In case the news hadn’t reached you, Sofia the First is quite the popular Disney Channel character which is clearly why Wonder Forge went “all in” making games that feature her likeness. What is important to note is that Wonder Forge doesn’t just slap a character on a game and push it out to stores. […]
Using the undeniable appeal of the Justice League characters Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and The Flash, Wonder Forge has crafted a truly thought provoking and genre bending game. Instead of each hero fighting alone against the evil villains, all the players/heroes work as a team to bring the bad guys to justice. The more they
Wonder Forge has got a big winner on their hands. Inside the unassuming box lies a huge board game that unfolds to the amazement of everyone and not just because of the size. The awesome graphics filled with lovable, recent Disney characters thrilled children. When we say recent, think Cars and Monsters Inc. instead of
What an odd quirky title and what a fun quirky game we discovered. The game play is all about fast hands and quick thinking. Racing against opponents you need to roll the dice to satisfy the requirements of a randomly selected card. Once the card is turned the race is on and frantic dice rolling
Games for three year olds need to have several ingredients to connect with their audience. If they don’t have some silly, or some giggles or some belly-laughs it’ll be DOA. If dressing raccoons in all sorts of silly outfits doesn’t fit that bill then nothing will. Accordingly this game has those raccoons and it was
Sliding square games appeared to have gone the way of the dodo, either that or they have moved to the web or our phones. Smart Toys has reinvented, reinvigorated and basically breathed life back into the genre by borrowing from one of the most successful apps of all time. The familiar Angry Birds concept of
Of all the products tested this summer the surprise hit had to be Kindness Kingdom that slipped in under the radar and grabbed testers attention. The game is centered around princesses, knights and a queen, always a good place to start. What happens as the game unfolds and pieces move around the board is a
If you have never heard of or played the Fluxx card game then getting started with this board version might take a little longer for you than it will for Fluxx veterans. With that said our testers, both experienced and not, felt that entering the realm of Fluxx was a worthwhile journey. Like the original,
The Pick and Draw card game impressed testers as being both brilliantly simple and wonderfully creative. In a nutsehell, its a drawing game; there are five colors of cards and each card represents an element of a face. Players begin by drawing a face shape, and then the different facial features. Players dont need to
Not surprisingly a board game that encourages children to think about the food choices they make and the physical activity they can do to keep healthy didn’t strike testers as something that was going to be filled with a lot of fun. Then they spent some time playing and discovered that this game has a
