Games with tabletop frontiers

[Elok]

Yes, the title is forced but whatever, somebody needs to post on this subforum. Lately I simply haven't had time for Civ type games, because I have three kids now. Lately I've been looking for actually fun board games, because I have three kids now. It started this past Christmas when I got my oldest Catan. We played it until we were all close to sick of it, then I used some cash somebody gave me for Xmas to buy Carcassonne (so I wouldn't feel bad about spending twenty-odd bucks of my own money on a hoity-toity board game). I've only played it once so far, and I don't like it as much as Catan, but I can already tell that it's got the potential to turn extremely vicious for what amounts to a game of oddly themed dominoes. What do you guys play on the tabletop, excluding D&D and such which are just too involved for my tastes?

PS I HATE CLUE SO MUCH

[Jon Miller]

My daughter (Age 7) enjoys Dominion. I usually pick cards that I Think she could understand the interactions of and I haven't yet picked 10 cards (the usual).

JM

[Lorizael]

My daughter (Age 7) enjoys Dominion. I usually pick cards that I Think she could understand the interactions of and I haven't yet picked 10 cards (the usual).

JM

Include Throne Room if you want to teach her about recursion; don't if you want your games to ever end.

[Elok]

Played a second game of Carcassonne last night. The 6yo stomped us by building most of a gigantic city for the whole game and getting the crucial tile to complete it on his very last turn of the game. 32 points. Little bugger.

[self biased]

you gotta up your field ninja game.

Or are you using only the basic rules with roads, cities, and monasteries.

[N35t0r]

Field ninja is how I won 8 of the last 10 games I played.

Power Grid is a fun game to play, and there's countless of 'expansion' boards to mix things up.

[Elok]

Basic rules. We've only played two games so far, after all.