Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Four colour cards or 四色牌 was my grandmother’s favourite game to play when she was still around. Every Saturday afternoon, her sisters and her children, like my mum and aunties, will gather around her house to play. It was a regular thing even on Chinese New Year. There was always a big group of at least six to eight of them sitting around the big round table to play with at least two sets of Four Colour cards (224 cards) mixed.
Sussed? card games are extremely fun, hilarious conversation card games that will appeal to everyone in the family. It helps to strengthen the bond between family members and bring everyone closer together.
Currently, there are nine different topics of Sussed? card games to choose from and they are suitable for a variety of ages. There are the Action Blue, Wacky Orange, Daring Red, Mindful Green, Fantasy Silver, Hilarious Yellow, Spanish edition, Wonderland US edition and 17+. We have received the Action Blue and Wacky Orange packs. It comes as a pack of cards that is easy to carry and store.
The UK’s no.1 card game Top Trumps has recently launched adult-themed limited edition cards featuring Friends, James Bond, Split Image, 30 Scary Flix, Only Fools & Horses, HM The Queen, 1980’s, Falmouth 30 Things to See, Margate 30 Things to See, Star Wars : The Mandalorian and many more.
Can you make a clever choice of word that your opponent won’t be able to guess? A Little Wordy is a two-player/team strategic, highly-replayable game, where players have to decipher their opponent’s secret word by paying for clues and hints. This game is suitable for aged ten and upwards either as a two person or two team game.
This summer holiday, we are so excited to receive this Throw Throw Burrito extreme outdoor edition, a dodgeball fight party card game to play. It comes with two huge inflatable burritos, 120 jumbo cards, six burrito bruises, one Fear Me badge and instructions.
Exploding Minions is an exciting family-friendly card game with the same concept as Exploding Kittens, but with a Minions-powered version of Russian Roulette. They also added new card types into this game which I will explain later in the post.
Murder mystery games can’t get any better and simpler with this Foul Play card game that can be played on the go! Foul Play is a card-based murder mystery game, that is suitable for aged eight and above and can be played with two to five players. It comes as a pack of cards that is easy to carry and store.
Sushi Go! is a fast pick and pass card game that comes in a compact travel tin! Just imagine that you are eating at a sushi restaurant and trying to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whizz by on the conveyor belt!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
