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LEGO Games Minotaurus: A Labyrinth for the Rest of Us

$30,000 labyrinth too much for you? Traditional wood labyrinth puzzle too old-school for the kids to appreciate? Then step up to LEGO’s Minotaurus, which lets you build, play and change the rules while staying reasonably close to the game’s...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Mar 12th, 2010, 12:00 pm
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Guesstimation: The Family-Friendly Board Game Where Close is Good Enough

They say close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades — well, where family game night is concerned, you can add Guesstimation to that list, too. Designed for ages 8 and up, the trivia/guessing game features one new question in each round...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Mar 5th, 2010, 11:00 am
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Pony-opoly: Giddyap, Rich Uncle Pennybags

  Forget trading properties: In Pony-opoly, players clip-clop their way around the board, colecting treats and horseshoes and collecting different horsies. Each pony gets its own “deed,” complete with fun facts about the type of horse in...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Jan 28th, 2010, 11:30 am
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Jenga Meets Jack Skellington

Be sure to, er, bone up on your balancing skills for this one, Mom and Dad: Designed and sold by Chocosho Picks, this Bone Stacking Game challenges you, Jenga-style, to pull bones from the tower’s middle and try to place them on top without...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Jan 5th, 2010, 11:00 am
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Scrambled States Get a Game

It’s one of the top fun and factual kids books for teaching geography, and now the Scrambled States of America has been cracked open to create a game that will do the same trick. Taking the goofy location lessons off the page and onto the board,...
Continue reading » Posted by jeannesager on Jan 1st, 2010, 1:26 pm
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Pictureka! for Big and Small Budgets

The classic visual hide-and-seek game Pictureka! has a few new iterations, so depending on your budget or the age range of folks for whom you’re buying this season, you have plenty of options for the same level of fun. Pictureka! Flipper (left,...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Nov 27th, 2009, 9:00 am
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Blue Orange Gobblet Gobblers

Meet the Gobblers. Taking their m.o. from the beloved simple strategy game Gobblet, the little blue and orange critters are yours to line up three in a row in order to emerge victorious. But watch your step: Bigger Gobblers can gobble up small ones,...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Nov 4th, 2009, 10:00 am
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Jenga Max: Going Up, Over and… Look Out!

We’ve all tried our hand at Jenga at some point, but if the picture above is any indication, you’ve never really played Jenga till you’ve played Jenga Max. The new spin on this old favorite introduces hooks and hangers to the equation,...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Oct 28th, 2009, 8:00 am
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Monopoly Deluxe 1935 Wood Edition

For the family that takes its game nights seriously, the Monopoly Deluxe 1935 Wood Edition has everything you need to feel like a real-life real-estate tycoon. The game authentically replicates the 1935 original (hence the name), arriving complete...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Oct 14th, 2009, 8:00 am
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Wiggly Eye Dice: Snake Eyes!

We play a lot of board games in my house, which means we end up losing a lot of dice. (Kids just never want to stop rolling the things.) I’m not sure we’d have any more luck keeping these Wiggly Eye Dice together, but at least we’d...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Oct 8th, 2009, 10:30 am
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Twilight Game Coming to DVD Players, Consoles

That sound you hear is the collective gasp of millions of teens, who’ve just learned that the upcoming Scene It? Twilight DVD board game is also hitting video-game consoles this fall. Arriving on Wii and Nintendo DS sometime before the Nov. 20...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Sep 24th, 2009, 12:00 pm
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sudoKID for Your Little Number-Crunchers

Exactly what it looks and sounds like, sudoKID is a kids’ version of the mega-popular brain-crunching puzzle Sudoku, only with colored shapes on the grid instead of the more familiar numbers. Rated for ages 6 and up, the game includes 75 laminated...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Sep 15th, 2009, 3:30 pm

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