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Aunt Millies Millions Game
"Dear Aunt Millie left behind an estate worth millions. Are you one of her lucky heirs? In this hilarious party game, play the role of one of the colorful characters out to get Aunt Millies fortune. Use speed, strategy and persuasion to collect the most coveted valuables. Will you get her vintage jukebox or get stuck with a rusty toilet? Claim the same item as another player and you must give the best sob story to convince the judge that you deserve it more! Whoever ends up with the most riches wins the game. Heir-splitting fun!"
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Big Top Game
"One of the wonderful things about the circus is that it offers excitement and entertainment for children as well as for adults. On a much smaller scale Big Top does the same. At one level, young players are drawn to the game's colorful theme and simple play structure. On another level, there's something about the visual perception element that offers an appealing challenge to adults. So step right up and enter this five-ring circus of fun for children of all ages!"
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Buzz Out Game
"Bzz Out is an entertaining card game that teaches about numbers and counting as well as elementary strategy. Through the game play, children learn about the relationships between numbers and practice their counting skills by deciding which number is higher. Players also learn some basic probability and strategic thinking skills as they decide whether to keep or swap their cards."
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Check Out! Game
"Attention shoppers! Take the express lane to fun in this fast-paced game of visual perception and quick reflexes. Youve found an aisle to put the orange cheese and green apples. But now what do you do with the purple eggs?! Race to place all of your groceries in the correct aisle according to shape and color, but dont make a mistake or else youll have to pay! The first player with an empty shopping cart wins."
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Chomp! Game
"About This Game Chomp! Is a great tool to help teach children about the food chain. Players learn about the hierarchy of ocean species through employing skills such as visual discrimination and sequencing. It also helps to sharpen reflexes and teaches quick thinking and analysis while playing a fast-moving game. How To Play Plunge into a fast-paced undersea world where life is survival of the quickest. Identify the lowest creature in the food chain then slap it before other players scarf it down. Big fish chomp little fish and everyone chomps plankton. Watch out for the ink-squirting octopus and if you spot an electric eel, get ready for an all-out feeding frenzy! Collect all the cards and you're ruler of the deep blue sea! Details Ages 6 and up 2 to 5 players Playing time: about 20 minutes Contents 55 cards Awards & Acknowledgements Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Nick Jr. Magazine Best Toys Selection Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products Reinforces Science Hand-Eye Coordination Recommended Age: 6 and up"
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Combo King Game
"About This Game Combo King is probably the most rockin' and rollin' game about probability that you will ever play! What are the chances that you will complete the combo in a given number of rolls? How many chips are worth cashing to try to get rid of a card? No matter the odds, it couldn't hurt to do your lucky dance, because your next roll could be the one it takes to win it all! How To Play Get ready to roll! Try your luck at the ultimate family dice game. Choose a card, and then try to complete one of 60 outrageous dice challenges. The harder the combo, the more chips you stack up. Dice not rolling your way? Cash in some chips to bring the luck back around. Be the first player to make all your combos and crown yourself the Combo King! Details Ages 8 and up 2 to 4 players Playing time: about 20 minutes Contents 64 cards 36 chips 8 dice rules of play Awards & Acknowledgements Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products Reinforces Math Problem Solving Recommended Age: 8 and up"
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Cuckoo Zoo Game
"About This Game This just might be the craziest card game you ever play! Make animal sounds when you play cards, be quiet if the card is red, skip players with a cuckoo, play only donkey cards once someone plays a donkey card. The rules sound like something right out of Alice's Wonderland. Actually, behind all of the madness this Cuckoo Zoo is a terrific game that not only reinforces basic matching and memory skills but also teaches the importance of paying attention. How To Play Hee-Haw, Baa-Baa, Oink! Get ready for a roaring good time in this off-the-wall card game. Try to be the first player out of cards by matching animals or colors. The trick is that every time you play a card, you must make the matching animal sound. But don't make a peep if the animal is red or else you collect cards! Colorful animals, crazy rules.crazy fun! Details Ages 6 and up 2 to 6 players Playing time: about 15 minutes Contents 84 cards Awards & Acknowledgements Dr. Toy Smart Play / Smart Toy Award National Parenting Center Seal of Approval Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Parents' Choice Recommended iParenting Media Award Reinforces Color Identification Shape Identification Matching Recommended Age: 6 and up"
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Duck Duck Bruce Game
"Look out ducks, make way for Bruce! In this quacked-up card game, ducks are waddling everywhere - the circus, the beach, even the moon - and Bruce is hot on their tails. Gather the most high-scoring ducks by turning over cards one at a time. The more cards you reveal, the more you can collect. But if Bruce shows up, your ducks better take cover before that wily hound ruffles some feathers! Get the highest score and you're one lucky duck."
