Brilliantly colored to entice even the youngest card players to the table Sha-Co is a simple game that teaches shapes and colors. Children were excited to find matches and shout out Sha-Co! The instructions are clear but this is a game that requires parents supervision and participation. Many parents reported that their children often found […]
Whether you play this on the board or just take the cards along as a great travel game for long drives, this knowledge testing/building game is a great way to teach essential facts about the United States. The questions are varied and range from basic to quite challenging. This is perfect for classrooms and home
Many of our parent testers laid eyes on 3D5 and recalled playing 3D tic-tac-toe years earlier but when they sat down with their kids to form rows of five marbles in a row they quickly learned that the rules had changed. The challenge of being the first to place your color marbles in consecutive order
Over the years many trading card games have come and gone. They often center around fantasy based characters and other worldly illustrations. The Matter Group has broken that mold and with remarkable results. XEKO-Mission: Costa Rica captures the real-world, majestic beauty of Central America and creatively uses it as a backdrop for a thoroughly engaging
The game of Bridge has always had a higher than normal intimidation factor than other card games. Perhaps it was the tricks or the trumps, whatever. Out of the Box has found a way to make the game more appealing and approachable with aBRIDGEd. Think of aBRIDGEd as a trimmed-down, more streamlined version of the
MixUp is a great game that you will enjoy playing together with your kids. There isn’t anything groundbreaking here and fans of Connect Four will feel like they are treading on familiar territory. The difference is that each piece can simultaneously help both players, and therein lays the hook. This hook adds a small amount
This game makes wonderful use of rhyming words to keep things moving and participants thinking. By using words, gestures and our favorite, silly sounds you have to lure your partner into guessing your rhyme. The rhymes are of the two word kind, such as Bees Knees or Party Hearty, but you know those. Try to
Sometimes you just have to let go and let it all hang out. If this is your philosophy and you and your closest friends and family love a good Family Game Night then make sure that Flail and Wail is on the list for your next scheduled event. Cool, fun and often hilarious, Flail and
Its official, the Sudoku craze has reached a fever pitch and shows no signs of slowing down. Riding on the subway, sitting at Starbucks wherever you go someone is filling in that 9 x 9 grid. Testers told us that their children’s math teachers were handing them out as homework. There is no denying that
If you like your games fast and furious with lots of laughs and fun, then you will want to make sure to check out Slap Wacky from Morning Star Games. The wackiness occurs as players try to simultaneously complete shapes with the uniquely illustrated cards in the set. As soon as a shape is completed
