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Castle Panic Board Game

by admin August 13, 2014

Most kids have heard about tower defense games through playing them in smartphones and tablets. Most kids now know how such games are played. But aside from playing them from portable devices, kids may want to know that they can also play tower defense games as a board game. There is the Castle Panic Board Game that kids may want to try out.

Castle Panic is a tower defense board game that lets players win or lose together. In this type of game, it is either the players or the monsters who win. It involves trying to defend the castle from invading monsters. In this setup, each player tries to defend a castle at the center of the board from the onslaught of monsters. Players need to cooperate through strategy in order to avoid losing to the invasion. They trade cards with each other, hit and slay the monsters and strategize to keep the castle towers intact. Players need to keep that balance of working together with a desire to win in order to succeed in the game.

Castle Panic comes with a game board, a rulebook, 49 castle cards, 49 monster tokens, 6 walls, 6 towers, 12 plastic stands, 1 tar token, 2 fortify tokens, 6 order of play cards and 1 die. The board game is good for 1 to 6 players. Kids from 10 years old and above can play the game. The Castle Panic Board Game is available at Think Geek for $35.

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Say The Word Cooperative Game

by admin June 21, 2014

Playing games can sometimes get kids to bring out their competitive spirit. But sometimes, it is not what parent would wish to develop in kids. There are things such as teamwork and cooperation that are also important traits kids need. In such instances, games like Say The Word may be an ideal choice parents will consider.

Say The Word is a fun memory game that helps instill cooperation and teamwork among players. After all, some games are meant to be fun playing together. It is a cooperative game that involves telling silly stories based on given words using zany characters. The challenge is to use the silly words all together in one phrase or sentence.

The Say The Word game is all about developing memory skills and all in the spirit of cooperation and fun. If players cannot recall a certain word, other players can play a charades type game to help out and finish the created story from start to finish. The game comes with 200 word cards, 16 challenge cards, 19 character cards, 5 clue tokens, a storyboard, a dry erase board and one anybody board as well as instructions for game play. The Say The Word cooperative game is ideal for kids 10 years old and above. It is available at Amazon for around $17.

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Noodle Speedoodle Game

by admin June 19, 2014

Kids can play many interesting games aside from the ones with the usual common themes. The unique ones can help keep kids from getting bored by playing the same games over and over again. Cooperative games are not only fun but also help kids interact more with others. Games like the Noodle Speedoodle provide an interesting twist in a usual game of word guessing.

The Noodle Speedoodle Game involves players choosing a word card and draw a clue to help players guess the word. But there is a twist to this game- players need to include one of the noodles in their doodles as part of the game. Not only that, they have only 30 seconds to draw the picture clue.

The Noodle Speedoodle Game helps players try to work together in guessing the word and not against each other. The players work against a common obstacle. Nobody is left out and everybody has fun. Integrating the noodles in the doodles also add some level of creativity and imagination in the activity. The game also helps kids learn how to work as a team and cooperate to achieve a common goal.

The Noodle Speedoodle Game comes with 1 doodle board, a dry erase pen, a spinner, a 30-second timer, 100 cards containing 300 words, 25 noodles and an instruction page. It is ideal for kids from 8 years old and above. The game is available at Peaceable Kingdom for $25.

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