Cones of Dunshire

Pictionary (and get the large free standing tablet paper to draw on)(enhance impromptu thinking and drawing)

Operation (eye/hand coordination)

Magician set

Great post. Board games are a big part of our family time.

Shoots and ladders is my addiction.

Ginormus Ag said:

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I don't have a clue. I would say Chutes and Ladders.

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Horrible game.

Ticket to Ride, Carcassone, and Catan are mainstays. There are also kid versions but at 8 you may be maxing our age on those. My oldest is 8 and we are starting to move him to the full games.

cisgenderedAggie said:

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Dr.Rumack said:

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She's decent at Monopoly but buys too many properties right off the bat.

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Dude, this is how you win.

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The rules of the game are
If the player lands on an unowned property, the player may buy it for the price listed on that property's space. If he or she agrees to buy it, he or she pays the Bank the amount shown on the property space and receives the deed for that property. If he or she refuses to buy the property for the amount stated on the deed, the property is auctioned. Bidding may start at any price, and all players may bid. The highest bidder wins the property and pays the Bank the amount bid and receives the property's title deed. Railroads and utilities are also considered properties.

UNO

True. It is nothing like it's lesser known sister game, Poop Chutes and Friend Ladders.