https://www.rebelstudio.eu/games/chronicles-of-avel-1415.html
This is a great game to play with my 8 and 6 year olds. It’s cooperative, which means everyone is involved and invested all the time, and there are no issues about someone winning and losing. You get to design your own character, and the artwork and pieces are really engaging. Highly recommended.
We love the mechanism of killing monsters to gather enough equipment and material to then defend against the onslaught of the beast. You also feel the time ticking as the game progresses and the beast’s appearance approaches. This has the added benefit of everyone always knowing how far through the game they are and how much longer is left. It is a bit complicated to set up, and there are a lot of rules but the game flows well once you’re into it.
The sound paring is an obvious one, but soundtrack to the Netflix series The Witcher works perfectly here and is long enough to cover even an extended session.