"army game" for 6 y/o boy

So, I picked a tag off of the tree at my son's school for gifts for needy children. I am trying to find an "army game" for a 6 year old boy. Any suggestions? (I thought it said "any game" when I took it...then later I realized it says "army game" and now I am clueless).

I thought of Stratego, Risk or Battleship. But Stratego is 8+, Risk is 10+, and Battleship is 7+ and is really Navy, not Army.

Any ideas? TIA!

Re: "army game" for 6 y/o boy

Do you think maybe the word "game" is used loosely, and you could get a military play set with army guys/figures he could play with? I think that would be more age appropriate... I have a just-turned 6 year old DS who loves games, but I don't think he would get the concepts or strategy of something like Risk or Stratego.

Maybe something like this?

http://www.toysrus.com/buy/fire-police-military/true-heroes-ultimate-military-playset-v4246-3546319

Re: "army game" for 6 y/o boy

I bought an Army vs. Aliens dice game for my six year old cousin who loves anything army and he loved it!!

dice game

Re: "army game" for 6 y/o boy

Battleship is not really rated correctly, IMHO, unless it has more to do with the small pieces. My son played it in pre-K.

Can you do some sort of dress up thing? Is GI Joe still around?

Re: "army game" for 6 y/o boy

My son played battleship and stratego at 6 with no issues (probably even at 5 - he's a board game junky!). He even played risk but that needs more time to develop strategy. He plays them all regularly and he just turned 7 over the summer.

Message edited 12/15/2014 6:48:53 AM.