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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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Connect 4×4: Not Your Older Siblings’ Checker Battle

Connect 4 has seen a bunch of redesigns in the past, but the redos have been limited mostly to smaller, easily transportable versions of the original. With Connect 4×4, however, Hasbro turns the classic checker-ring strategy game on its head. Not...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Dec 16th, 2009, 9:00 am
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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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Nurture the Hive Mind with Beezi

No matter what your place in the family hive, you can come out on top in Beezi the Spelling Game. The game has a simple goal: Try to spell as many words as possible, and receive Beez tokens for each correctly spelled word. Each token adds a piece to...
Continue reading » Posted by Aaron Burgess on Sep 4th, 2009, 10:00 am