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The Peanuts card game goes but many names: Nerts, Nertz, Pounce, Nuts, Racing Demon, Grouch and Squeal. We’re going to stick with the Peanuts name as I think it’s the one that sounds the most fun. No matter what you call it, Peanuts is fast […]
Card games are a great away to spend time together and the Go To Pack card game is a great one for younger kids. It is similar to a card game called Donkey. There is a variation of this game called Donkey but do not […]
The first card game I remember playing is Snap. We were sitting on my cousins’ brown shag carpet, heads together, thinking we were just like the grownups. We also played in hotel rooms, that is until we were told we were too loud. Oops. If […]
The card game Canadian Salad was created here in Canada and is very popular in certain places here in Canada and south of the boarder. It also goes by many names including Fruit Salad, Canadian Fruit Salad, Salad Bowl, Wisconsin Scramble and Texas Twister. That […]
The Crazy Fish card game is a hilarious one that players of all ages can play but the younger kids will adore. There will be hours of fun with this one. I created it for a Girl Guide meeting that had an ocean theme. I […]
The Fluxx line of card games is an interesting one. It starts out very simple and then can take some interesting twist and turns as the game goes on. It’s a game where you can play a ton of times in a row and each […]
The card game Stress is a speed game that is full of fun and is a little… stressful in the best way. It has simple instructions and game play but will entertain kids for hours. I have to say that we laughed so hard the […]
When I was a young girl I had a game called Flip Over. Even though I knew that it was a sneaky way of making me do math, I loved this game. Even after we lost some of the pieces, we still played. Now I’ve […]
When I first read the directions on how to play Dry Jack, I thought it would be a great game for younger kids but that my family wouldn’t find it stimulating enough. To say that I was pleasantly surprised is an understatement. It turns out […]
For Christmas this past year we gave a game each to the kids, as is our tradition. One of those games is the card game ruckus, a silly, fast pace game of matching. It looked to right up our ally so we were excited to […]