When we’re shopping for games at thrift, there is one brand we will never buy. If it is from the Cranium series, we have learned to always pass on it no matter how complete or new it looks. The majority of their games include some typ ...
If you haven’t heard our mantra before, we’ll say it again – “All kids should learn coding or programming.” It doesn’t matter if they are destined to be programmers, engineers or even anything that has to ...
It was about this time every year that our favorite activity as kids was to go outside and play hide and seek in the dark. We lived in a rural neighborhood, so we didn’t have to worry about traffic. And street lights hadn’t made ...
It’s not hard to understand that when a company publishes the same type of games successfully over a number of years, you come to expect a certain thing from them. When we play a game by Academy Games, we expect it to have authentic h ...
It was a little over four years ago that we found a copy of Laser Khet at our local Goodwill. We had seen it for sale at local stores, but didn’t want to pay the $40 MSRP since we weren’t sure if our girls would enjoy it or not. ...
I think we all played the classic game of Clue when we were kids. For us it seemed like Colonel Mustard was always using his lead pipe on someone. Maybe we just didn’t shuffle the cards well enough. Either way, it really was a game th ...
Although we’ve featured a number of puzzle challenges by ThinkFun over the years, up until now none of their products have reminded us of board games in our collection. They have been unique and challenging in their own ways, and have ...
For the past few years we’ve been featuring a variety of brainteasers from ThinkFun, most recently in December when we provided a Roller Coaster Challenge overview. These puzzle-style games offer hours of entertainment with plenty of ...
When I was very young, say maybe five or six, my dad took me on a roller coaster on a visit to King’s Island. Or maybe it was Carowinds. Or the World’s Fair. I don’t remember all the details exactly, but I do know that it ...
I have to admit, I have a bit of an affinity for oddly-shaped playing cards. I’ve been know to pick up decks at thrift just because of their shape or size, and even grabbed one recently because the cards were made from clear plastic! ...
