Posts Tagged ‘games’

The original Scrabble is one of my favorite games so when I was asked to review Scrabble Slam (see 8/3/2010), I agreed. Recently Hasbro sent me Scrabble Turbo Slam, its electronic counterpart (three AAA batteries not included). Scrabble Turbo Slam is a family game for 2-4 players aged 8+ that takes about 15 minutes to [...]

Back in grade school I remember how we folded paper and used our nimble fingers to play a fortunetelling game a half century ago.  Well, that game is back in style again.  Its manufacturer calls it Cahootie and it is aimed at tweens 7-12.  Players use the Cahootie to move the cootie catcher, spell words, [...]

Being born before the age of electronics, toys came fully assembled. Most of them required nothing other than imagination–no special equipment, no batteries, no electricity.  Games required thought not flicking fingers.  People got together to spent time talking and playing.  It was a simpler life in a simpler time.  Since my own kids then grandkids [...]

What do you do when you have guests  instead of turning on the television?  If you like being sociable and having fun, may I suggest the teen-adult  board game Loaded Questions.  Its 1,000 provocative questions provide the perfect answer for “What should we do?” This board game complete with  question cards, answer pad, pencils, die, [...]

Yamodo Party Time is called the definitive game of quips, ticklewigs, zipperdos, and other made-up words. It’s for anyone twelve to adult. Quick, creative, and fun, every round of it will make for lots of laughs for from for to the sky’s the limit number of players. Game contents include 250 Yamodo word cards, 250 [...]

I am a critic of flicking fingers game systems–too little thinking. I prefer great games like checkers, chess, dominoes, Scrabble, and Monopoly. So when I was invited to review ThriveTime For Teens, a new board game that teaches teens about money in real-life scenarios, I quickly agreed. After all, Creative Child Magazine chose it as [...]

My love for Nancy Drew began at ten when I read my first Carolyne Keene, The Secret in the Old Clock. In the next four years, I consumed all the rest of the series and it was time to move on. A generation later, my firstborn Bunny found some old books and began reading them. [...]