A great first step in luring game players is to have an attractive, eye-catching, colorful package. Gamewright has pulled out all the stops with Mermaid Beach both on the box and inside with the beautifully illustrated and richly designed cards. Kids were drawn to the game and once lured, it engaged them and provided an […]
A great family game, City Square Off challenges players to create their own city layout by placing various shaped pieces onto their playing board. The wild-card twist is that the pieces must be placed in order which really ramps up the strategic planning, scheming and decision making. The game is played in very quick rounds
One of the hands-down favorite games of the year. Flip out is ingenious, inventive and will captivate your entire family. The design of the game from the artistic cards to the brilliant card holders is absolutely superb, but it is the engaging game play, the creative and strategic thinking required to play that really impressed.
The surprise hit of the testing period, GUBS proves that great game play and design trump big boxes and flashing lights. GUBS is a deck of cards, that’s it! These cards are like nothing you have ever seen. Spectacular illustrative artistry is clearly on display here as are some truly imaginative minds. GUBS are cute
Our testers have proven time and time again that when presented with a new game, the shorter the learning curve the better, especially when there are antsy, anxious children waiting to play. In Befuzzled the first player to complete the action on the card wins the card and thus the round. Here is a fast
The award-winning Telestrations game, that already snagged a Seal of Approval in its original incarnation proved itself to be even better as a big party game. The game, which essentially is a sketching style game based on the classic “whisper in your neighbor’s ear” telephone game, had our testers in stitches. Perfect for family get
This game caught more than a few testers by surprise. At first glance it looked like several other spelling games but this one comes in a box with the familiar Campbell’s Soup logo on the outside. What was discovered was a thoroughly engaging game that was quite unique, featuring very innovative twists and a nice
In its original version testers really enjoyed the bonding elements of Say Anything. Now that there is a family edition, the extent of those bonds has grown to include even more family members. The “questionable” cards have been replaced with more family friendly fare. The game itself is very open ended though there are rules
Packaged in a very small round tin parents admitted that their first thought was, this’ll be great for travel. There is no doubt about its portability but it is what is inside that made this new Blue Orange game a winner. There are 60 picture cards to choose from and based on what you pick
Fun, frantic and while based on a premise that seems comfortably familiar and easy to understand, the idea of flinging disks across a playing surface always resonates. Using the elastic cords placed at either end of the very attractive board, the object is to send your disks zooming to the other side, trying to get
