Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Stuffed Fables is an adventure storybook driven game that gets players to take on the roles of brave soft toys to save the child they love from a scheming, evil mastermind. This unusual game is played in the storybook – a book that acts as your rules reference, story guide, and game board! It is for ages seven & above, and for two to four players. It takes at least 60 minutes or more to play.
Puzzle Wars is a brand new strategy puzzle game launched by Tomy Toys. This mind challenging tabletop game that can be played head-to-head against a friend or on your own against the built-in timer. It is suitable for aged eight and above, and for one to two players.
Little Dragons Café is made by the same creator of Harvest Moon – Yasuhiro Wada, for PlayStation®4 and Nintendo Switch™. This is an adorable simulation single-player role-playing game that will be loved by many young children! In this game, you learn about harvesting crops, cooking food, raising your very own dragon and keeping your café alive!
In this game, you are pretty much doing the same routine over and over again, but Ms C loves it and hasn’t grown tired of it yet. Every day there is something new and a simple task for her to fulfil. She loves a straightforward game that does not offer too many challenging tasks.
Red’s Kingdom is a single-player adventure puzzle action game for all ages. This puzzle game was originally released on iOS devices only (not Android devices), but is now out on Nintendo Switch™ via Nintendo eShop, with an RRP of £8.99.
This is a great news for Nintendo Switch fans, as you can play it on the go. This game is cleverly designed, packed full of puzzles to solve and it is the type of game Mr K loves. The levels are challenging but nicely balanced in that they’re not too easy and not too tough. Some of them require a bit more thought though and planning for up to five moves ahead.
Today, the game Tetris celebrates its World Tetris Day and to mark this day, I am delighted that one lucky follower will win a Tetris Dual from John Adam! If you have not seen Tetris Dual before, please do check out our review.
This Christmas, you will be snorting with laughter if you play with these piggy games! The original party animals, Pass the Pigs, use hilarious pigs for dice. Will you roll a sider or start makin’ bacon? Having fun with friends, on the road entertainment, or just chilling out – the game is on for every pig in the parlour!
Junk Art is a challenging and creative game where players play as travelling artists and try to turn everyday pieces of junk into magnificent art creations in various cities. This game is suitable for aged eight and above. The game is for two to six players and it makes a great party game as it’s fun to play together!
Kurio Tab Advance is a premium tablet using an Android OS platform (6.0 Marshmallow) for children. This 7 inch HD screen tablet is fully surrounded with an anti-shock bumper. It also has blue light protection (software to help protect the users eyes), 16 GB of memory, new weekly educational app content delivery, pre-loaded with 40 apps, games & ebooks (including Motion Gaming), front & back camera and video recorder. It has a micro SD card slot giving users the option to add up to 32 GB of memory.
Kurio Watch 2.0 is an updated version of the original Kurio Watch for children and is suitable for aged six and above. Children can now enjoy this innovative product in a multitude of ways including gaming, education and social communication through the multifunctional touchscreen. It features a customisable interface, 256 MB of internal memory, a camera, new photo filters, video recorder and Bluetooth® 3.0 connectivity. It has a micro SD card slot giving users the option to add up to 32 GB of memory.
Are you a huge fan of Rubik’s Cube? Then don’t miss the UK Speedcubing Championship 2017 that will be taking place at The Forum, Stevenage on 27th – 29th October 2017. As this is the UK Championship, only competitors representing the United Kingdom will be eligible for prizes. However, the competition remains open for all nationalities to compete. Do check it out!
There will be 18 official events to be held. There is a time limit and if you take longer than this on a single solve you will be stopped, and given a DNF result for that attempt. For more information, do check out UK Cube Association.
Rubik’s Cube is incredibly addictive and has fascinated fans since it arrived way back in 1980. I think most households have had at least one at some point! It was my sister’s favourite puzzle of all time.
We are so excited to introduce you to these Awesome Little Green Men military collectibles! These new blind box collectible toys, combining humour and battle play with a pop vinyl aesthetic is available at Tesco, Smyths and Toys R Us now. We have receive the battle pack and two blind-boxes for review.
Super City Run is a brand new video-game for PJ Masks and is available to download now on Amazon, Apple and Android devices for £2.29. The game offers young players a PJ Masks themed challenge.
If you have not heard of PJ Masks, it revolves around three six year olds, Connor, Amaya, and Greg, who lead relatively normal lives by day. They are neighbours, classmates, and friends. However, at night, they become Catboy, Owlette, and Gekko, and fight crime as the superhero team PJ Masks. They get together to go on adventures, defeat villains, solve mysteries, and learn valuable lessons.
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!
This Halloween, we have Nocto, an interactive teenage bat with a glowing personality who likes nothing more than to hang around, sleep and listen to music. He is just like my children and is also prone to serious mood swings and can be seriously temperamental when provoked! He might sound a bit scary but in fact, he does have a gentle side! He loves to show off his aerobatic skills and likes to do night watch to keep you safe!
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.
