Coconuts is a wonderful, fun, and easy-to-play board game for all ages. Right from the start, the packaging, with its bright, colorful illustration, drew children to it like moths to a flame. Setup is quick and easy, allowing games to be played immediately. The quality of all the pieces and elements is substantial and impressed […]
Monkey in the Middle is a fun family card game that will quickly become a favorite in your home. The game itself feels like a hybrid of Uno and Rock, Paper, Scissors that both children and adults will enjoy playing together. Testers reported that games were filled with lots of laughs each time they played. Because it’s fast-paced,
If this game isn’t already a staple in your house, the updated edition of Hedbanz is a chance to get with the program. For those who keep track of this sort of thing, the original version of Hedbanz won a Seal of Approval in 2010. Twelve years later, Spin Master has introduced several new and
Can you be the first to balance all of your wooden cubes on the group’s shared stack? Think a task like that requires a steady hand? You have no idea! Parents loved this elegantly simple, beautifully crafted family game. From the well written directions to the smooth wooden cubes and the the heavy duty canvas
This game was a huge hit with kids who caught on quickly to the rules of the game and were immersed in the fun immediately. Of course if you weren’t engaged you risked falling behind because you have to stay on your toes at all times to see what each player will roll on the
“Mysteriously appealing” is how several testers described their experience playing Dweebies. On the surface it is a very simple card game where you lay cards in a grid and try to make matches. You can plan a strategy but it often falls apart because you are at the mercy of the cards drawn and played.
Sounds Like A Plan is a clever, amusing and thoroughly entertaining game. We have tried to condense the premise of the game for purposes of this review but we always end up doing a disservice to a game. Suffice to say that whether playing with older children or adults the experience engages all players during
A Lego game that you construct and play with that is based on the Harry Potter franchise, hmmm what are the odds of that being embraced by testers? As you might expect, especially after that opening remark, testers were enthusiastic and ebullient as they embraced and then gave high marks to this half building set,
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, otherwise known as The Mythbusters, have successfully navigated themselves beyond the world of cable TV and their well documented “scientific” experiments into genuine rock star status. The Mythbusters game is made for fans of the show and it is they who will have a decided advantage in answering questions about
Dr. Seuss gave us so many marvelous stories and characters. If you ask the millions who grew up with his books which character stands out, The Cat In The Hat always seems to stand alone. Using that as a starting base we discovered a wonderful new game that brings the cat’s magical hat to life.
