The intriguing concept behind the Sea Monsters Game helped to carry it to a Seal of Approval based on several key factors. 1) It is very easy to learn with short simple directions. 2) The concepts were seen by parents as supporting and reinforcing several lessons being taught at school. 3) The game itself is […]
The timelessness of Uno is testament to the engaging design of the game. This is a faster paced version of the original and as such may not be suitable for first-timers or young children who get flustered or frustrated. One tester called it Uno with a shot of double espresso. One of the biggest differences
Just by reading the name of this board game you can imagine which game got the most reactions in our testing center’s this cycle. The object of the game is to smell your way through Odorville and while some smells are clearly more pleasant than others, on the whole the experience was a blast. There
Oh how trading cards have changed from the days when the only pictures you could find on them were those of baseball players and they came with sticks of stale bubble gum. Now there are adorable ChatterChix cards that feature girls from across the nation. They are imaginary girls just like yours who are concerned
Got a Harry Potter fan in your home? Do they hear the call of the magical world, a world of magic, mystery, wizards and witches? If so, then they will love discovering Potions, a wizard’s apprentice game. The game has a familiar feel which helped make understanding the rules quite easy. Players try to gather
This fast-paced family game will keep everyone engaged whether they are sitting around the coffee table or even a campfire. Several testers noted that this was probably the first board game they had ever heard of, much less played, that had a surfing theme. There are very few rules to go through which means that
The enthusiastic response to this new, zany fun board game was virtually unanamous. Using wacky illustration players will set sail under the less than stable hand of Captain R. U. Clueless, who is actually you when you put on the blindfolds. Once sufficiently blindfolded the challenge begins as you try to remember the route you
One of our all-time favorite board games is back, skewing slightly younger but still delivering all the great game play that its predecessor did. One of the very best vocabulary building, memory retention and reading skills games on the market, what really comes through is that everything revolves around having fun together as a family.
One of the best reviewed family games seen during this testing cycle, our testers could hardly stop stop laughing long enough to write their reviews. The game will get everyone up and moving, which in the case of some families is no small task. In no time you’ll all be making silly sounds and flailing
Hailed by our testers as a wonderful family time game, Perfect Sense thoroughly entertained all ages. The rules were easy to understand and play got underway in less than five minutes. The game is all about answering riddles and this game has plenty of them. There are several riddles on each card but they all