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Fowl Play Game
"How To Play Fowl Play is a fast paced card game that lets you count your chickens in a batch! One, two, three four... Think you can count any more? Five, six, seven, eight ... better stop before it's too late! The more chickens you count, the more points you get. But if you turn over a wolf card, all your points fly the coop! The player with the highest score wins. Details Ages 6 and up 2 or more players Playing time: about 12 minutes Contents 48 cards rules of play Awards & Acknowledgements Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products Parents' Choice Approved Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Parenting Magazine Top Toys for $10 and under Reinforces Counting Recommended Age: 6 and up"
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Frog Juice Game
"About This Game Frog Juice teaches children to think strategically and play competitively in an active meeting of the minds. It requires quick counting skills and keen timing, as players capture cards by matching or adding cards to equal the value of another card. Advanced players will learn about probability. How To Play Cast spells, brew concoctions, melt witches. Use a smidgen of math and a pinch of probability. Capture cards by matching or adding cards from your hand, then count the ingredients and measure the powers. A splash of strategy and, the potion is magic! The player with the most points wins. Details Ages 8 and up 2 to 4 players Playing time: about 20 minutes Contents 59 cards Awards & Acknowledgements Parent's Guide to Children's Media Outstanding Classic Game Parenting for High Potential Magazine Recommended Dr. Toy's Best Classic Toys Reinforces Math Recommended Age: 8 and up"
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Go Away Monster Game
"Reach into the bag to find the puzzle pieces that match the pictures on your bedroom game board. If a monster pops out, don't be scared...just tell that silly old thing to go away. Then get rid of him for good by tossing him into the moster pit and out of your room. You take charge, and the monsters take off! Being afraid of monsters is a normal part of growing up. One way that children are able to master this fear is by participating in narrative play or by playing games like Go Away Monster! that allow them to take control of the monsters. Go Away Monster! encourages kids to boss the monsters around, but it also let's them experience some of the apprehension and excitement in deciding what is real and what is imaginary. The game teaches young children shape recognition, cooperation, competence and boosts self-esteem, and is designed to be played with parents and friends. The game also lets young children experience some of the apprehension and excitement in deciding what is real and what is imaginary. Details 1 to 4 players Playing time: about 15 minutes No reading required Contents 4 bedroom boards 16 bedroom puzzle pieces 8 monsters cloth monster bag rules in Spanish and French Awards & Acknowledgements Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Recommended Age: 3 and up"
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Granny Apples Game
"Roll them apples! In this fast-action dice game, race against your opponents to count the exact number of apples scattered in play. Watch out for birds, worms and apple pies that take away from the total. Count as quickly as you can and be the first to shout out the answer, but don't make a mistake or else you lose half your apples! The player with the most apples when Granny's basket is full wins. Like an apple picked from the orchard, Granny Apples is a refreshing treat that is also good for you! Packed inside of this juicy little game are ingredients for learning the difference between halves vs. wholes while honing quick counting and visual identification skills. At the same time, it reinforces the importance of being accurate when doing mental math. And to top it off, since each player takes turns being the judge, the game helps to strengthen listening and attention skills. Smart on the outside . Fun to the core! Details 2 to 6 players Playing time: 15 minutes Contents 8 wood apples 10 half apple tokens 75 whole apple tokens apple basket Awards & Acknowledgements Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products iParenting Media Award Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Parenting Magazine Toy of the Year Recommended Age: 8 and up"
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Hats Off Game
Put on your game cap for a frenzied round of hat matching mania. Hold three hat cards in your hand and balance one on top of your head. Be the first to match the center hat card and collect the pair. But don't drop your hat or else someone can yell "Hats Off!" and steal a card! Win the most cards and crown yourself the top hat.
