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Camera Roll Game

by admin September 4, 2015

Games are designed to keep the kids occupied with fun. That way, parents avoid ending up with bored and frustrated kids. In reality, games are also a way for adults to avoid ending up bored and frustrated. Games that engage players as a group is usually one of the most enjoyable ones. The Camera Roll game is one such example of a game that is engaging and comes with a unique touch.

The Camera Roll game is one game that requires the use of each player’s smartphone as a main element to keep the fun going. This unique game needs players to use the stored photos in their phones, the more they have the better. If you think about it, most people already have quite a lot of photos in their smartphones and rarely do they even look them up. This game will enable players young and old to revisit their old photos and use them in the game.

The Camera Roll game has a relatively very simple yet exciting game play. The game set comes with 288 category cards , a 30-second timer, a score card and dry erase marker. The game requires a judge tasked to draw a category card and provide the players with what to look for. Once that’s done, the players are then given a set time to look into the photo library of their smartphones to find that certain something among the photos that they do have. Once the time is up, the players then gives their chosen photos for the judge to see and select the best one of the lot. The chosen one gets a point. Whoever gets the most points at the end of the game wins. The Camera Roll game is interesting and fun and can let players look back into their treasure trove of photos to bring back some memories. This game is available at Fat Brain Toys for $20.

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Taco Takeover Game

by admin June 20, 2015

Kids love to play with unique games. It helps keep their interest up, knowing that it is a game they haven’t played before. While there can be table games out there that are a lot similar to each other, there are also others that can capture a child’s imagination with a unique way of gaming fun. A table game like Taco Takeover will certainly be something most kids will try to learn.

Taco Takeover is a unique table game that many kids may not have heard of yet. That is because it may be the only game of its kind to date. Taco Takeover is all about trying to create your own taco based on the ingredients written on a drawn order card. Players start with having a faux-taco shell in hand. Toppings cards are then shuffled in the middle of the table face down. Each player then takes an order card for a list of different toppings to add to their tacos. Once this is done, it is off they go!

The players rush to snatch a toppings card from the table to accomplish their order card. Players should also be careful about certain wild cards in the deck. Picking a cockroach card can contaminate a player’s taco, causing him or her to dump the assembled toppings and start all over again. An antacid card can be used on others to let them dump their ingredients back to start over. The player who is able to assemble their ordered taco wins the game.

Taco Takeover appeals to kids because it comes with simple rules and a unique game play. Rushing to quickly make a taco is something kids may not have played yet. It is an exciting game that kids as young as 6 years old can play. It comes with 4 plastic taco shells, 75 topping cards, 20 order tickets and a drawstring storage bag. The Taco Takeover game is available at Amazon for $18.

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Fish, Fish, Squish Game

by admin January 28, 2015

Kids love to play games. Not only do games help keep kids occupied, it can also help develop certain skills that they can use as they grow up. But the fun element should always be there to keep kids interested enough to play the games again and again. This Fish, Fish Squish Game just fits into this mold of fun and exciting game for the kids.

The Fish, Fish, Squish Game is a fun yet simple game that comes with a lot of action. It starts by placing the fish cards face down on a six by six grid. After that, kids then mold the Safe Modeling Fun Dough and place their five fishes of a chosen color set up standing on a playing mat. To start the game, kids then start by taking turns flipping a card to reveal a fish. The first player to flip three different fish types in a row gets to squish a molded fish of any chosen opponent. The player with the last fish standing wins.

The Fish, Fish, Squish Game brings some excitement to an otherwise simple game. Kids will have the added fun of pounding flat on an opponent’s fish. The fish card also come with different fun and silly designs that kids will enjoy. The game set comes with a deck of 54 playing cards illustrated with colored fishes, 4 player mats, 4 resealable bags of safe modeling fun dough in different colors, and 4 plastic fish molds. A book of detailed and illustrated instructions also come with the set.

The Fish, Fish, Squish Game helps kids learn more about sequences and logic as they play the game more and more. It also helps develop a kid’s fine motor skills as well as cooperative play. The game is ideal for kids from 5 years old and above. It is available at Fat Brain Toys for $13.

