The Egg-splosive chicken game 2 – 4 players ages 4 and up Who doesn’t love a rubber chicken—espcially one that makes noise? Add a chicken that lays eggs in the game of Squawk and you have a winner. Or so I thought. Squawk turned out […]
Squawk
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How to Play The Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Card Game
2 to 8 players ages 8 and up When I first heard about Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, I wasn’t sure what to think. The game doesn’t even have a tag line to tell us what it might be about. But once you play it, […]
How to Play Doodle Dice
Doodle Dice is a drawing game with no drawing. The recommended age is 6 and up and it’s for 2 to 6 players. When we heard about Doodle Dice, we thought we had to give it a try. Pictionary is a family (or most of […]
How to Play the Blink Card Game
The world’s fastest game for 2 -3 players ages 7 and up. The card game Blink lives up to its claim for being a fast game. A game takes about one minute to play. In fact, it takes longer to set up the game than […]
How to Play the I Spy Eagle Eye Game
I Spy Eagle Eye is a game of quick observation for ages 5 and up. We have had I Spy Eagle Eye for a lot of years. It was a top favorite game when our kids were younger and one that has never been on […]
How to Play Scattergories Word Game
Scattergories is a classic game of fast thinking, matching words to categories. This game is for 2 – 6 players, ages 12 and up. Scattergories has been around since 1988 and our family has been playing this game for just as long. I have fond […]
Best Games of 2020
The year 2020 was unlike any other. On the plus side, we were able to slow down, spend more time with each other and play more games! I’ve compiled a list of our favorite games that we played this year. The rest of the family […]
How to Play the 12 Days Christmas Card Game
The game 12 Days is inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas and the gift giving of the original song. The art work on the cards depicts the gits given in the song in a stain glass artform. As we love Christmas and are always […]
Lost Puppies, Game Review
Game review for Lost Puppies. Ages 5 to 7, # players 8 Lost Puppies is a co-cooperative game by Family Pastimes. This award-winning game has lost puppies on the loose. Night is falling and players have to work together to search the neighbourhood to find […]
How to Play the Though-provoking word game Codenames
This game review is for Codenames, a fun word game for 2 to 8 or more players aged 10 and up. Do you love word games? We do Taboo, Scattergories, Categories, anything that doesn’t have to do with spelling. (Learning disability here.) So when a […]