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Hit Or Miss Game
"Sharpen your pencils - and your intuition - for this quick playing "think-in-sync" party game. Draw a category card and in 45 seconds, list as many related words that come to mind. When the timer runs out, roll the die - if it lands on HIT, pick a word that you think everyone wrote; if it lands on MISS, pick one that only you wrote. Choose wisely and score big points. The player with the highest score wins. Hit or Miss - the cant MISS game that will turn your next party into a HIT!"
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Hocus Focus Game
"How To Play Set your sights on Hocus Focus. The fast-paced card game of visual trickery. Look carefully at the cards-the small, medium and large wizards all appear the same but are actually slightly different. Be the first to spot a wizard that has nothing in common with the one in the center and "Kazaam!" you keep him. The player who captures the most cards is the wizard whiz! Details Ages 6 and up 2 or more players Playing time: about 12 minutes Contents 48 cards rules in Spanish and French rules of play Awards & Acknowledgements Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products Games Magazine Top 100 Game Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award iParenting Media Award Reinforces Visual Discrimination Color Identification Recommended Age: 6 and up"
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Horse Show Game
"Horse Show lets children play a strategic game based on horse shows, learning about authentic tack and actual show events. The horses themselves are the game's characters, with lively personalities felt through the illustrations. The child becomes the rider; grooming and braiding before a show, watching a horse at pasture, and jumping clean a stadium hurdle."
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In a Pickle Game
"About This Game We love games like In a Pickle that get the creative juices flowing. This is a great game to break out when you need to stretch your brain. See how outrageous you can get with the scenarios you create. At the same time, challenge yourself (and your opponents) to think outside the norm and picture scenes that might otherwise seem preposterous. The more you play, the more you will see that there's more inside a word than you might expect! How To Play Can a giraffe fit in a phone booth? Does a sofa fit in a shopping cart? It all depends on how you size it up in this game of creative thinking and outrageous scenarios. Try to win a set of cards by fitting smaller things into bigger things - There's some juice in a pickle, in a supermarket, in a parking lot. Play the fourth word card to claim the set, unless one of your opponents can trump with a larger word. The player with the most sets at the end is the BIG winner! Details Ages 10 and up 2 to 6 players Playing time: 20 to 30 minutes Contents 300 cards Awards & Acknowledgements National Parenting Center Seal of Approval Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Dr. Toy's 10 Best Games of The Year Dr. Toy's Top 100 Children's Products Scholastic Instructor Magazine Best of 2004 iParenting Media Award Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Reinforces Creativity & Imagination Recommended Age: 10 and up"
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K-9 Capers Game
How To Play Nine pooches are dressed to the nines in K-9 Capers card game where the dogs steal the show! Roll the die and use your memory to find dogs hiding in the game board. The only catch is that you must collect them in numerical order! The first player to collect all nine canines in a row wins the blue ribbon. Details Ages 6 and up 2 to 4 players Playing time: about 12 minutes Contents 36 dog cards 1 custom die rules in Spanish and French rules of play Awards & Acknowledgements Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products Parents' Choice Recommended Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Reinforces Memory Counting Matching Recommended Age: 6 and up
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Ka-Ching! Game
"Buy low, Sell high! Making money is the name of the game in this high stakes duel for dollars. Compete against your opponent to turn the biggest profit by strategically buying and selling stock cards. Buy cards at face value and then sell them in pairs for the greatest possible return, all while preventing your opponent from doing the same. Accumulate the most cash and you're in the money!"
