Ravensburger Enchanted Forest - Family Game

Ravensburger Enchanted Forest - Family Game Review

Ravensburger Enchanted Forest - Family Game Feature

• A magical treasure hunt in the land of fairy tales.
• The king's castle reveals the treasures you must search for throughout the forest.
• Roll the die to determine the distance you move, making your ways to the trees to see what treasures are hidden under them.
• Once you've found the treasure the king has requested, make your way to the castle so that you can announce where it is.
• The first player to correctly announce the location of three treasures wins!

A Magical Treasure Hunt in the Land of Fairy Tales

Let?s Play! To set up the game, snap one treasure into the bottom of each tree and place the trees where indicated on the game board. Choose your playing piece and place in near the village on the game board, which serves as the starting area. The king?s castle reveals the treasures you must search for throughout the forest. Roll the die to determine the distance you move, making your ways to the trees to see what treasures are hidden under them. When you reach a tree, you can look under it, making sure the other players don?t see what you?ve found. Once you?ve found the treasure the king has requested, make your way to the castle so that you can announce where it is. If you?re right, you continue on your journey for the next treasure. If you?re wrong, you must go all the way back to the village and start over. The first player to correctly announce the location of three treasures wins!

2-6 players.
Playing Time: 20 minutes

Think Fun Math Dice

Think Fun Math Dice Review

Think Fun Math Dice Feature

• Two target dice and three scoring dice
• Lesson booklet
• Game-go storage bag
• Teaches mental math skills
• For ages 8 years and above

Introducing the most flexible, competitive math game ever invented! Players use combinations of operations including: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or even powers, to generate equations whose result is closet, or equal to, the Target Number. Features: Three 6-sided dice and two 12-sided dice; cotton drawstring bag and instruction booklet with lessons and examples; web activities for kids, adults and teachers, improves and builds fundamental math skills.

University Games Super Why ABC Letter Preschool Game

University Games Super Why ABC Letter Preschool Game Review

University Games Super Why ABC Letter Preschool Game Feature

• Players take on the Powers Of The Super Why
• Based on key reading skills such as alphabet recognition, rhyming, spelling and basic reading
• The winner is the first to join each of the four characters and reach finish
• TV Show nominated for an Emmy in 2008
• #3 Rated preschool program for children -5

Calling all super readers!

Funglish

Funglish Review

Funglish Feature

• The word-guessing game that lets you express it and guess it with piles of tiles
• You can't talk or act but you can find, grab and play just the right clues from 120 descriptive tiles as everyone shouts out their guesses
• Keep playing tiles like furry, brown and bouncy - Once another player yells out Kangaroo, try a new word before time runs out
• Includes 50 cards, each containing 6 secret words - that's 300 words for hours of guessing fun
• Includes 120 descriptive tiles, 50 cards, easel with 2 leg supports, 3 rails and timer clip, timer and instructions
• For 3 or more players

Hasbro Games Funglish

There's no time to lose -- so grab some clues. Can you get the other players to guess the word kangaroo? You can't talk or act, but you can find, grab and play just the right clues from 120 descriptive tiles as Everyone shouts out their guesses. You play living, wild and tall. Is it a Redwood? A giraffe? A basketball player? Nope. Keep playing tiles like furry, brown and bouncy. Once another player yells out, "kangaroo," try a new word before time runs out. that's the funny, noisy, unique, entertaining, magical, fast-moving fun of Funglish, the word-guessing game that lets you express it and guess it with piles of tiles. It includes 50 cards, each containing 6 secret words -- that's 300 words for hours of guessing fun. It includes 120 descriptive tiles, 50 cards, an easel with 2 leg supports, 3 rails and a timer clip, timer and instructions. It's for 3 or more players'

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 (L) x 10.5 (W) x 10.5 (H)
• Age: 12 years and up

Trivial Pursuit Card Game

Trivial Pursuit Card Game Review

Trivial Pursuit Card Game Feature

• TRIVIAL PURSUIT STEAL is the perfect trivia game if you have just 15 minutes to spare.
• This fast-paced game is the first ever Trivial Pursuit card game.
• Combines questions and answers with the strategy of winning your wedges by stealing your opponents?.
• Provide something for everyone!
• All in a quick-play card game.

Hasbro Trivial Pursuit Card Game

Trivial Pursuit is the perfect trivia game if you have just 15 minutes to spare. This fast-paced game is the first ever Trivial Pursuit card game that combines questions and answers with the strategy of winning your wedges by stealing your opponents' -- all in a quick-play card game.

• Product Dimensions: 0.87 (L) x 3.62 (W) x 5.63 (H)
• Age: 12 years and up

Peaceable Kingdom / Count Your Chickens Cooperative Board Game

Peaceable Kingdom / Count Your Chickens Cooperative Board Game Review

Peaceable Kingdom / Count Your Chickens Cooperative Board Game Feature

• A cooperative counting game with pluck!
• Players work together to help Mother Hen collect her chicks and bring them back to the coop
• Learn counting and social development skills with no reading required
• Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Medal Award Winner
• For 2-4 players ages 3 years and older

Count your Chickens - A Counting Game with Pluck! The baby chicks have flown the coop! Players help Mother Hen collect her chicks and bring them back to the coop. Spin and move, count the number of spaces and collect that number of chicks. Take turns but work together. Collect all the chicks and everyone wins!

