Board Game Arena

Hi. We moved to another country and my children keep contact with friends and family mostly by playing online games on board game arena. My nephew who's 4 wants to play with my 6 years old. My 6 years old is pretty used to boardgames, but her cousin is not, so I'm looking for game options for them to play together here on this platform.
I've found 'Baby Dinosaur rescue' as the most suitable option - I'm thinking about Fairy trails also?

Do you guys have some suggestions for games with low strategy suitable from age 4+?
TIA

King of Tokyo?

Thanks - I'm looking for age 4+, not number of persons

With 'short games', 'casual games', and 'family', here is the list: https://boardgamearena.com/gamelist?dur ... ificTag=26

Most gamesI I know seem to fit, but there is a few which are way too complicated. But the list seem worth to check.
You should look at games only of complexity 1/5.

'Logic' if you put simple puzzle would work with some help. It's more of a puzzle than a game though.
'Incan gold', even without understanding all the rules, is just: do you want to continue the exploration, or stop and gain the gems you got until that point. That could be scary... Maybe? That's not a scary game at all though.
'Happy City' have some count involved, but you build an happy city, which can be enough

OK. Here is a list of games I play in think a 6yr old and maybe 4yr old could play. If they know thier numbers from 1 to 10. And colors. And small amounts of math. Try these . Scratch and catch, Martian dice, butterfly, flowers, 61 autumn leaves, farkle, color pop, mountain goats, go fish, and probably many others. Have fun. Children that play more board games. End up better in school in math and reading. Without even realizing they are learning as they play and read rulebooks.

hellengravesen wrote: ↑10 July 2025, 02:54 I've found 'Baby Dinosaur rescue' as the most suitable option - I'm thinking about Fairy trails also?
Do you guys have some suggestions for games with low strategy suitable from age 4+?

As far as I know, Baby Dinosaur Rescue is still the only game on BGA designed for ages 4+. [EDIT: My First Castle Panic, too.] But you might also check my suggestions for children of 6-8 years, whether you find something suitable for your needs: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=107984

I would have suggested baby dinosaur rescue if you didn't already mention it.
Go nuts for donuts maybe?.

Off the top of my head, Llama might go ok, but may need some help with the counting. Similo might go ok too. I was looking at buying Diced Veggies IRL for my kids recently (my youngest is almost 6 so they are a bit older), so that's a possibility too. We also recently introduced them to Takenokolor and though I think my almost 6yo particularly was just colouring what he wanted, he understood enough (and he won anyway).

Oh, and Spot It/Dobble - my kids have been playing this since they were at least 4, maybe younger, and often do better at it than adults do.

Thanks for the suggestions all - will take a look

nik592 wrote: ↑11 July 2025, 04:15 Similo might go ok too.

I am sure (a physical copy of) Similo cards can be great fun for children of 4 to 6 years, maybe watching the pictures or guessing the animals names and fairy tales characters. But playing the game as according to the rules? This game needs quite a bit of abstract thinking, even some adults struggle with that. And not only for yourself, but you also have to imagine what others might think about the similarities. And you have to be able to switch your thinking into the negative (= voting for what is the least similar). Thus I'd recommend this game in general for ages 10+, and maybe 8+ for game experienced or abstract minded children.

Have you tried it with your kids? What is your experience?