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Kit & Caboodle Game
"Explore the possibilities! Roll the dice and create sets using images from the world of science and nature. Did you roll a mammal, reptile, or insect? It all depends on how you look at it. Each picture on the dice can be scored in more than one category. Figure out which set is worth the most points, then mark your score on your Boodle Sheet. The player with the highest score wins. Loosen up your mind, flex your creativity, and go for the whole Kit & Caboodle! Kit & Caboodle is a lighthearted attempt to explore how people think, organize, and categorize the things in their lives. Roll and sort the dice. It sounds simple, but it's actually quite a challenge to recognize the possibilities. The structure of Kit & Caboodle draws on the complexities of probability, set theory, the riddle of evolution, and the psychology of perception. It teaches the logical concepts of and, either, and or. Playing a game is a great way to learn. Kit & Caboodle is so much fun, you won't even realize it's good for you. Details 1 to 3 players Playing time: about 20-30 minutes No reading required Contents 6 dice dice shaker score pad and pencil Awards & Acknowledgements Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Dr. Toy's Top 100 Children's Products Games Magazine Top 100 Game National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Honors iParenting Media Award Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Parenting for High Potential Magazine Recommended Canadian Toy Testing Council "Best Bet" Award Recommended Age: 8 and up"
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Kitty Corners Game
"About This Game Kitty Corners is a great game for families to play together. You can win no matter what your age. All you need is a keen eye, a sense of humor, and a little luck. Kitty Corners is lots of fun, but it also helps build critical learning skills, like visual scanning and discrimination. If you're mathematically minded, try to figure out possibilities of different picture combinations. (We'll start you out - it's twice as easy to roll Finny or Meatloaf as it is to roll Sassy or Ginger.) The social skills the game teaches are just as important, though. There's no better way to learn the value of patience, discipline, and good sportsmanship than to play a great game! How To Play Finny's fishing for trouble. And Meatloaf is hungry. again. Roll the dice and catch the kitties' crazy antics. Match the two dice to a square on your bingo board, then mark that square with a mouse. But watch out, roll "Scat Cat!" and your mouse gets away. The first to get bingo wins. Top Cat! Details Ages 5 and up 2 to 4 players Playing time: about 15 minutes Contents 2 dice 4 bingo boards 48 mouse markers rules in Spanish and French Awards & Acknowledgements Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Reinforces Visual Discrimination Matching Recommended Age: 5 and up"
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Leaping Lizards Game
"About This Game Leaping Lizards is a fun and colorful game that will keep you guessing. You can jump right over your friends' lizards, but you never know who might hurdle back over you in the next round! Your brain is sure to be bouncing as you race toward the end of the line. How To Play It's a leap-to-the-finish in this colorful game of fast-moving reptiles. Choose a secret creature card, shake the cup and pour out the picture tiles. Move your lizard forward or backward depending on what the tiles show. But look before you leap or else you could wind up at the back of the line! The first player to jump to the finish is the king of chameleons. Details Ages 5 and up 2 to 4 players Playing time: about 15 minutes No reading required Contents 18 wood beads 16 Secret Creature cards (four of each creature) 10 two-sided Creature tiles 1 Lead Lizard tile (red) 4 wood lizards (one of each color) string shaker cup rules of play Awards & Acknowledgements Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Products Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence Award iParenting Media Award Parenting Magazine "Mom-Tested" Pick Canadian Toy Testing Council *** (Highest Rating) Reinforces Counting Shape Identification Recommended Age: 5 and up"
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Loot Game
"About This Game From the manufacturer ... We've talked about making a pirate-themed game for years but wanted to wait until the right one came along. From the moment we first played Loot, we knew we found our buried treasure! Renown game inventor Reiner Knizia has created a highly clever card game that is at once simple to learn and fast to play, while engaging those looking for strategic challenge. We're particularly fond of the team play version, where you and a partner get to look at each other's cards and conspire moves. We find that the game's even more fun when everyone talks in pirate accents when playing. Give it at try and you'll be hooked! How To Play Yo-Ho-Ho and a Barrel of Fun! Set sail for an exciting adventure of strategy and skullduggery in this captivating card game. Storm your opponents' merchant ships and seize valuable treasure. But watch your back, matey - plundering pirates are out to capture your ships as well! The player with the most loot rules the high seas. Details Ages 10 and up 2 to 8 players Playing time: about 20 minutes Contents 78 cards Awards & Acknowledgements Dr. Toy Smart Play / Smart Toy Award Mensa Select Parents' Choice Silver Honor Major Fun Award Canadian Toy Testing Council ** Reinforces Strategic Thinking Recommended Age: 10 and up"
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Luck Of The Draw Game
"At long last, a drawing game where even the worst artist can win! We knew this game had the making of a masterpiece from the moment our testers couldn't put down their pencils. Since everyone draws at the same time, it's always entertaining to see the variety of ways a particular subject gets interpreted. It's even more entertaining to see which drawings get picked as winners. Don't take it personally if you're voted "Most Embarrassing" or "Least Artistic." Take it as source of pride that you know how to draw to win!"
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Lucky Catch Game
"Lucky Catch is a combination of memory, matching, luck, skill, and paying attention. A roll of the dice gets the game going and luck reigns at the beginning. As the fishing continues and each turn reveals where another sea creature is hiding, players rely more on their powers of observation and memory. Children have fun as they learn to focus their attentions on a mental task and learn to match pictures."
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