Children will learn:
- Counting
- Taking Turns
- Following Directions
- Social Development
- Cooperation

What is a cooperative game? It's a game where everyone plays together, no one is left out, and everyone has fun! In a cooperative game, players work together as a team against a common obstacle, not against each other.
Cooperative games emphasize play, not competition. Kids work together, they help each other and, most importantly, they play for FUN!

Cooperative Games foster:
- Non-stressful play situations
- Emotional development
- Shared decision making
- Creative problem solving
- A sense of community
- Positive self esteem
- Playfulness
- Cooperation

All Peaceable Kingdom cooperative games are printed with soy-based inks on FSC paper and include parts made only with recycled plastics. Games that are good for our planet and good for our kids!

Loaded Questions

Loaded Questions Review

Loaded Questions Feature

• The Classic Game of 'Who Said What' with More than One Million Sold!
• 1,300+ Questions and No Right or Wrong Answers!
• Makes Every Family Happier and Every Party a Hit!
• This New version includes hundreds of new questions and custom pieces.
• For 4 to 6 players

Loaded Questions is a multiplayer game that tests your knowledge of other people's opinions as you race your opponents. By correctly guessing your fellow player's answers to probing, opinion-oriented questions, you advance around the board. Over 500 questions are included along with six pencils, one die, six game pieces, a score pad and a board.

No Stress Chess

No Stress Chess Review

No Stress Chess Feature

• 2 sided game board, one side with hints, one without
• 16 Staunton chess pieces (ivory & black)
• 56 action cards, card tray and rules
• Learn while you play

With this revolutionary chess teacher, you'll be playing the world's greatest game in no time at all! Unlike any other chess teacher, No Stress Chess teaches you how to play using illustrated cards and an illustrated two-sided game board. Includes two-sided chess board, 17 charcoal pieces, 17 ivory pieces, 56 action cards, black plastic card tray and instructions. For two players.

UNO MOO Preschool Game

UNO MOO Preschool Game Review

UNO MOO Preschool Game Feature

• The farm animals have come out of their barn to play UNO
• Round them up by matching colors or animals
• The first player to get all of their figures back in the barn wins
• Includes 1 Play-and-Store Barn, 28 Animal and Farmer Figures
• Finalists for 10th Annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards

The farm animals have come out of their barn to play UNO! An exciting new game for preschoolers, UNO Moo! offers a stress-free, fun way for children to gain confidence in their matching skills. Parents will appreciate the Play-and-Store barn accessory, which makes clean-up quick and easy. Remember to shout the magic words when only one animal in a player’s stable remains….UNO Mooooooo! Fast fun for everyone.

Families love playing Uno Moo!

Easy to pack up and take to Grandma's for fun on the go!

Laugh and Learn!
Searching for a game where learning and laughter go hand-in-hand? On a basic level, UNO Moo! allows children to practice their colors and matching skills. But players also may find themselves with some “wild” pieces like the Skunk or the Farmer, which adds a bit of strategy and excitement to the game as well. Victory could be just one turn away, but a player better be prepared to say “Uno Moooooo” or else the game continues. Who can win? Anybody. Who will laugh? Everybody.

How to Play
The game begins when a child draws five animal pieces from the barn storage unit and hides them behind his or her individual haystack, out of view from the rest of the players. The first animal piece will be played, by placing it on the top of the barn, resting on the barn door. The next player will compare the animals in his or her haystack with the animal at the barn door. If the animal is a BLUE COW, the player could tip the cow back through the barn door and replace it will any BLUE animal or any color COW. The game continues until a player has successfully played all the animals behind his or her haystack.

Gotcha!
True to the spirit of the original UNO! card game, Uno Moo! has a few “wild” pieces and the shouting “Uno!” requirement. Players who play a SKUNK piece force the next player to add two more animal pieces from the barn to his or her haystack. Players can play a FARMER card at any time. Finally, when a player has only one animal remaining behind his or her haystack, he or she must shout “UNO Moo!” If he or she is caught by another player with one animal before saying this phrase, he or she must add two more animals from the barn to his or her haystack.

What's In The Box?
Includes 1 Play-and-Store Barn, 28 Animal and Farmer pieces, 4 Haystack partitions and Instructions.

Round up the matching colors or animals, the first player to get all of their figures back in the barn wins!

The farm animals have come out of their barn to play UNO^®! Round them up by matching colors or animals. Is there a blue pig on the barn roof? Match it with any blue animal or any color pig. You can also play a farmer - he's wild and matches anything! The first player to get all of their figures back in the barn wins! Includes 1 Play-and-Store Barn, 28 Animal and Farmer Figures and 4 haystack partitions.

For Ages: 3 years & up.