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Crazy Cereal Electronic Game

by admin January 27, 2015

Many kids can mistake food prepared for them for toys. That is why many parents get crazy when kids begin to play with them instead of just eating them straight up. But kids are just kids. They are of the playful kind, especially at their age. What parents like us can do is provide some fun alternative that will not be as messy and troublesome. Kids will have fun with food with toys like the Crazy Cereal Electronic Game.

The Crazy Cereal Electronic Game is a unique game that is based on cereals that kids eat almost every day. In a way, they will be playing with food. But in this case, it becomes a more entertaining and a mentally stimulating activity. The objective of the game is to scoop up cereal pieces according to the color of the spoon. While that is already a challenge in itself, the game comes with a spoon that also changes color every so often. Kids need to be alert to scoop up only the cereals in their bowl that is of the same color their spoon becomes. The spoon can also display a flashing light, in which case kids can scoop up two cereal pieces of any color. Kids can only scoop up an orange cereal when the spoon light is flashing. Game stops when the contents of the big bowl are empty. The player who gets the most cereal pieces wins.

The Crazy Cereal Electronic Game comes with 45 cereal pieces in different colors, 2 player bowls, 2 electronic spoons, and a cereal serving bowl. The game helps kids develop their focus, manual dexterity, and quick thinking. This fun game set is ideal for kids as young as 4 years old. The Crazy Cereal Electronic Game is available at Fat Brain Toys for $23.

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Hoverkraft Levitating Construction Challenge

by admin November 15, 2014

Fun and games are not always just kid stuff. Even adults need to have fun and play games sometimes. But while some games only cater to young ones, there are also other games that offer challenges worthy enough for adults. The Hoverkraft Levitating Construction Challenge is one such game set that appeals to both the young and old alike.

The Hoverkraft Levitating Construction Challenge is a game unlike any other. For one, it comes with a levitating platform for a game board that is tied to a pair of stanchions fixed on a larger base. There are also a number of game pieces in different shapes and forms. The main objective of the game is for players to stack up the different pieces into the levitating platform one after the other, depending on the roll of the dice. Players take the challenge of building a structure on the levitating platform, careful not to let it tumble out of balance. The last player to place all the pieces without making it tumble down wins. Another version of the game has players remove the pieces one by one from the levitating platform without making it tumble down. Again the last player doing so without making the platform tumble wins the game.

The levitating platform of the Hoverkraft Levitating Construction Challenge is made possible by the effects of magnetic repulsion, not by some magic or mysterious wizardry. But it does have that appeal, especially to many kids. The challenged helps develop a player’s analytical and fine motor skills as well as hone their focus and concentration while playing the game. The Hoverkraft Levitating Construction Challenge is ideal for kids from 8 years old and above. It is available at Think Geek for $30.

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Separation Anxiety, A Different Board Game

by admin November 29, 2013

Kids become bored with toys when they no longer feel the challenge of playing with them. They seek other toys as they age. Some kids resort to playing challenging board games with friends and family members. If it is a unique challenge that your kids look for, then Separation Anxiety may help provide that in a sense.

Separation Anxiety is a unique board game in that it requires both your thinking cap and very good vision. That is because Separation Anxiety requires some visual focus and mental skills in order to win. The objective of the game is to disentangle the group of words in different colors combined together as one in a card belonging to a certain category. Players need to visually separate the words and try to guess correctly what word does not belong to the group.

Each card comes with three stacked words that come in pink, blue and green color. There are cards from three categories- Person, Place or Thing. Players need to collect a card from each category in order to win. So where does the anxiety come in? It is during the time when the players try to guess the correct answer all at the same time. The one who does it the fastest gets the card.

Separation Anxiety helps develop visual acuity as well as your logic and analysis skills. This game is designed for kids from 12 years old and above. It provides a worthy challenge to kids and teens who look for more challenging ways to have fun. There are a lot of puzzles to solve since the game set contains 150 double-sided puzzle cards. Separation Anxiety is available at Fat Brain Toys for $22.

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