Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
To coincide with World Fitness Day, we were gifted this brand new Pose Off from Ideal Games to get us moving and thinking. This game is fun to play by getting players to pose while answering challenge questions. This game is suitable for ages four and above. It is for two or more players and it’s a great game to get everyone involved!
Pandemic Hot Zone North America game is a co-operative game of strategy and team building to stop the three deadly viruses from spreading all over the world! This is not the first time we have come across the Pandemic genre by Z-Man games. We have previously reviewed the Pandemic game and the game is unique and fun as you are not working alone to fight against the virus. Just wondering if Trump had played this game before, he might be able to deal with the current pandemic in a better way!
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is such a simple yet fun snap game that is suitable for everyone aged eight and above! This addictive game might look small in a cute pink box, but it is one of the craziest games we have played for a long time!
Just One is a simple, yet challenging co-operative word game where everyone uses just one word each to win the game! This game even won the 2019 Spiel des Jahres, Germany’s game of the year award, which is intended to highlight an outstanding design that would be ideal for German families! It is suitable for three to seven players, and from age eight onwards.
Game of HAM is a competitive adult party card game that is hilarious fun and on the ‘dark’ side! This game has to be played with at least three players to a maximum of 15 from aged 18 onwards. A unique selling point for this game is that you can keep expanding the game by creating, sharing and printing content to add to your games via their web community (coming soon).
Thinking of going away and need a last-minute travel game to bring along? Why not try out this Quirk card game by Gibsons? This is a fun family card game which is suitable for aged five and above. It is for two to six players.
Pass the Bomb – The Big One is a brand new family board game by Gibsons which contains 5 different challenges that harness your brainpower and tests your skills! This game is for two to eight players and suitable for aged eight and above.
Inside this eye-catching square box, it comes with one electronic timer (red time-bomb), 165 cards, four printed puzzle tiles, one game board, eight wooden playing pieces, one cup, one wooden ball and one special die. The time-bomb requires two AAA batteries which are not included. It does not have an on/off button and there is only one button to activate the timer. The timing is random and can go off any time between 10-60 seconds!
Rockpool is an educational game for children aged six and above. Players need to collect shells and clean up rubbish from the beach before the tide comes in! Do watch out as many cheeky creatures come to steal your shells!
This game comes in a cute shell-shaped box. There are 124 cards, a Rockpool board and instructions. It is for two to six players. Each player picks their own team (there are six teams and each has their own colours) and each team has five Child cards and one Dog card.
We are so grateful that TOMY has provided us with these four awesome board games for this Easter weekend to keep us entertained! As most places have closed due to the lockdown, leading toy manufacturer, TOMY has shared some of its top games with us to keep the fun going whilst staying indoors!
With all schools and entertainment closed, everyone is talking about how we can continue to educate and entertain our kids. In this new digital landscape, video games have increasingly shown their value as a way to entertain kids when they are at home and as an activity the whole family can enjoy! Also, not forgetting that Easter is coming soon! It is time for everyone to take a break from this stressful COVID-19 period.
Splash! from Coiledspring Games is a simple and fun family game. This is a great game for travel because of it’s compact nature or parties because it can be played with two to six players and for aged six and above.
This compact circular tin consists of 30 wooden pieces and 14 water drop tokens. I love that it is very easy to bring out to play and to tidy away.
Unlock! Secret Adventures is the fourth Unlock! range by Space Cowboys we have reviewed and each game has continued to entertain us to the max! We love this range of adventure cooperative card games.
As a quick explanation to this card game, it follows a very similar format to those real escape rooms but here you can play in the comfort of your own home. The game requires players to cooperate to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles, in order to solve the puzzles before the timer runs out. There are three full one-hour scenarios in the box, as well as a 10 minute taster game to get the hang of how to play.
If you have read my previous post, you will have seen that we had just played the Unlock! Exotic Adventures game. This is another range of Unlock! adventure cooperative card games, which is called Unlock! Heroic Adventures.
This card game follows a very similar format to those real escape rooms but here you can play in the comfort of your own home. The game requires players to cooperate to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles, in order to solve the puzzles before the timer runs out. There are three full one-hour scenarios in the box, as well as a 10 minute taster game to get the hang of how to play.
For our next three blog posts, you will notice that we have played not just one but three Unlock! adventure cooperative card games! This Unlock! Exotic Adventures card game follows a very similar format to those real escape rooms and requires the players to cooperate to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles, in order to escape before the timer runs out. There are three full one-hour scenarios in the box, as well as a 10 minute taster game to get the hang of how to play.
Pointz is a game with a spin! Everyone will try to race against the spinner with game challenges that make you move, speak, act, think, look and react to win the point! The player with the most Pointz cards wins. It is for aged six and above. It is for two players or more.