 

Boggle Junior Game

Boggle Junior Game Review

Boggle Junior Game Feature

• This first game for preschoolers grows with your child by introducing the ABCs with different ways to play
• Match letter cubes to picture/word cards in 2 multi-level games
• Games introduce letter and word recognition, matching, spelling and memory
• For 1-2 players
• Recommended for ages 3 and up

There's no need to be boggled by words. Boggle Jr. helps children learn letters, spelling, and reading while having loads of fun! This easy version of the terrifically popular adult Boggle uses pictures and matching games to allow children to make the connection between objects and their names. With two skill levels, players can challenge themselves further as they become more adept at identifying letters and words. It will seem like no time at all before kids are begging to play their parents' version of Boggle! The game, for one or more players, includes a game tray with word cover, 30 picture/word cards with 60 three- and four-letter words, and eight letter cubes. --Emilie Coulter Can you spell CAT' Let's learn how! Here's a specially designed Boggle game that helps preschoolers learn their ABCs! Boggle Jr.'s easy matching games teach them letters, spelling and reading, all while they're having fun! For 1 or more players. Includes Boggle Jr. game tray, 30 picture/word cards with 60 three and four-letter words and eight letter cubes.

Scrambled States

Scrambled States Review

Scrambled States Feature

• Ages 8 and up

Quick! Find a state that ends with the letter A. Now find one that borders Tennessee. Have fun learning about the United States in this madcap game of observation and quick reflexes. Collect cards by matching states to a Scramble card. Or "Go the Distance" and find a state's closest neighbor. Whoever scrambles to match and collect the most state cards wins. Includes 50 scramble cards, 50 state cards, 4 U.S. maps, and rules.

Telestrations the Telephone Game Sketched Out!

Telestrations the Telephone Game Sketched Out! Review

Telestrations the Telephone Game Sketched Out! Feature

• 2,400 telestrations words on 200 Cards 6 words per side; 12 words per card
• 8 erasable telestrations sketch books
• 8 Erasable Markers

Telestrations is the visual equivalent of the classic school-yard game "telephone." It's a fun-filled sketching game in which everyone's attempts at "art" can turn hilarious. The game starts with a secret word that is passed from player to player. As the word is sketched, interpreted, and then sketched again, it undergoes a visual transformation that will surprise and delight everyone. Designed for players ages 13 and up, Telestrations is sure to be a hit at parties.

Telestrations Ages: 13+ Requires: 4 to 8 players

What We Think Fun factor: Durability: Ease of assembly: Novelty factor: The Good: Easy-to-learn game with cleverly designed, reusable game pieces. The Challenging: Scoring system caters to competitive players; others may wish to avoid it altogether. In a Nutshell: A creative and funny visual equivalent of classic game of "Telephone."

Telestrations turns the classic schoolyard game of "Telephone" into a hilarious sketching game.

With each guess, players get further from the original, intended interpretation. View larger.

Eight Players for Maximum Hilarity
Telestrations is designed for 4 to 8 players. As with the classic game "Telephone," the bigger the group, the more confusing -- and funny -- things can get. Gameplay requires little more than the included erasable markers and sketch books.

Each sketch book contains eight erasable pages, and each page is labeled with either an "S" (for sketch) or a "G" (for guess). The spiral binding allows you to flip pages before passing the sketch book to the next player, and the label lets that player know whether to sketch or guess. Aside from the occasional unrepressed snicker, gameplay is silent until the final results are revealed.

The erasable markers have a fine point to allow true artists to flourish. Clean-up cloths are provided, as is a timer and a deck of 144 cards, each of which contains six "secret" words.

Gameplay: Friendly or Competitive Mode?
Much like "Telephone," Telestrations leaves a lot of participants scratching their heads. One player's sketch of a pretzel might end up looking more like a ribbon, and that ribbon might evolve into a banana peel. Only rarely does the final guess match the original word, so playing Telestrations is almost always a delightful comedy of errors.

While the game is easy to learn, scoring can get a bit complicated. The instruction manual describes two different modes of gameplay: friendly and competitive. The friendly mode awards points based on the most creative and hilarious drawings, a subjective determination that can lead to either a fun debate or an irritating disagreement, depending on who is playing. In either case, a simple democratic vote may be necessary to speed things up.

The competitive mode awards points to players whose sketch helps another player win a point. This determination is straightforward enough, but going back over the drawings and assessing points may be tedious for those who would rather simply laugh at the results. Anyway you decide to play it, Telestrations will bring out the artists in your friends and family, along with lots of loud laughter.

What's in the Box
Telestrations game instructions, 8 erasable sketch books, 8 erasable markers, 4 eraser cloths, 144 cards in card box, 90-second sand timer, and die.

Designed for 4-8 players, Telestrations features intuitive, reusable game pieces for a great experience. View larger.

115443 Features: -Telestrations Party Game. -Telestrations is the hilarious new sketch, pass and guess party game . -Players simultaneously draw what they see and guess for uproarious laughter. -Unpredictable outcomes every time. -Includes: 8 erasable Felestrations' sketch books, 8 erasable markers, 8 eraser pads. -2,400 Telestrations' words on 200 cards, card box, 90 second plastic sand timer, die and instructions. -For 4 to 8 players. -Ages 12 to adult. Specifications: -Material: Plastic. -Overall dimensions: 10'' H x 10'' W x 3'' D.