Duck! Duck! Go! – Bathtub racing at its finest
Are you ready for racing rubber duckies?
Who would have thought that rubber ducky racing could be fun outside of a bathtub?
Kid Games
Tsuro – simple family fun
If you’re looking for a game that’s simple to play, can handle up to 8 players of any age, and doesn’t take too long then Tsuro might be what you’re after.
Read moreWhat’s the best board game of 2009?
With hundreds of new board and card games coming out each year, how can one be crowned as the “Best Game of the Year”?
Good question.
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Word on the Street = Fun
Word on the Street is a party game that’s a ton of fun. But if you just say it’s “Fun” then you won’t get very far in the game, so you better go with “Entertaining” – because with that word you could capture the “N” to your side of the street and be one letter closer to winning.
If you don’t have a clue what we’re talking about, then you better check out the video review of both Word on the Street and Word on the Street Junior.
Read moreWhy play board games as a family?
What’s the real reason behind playing board games and card games with your family?
Is it to teach them important life lessons or simply to have fun?
Wits and Wagers Family – award winning family fun
Have you heard about Wits and Wagers before? Well, if not you should know that it’s been an award winning party game since its release in 2005.
But the really great news is that North Star Games just created a new version tailored specifically for families – Wits and Wagers Family. So the big question now is: “Is it any fun?”
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Triplica – 3 ways to play 3 in a row
It’s nice when a deck of cards allows for many ways to use them in a game.
Just think of how many ways you can use a standard deck of playing cards for various family games. Of course the most played card game with a standard deck of playing cards in our family is still War. But I digress.
When we saw that the family card game Triplica had multiple ways to play, we knew there should be something to strike our fancy.
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Fast-paced card playing fun from Out of the Box
Brooke and Caleb tell what they think of 5 Out of the Box card games:
7 Ate 9, Super Circles, Run Wild, My Word, and Rock
Backseat Drawing – budding art directors abound
Let your inner artist out. Actually, it’s more like – force your brother’s inner artist out of him.
Since you can’t worry about driving when you’re young, you need to get down to more important things – like drawing.
So bring on Backseat Drawing and Backseat Drawing Jr.
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Repeat Pete – “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence…”
I’m sure you’ve heard that joke before – because with 4 kids, I think I’ve heard it at least 100 times in our house. For those that haven’t, let me enlighten you.
Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Child #2 “Repeat.”
Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Laughter ensues from both Child #1 and Child #2.