Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Myths & Monsters is a brand new ten minute brain challenge game from BrainBox. The game will take you around the world exploring myths and legends. It features scenes from the stories, with captions summarising the action. This game will help improve observation and memory skills for all the family.
Recently, Hasbro Gaming launched a brand new adult-rated edition of the popular game: Midnight Taboo and we were lucky to get it in time for Christmas to play along with our friends. This is a fun and hilarious party game that requires at least four players or more to play.
Hasbro Gaming has recently release the modern banking version of the Monopoly game: Monopoly Ultimate Banking. In this edition, there is no more Monopoly money but a brand spanking new debit card and card unit!
The Game About Wikipedia: The Online Encyclopaedia is a new game based on the general knowledge questions of Wikipedia. There are three exciting games that will challenge your brain: Trivia, Page Views and Disambiguation. It is informative, it is collaborative and it’s fun!
Stoopido is a new gleeful, wacky and downright silly game of 1000 silly faces concept from Drumond Park. It is suitable for aged eight and above for two to four players. The idea of this game is the opposite of what you might think – the winner is the person who is the only player left without a full face covered with quirky colourful mis-matched eyes, ears, noses, hats and foreheads!
Scotland Yard is a strategy and teamwork board game where a team of players, as police/detective, cooperate to track down a player controlling a criminal (Mr X) around a board representing the streets of London. Mr X moves secretly through London and the only clues are his transport tickets and he may pop up on the map at certain times! You will need to trap him before he escapes and he wins the game.
A few months ago, I blogged about the Skylanders Imaginators event and then just before the recent half term, we received the Skylanders Imaginators starter kit for Wii U to review! Both of my children were so excited and love this game so much.
As many of you may know, we are a huge fans of Skylanders and have been playing with them for over three years now. From the first series Spyro’s Adventure, then to Giants, followed by Swap Force, Trap Team, SuperChargers and now Skylanders Imaginators. Also not forgetting Skylanders Academy season one is on Netflix right now!
Star Wars Timeline fan Alert! This is the episode I to III trilogy which is fully compatible with the Star Wars Timeline episodes IV-V-VI games! It is suitable for aged 8 and above and for 2 to 8 players. It is available to buy from Esdevium store finder RRP £13.99.
Ever since watching Pointless, the BBC2 British quiz show hosted by Alexander Armstrong, I have always wanted to try out the board game and challenge myself! Can I name the least popular answers to try to score the least number of points to general knowledge questions?
Star Wars Pictopia is a Star Wars edition picture-trivia family game that spans the decades of Star Wars history. This game not only tests your knowledge, it offers a unique twist; some questions must be answered from the perspective of the player asking the question, making it ideal for gathering the whole family around the table. It is available to buy from Esdevium store finder and Amazon at RRP £19.99. We have previously reviewed the Disney Pictopia version, you can read more about it here.
Crazy Claw is a colourful, bouncing balls table-top arcade game that comes with a grabbing claw, operated by each child in turn. It is suitable for aged five and above for two to four players.
Quadropolis is a strategy board game that sees players compete with one another for the shops, parks, public services and other structures to be placed in them. It is made by Days of Wonder. This game is suitable for ages eight and above and can be played by 2 to 4 players. It is available to buy from Esdevium store finder or on Amazon.
Carcassonne is a tile-based strategy board game that sees players compete to build the best cities, roads and farms. It was designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and has spawned many expansions and spin-offs, and several PC, console and mobile versions. This board game is suitable for ages seven and above and can be played by 2 to 5 players. It is available to buy from Esdevium store finder or on Amazon.
Othello is a classic fast paced strategy game that takes me back to my childhood when I often played it with my sisters. I remember in those days the board were very chunky with a plastic surface compared to this new classic board which is much lighter and elegant and comes with a felt surface.
Googly Eyes is a hilarious and fun family game that will keep the whole family entertained. It is suitable for ages 7 and above for four to 16 players in teams. It is a drawing and guessing game using a pair of fun googly glasses.
