Katatu is a game that might miss your radar either because of the unusual name or the box art which doesn’t do justice to the superb the game inside. Combining principals of checkers and tic tac toe, Katatu should be on your board game shopping list as it engages players of all ages, requiring them […]
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, each borrowing from familiar fairy tales,
Back with another great game in a round tin, Blue Orange has released one more title in their series of superb games of concentration, visual acuity and group play. This is a wonderful game to play together with your child or to watch them play with same aged children. The object is to spot the
We all know and have played Monopoly numerous times but the fact is that there is a bit of a love-hate many of us have with the timeless classic. The biggest hurdle being the length of the game. Perhaps when it was first introduced we had more time for games of this length but the
This card game has been used in classrooms and special education environments and now it is available for the home. It is designed to be a game that tests children’s skills in figuring things out for themselves, how to engage in conversation, stating opinions, encouraging others, etc. Parents liked the fact that the cards feature
Don’t be fooled by the cute dice game in the tiny blue box. This is a powerhouse of a game that parents and children absolutely loved. We’re talking about nine cubes folks. The idea is to try to roll them and try to piece together a story. Parents were thrilled with the creativity and originality
Fast paced and thrilling, Zip Zap grabbed hold of players interest and never let go. Gamewright has created a game that levels the playing field for all aged children by throwing in the Zap card so that even the youngest player can dominate. What parents and kids both enjoyed was that there is no sitting
Strategy abounds in this new game from the game masters at Gamewright. While it might be easy to lump this into the category of yet another Yahtzee-type game, it really isn’t accurate. What is borrowed is the need to understand and calculate probability when it comes to the roll of the dice. Where this game
A great family game packed away in a tiny little box, FitzIt looks like it was created to be ready to move at a moments notice. Heading on vacation, toss FitzIt in the suitcase; going to the beach, don’t forget FitzIt; you get the idea. Mobility aside what is most important here is that FitzIt
You have to think fast to be the speediest bee in the round as players answer challenges from the stack of 50 cards with 3 brain teasers each. “Name something you could find in a forest containing this letter (throw the die of your choice).” After rolling an “M”, players could yell out “moss,” “moose,”
