Holiday Gift Guide: Wink Board Game

Wink

AGES 8 TO ADULT • 4-8 PLAYERS

Wink is a hilarious party game that will plunge you deep into an atmosphere full of crazy laughter, awkward stares, and a healthy dose of paranoia.

Each turn, you will try to covertly wink at your new secret partner without being detected by the other players. Keep your eyes wide open, because if you catch an opponent in the act of winking you can use one of your Accuse Cards to steal their points! The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Skills: Social Play Focus & Attention	Contents: 2 Decks of 36 Numbered Face Cards 32 Accuse Cards 8 Player Cards 8 Wooden Player Tokens Illustrated Rules
Ages: 8 to Adult Players: 4 to 8 Play Time: 20-30 minutes

Our Thoughts:

Game play is simple! You deal out one deck face up on the table in a grid. The second deck gets dealt evenly to all players. Each round you place your token on the card color you DO NOT have in your hand. The person that has that card in their hand is your "secret partner." This is when your partner must wink at you so that you know you're a team! If you guess your partner correctly you both get to score the points on the cards, and you'll repeat this until all cards are gone from the table or someone's hand. 

This is where the fun comes in! If someone catches you and uses their accuser card and are correct they will score both the points of the card you're on and your partners card. Do you have what it takes to "win with a wink?" You'll laugh until you cry playing this game!

This is a great gift idea for any kid or adult. Christmas is right around the corner, and if you're struggling with ideas, you won't go wrong with this one. We had so much fun playing, can look forward to the next game night.

For more information visit their website. To purchase you may go to Amazon or Target 

Game Review : Periodyx

Product was received for free in exchange for an honest review.

The Periodyx Game is fun, but the superstars of all these games are the 118 Element Cards. The more you play with the Periodyx Game cards; the more you'll know about the Elements, the more you know, the more you'll appreciate and enjoy them. 

Some Elements are toxic, radioactive, and scary, like Plutonium, and others are fun and friendly like Oxygen, but they're all real powers in the universe – dynamic and lively!

• An fun educational game about the periodic table

My thoughts:

This is a cute game.  My daughter and son play it with their friends.  It is fun when there are at least three to four players.  The cards are very colorful and the elements characters on each card are quite comical  to look at.

Not only is this a cute fun game, it is also a very educational game.  I have even learned some facts about Elements I didn't even know.  When the kids are playing, they will learn some cool neat facts also.  And believe me they will remember some of them, as my kids have.

Sort it Out Jr Board Game - Review, Inventors Contest & #Giveaway

PRODUCT INFO

“Sort It Out Jr.” Can you sort a list of animals by the number of eyes they have? What about by the number of bones or teeth? Or even how long they each can hold their breath! Can you pick which sports us a ball and which don’t? Or can you sort your favorite cartoon characters by height? Well, in Sort is Out™ Junior, everyone gets to find out! There are hundreds of topics specifically for kids…inviting families and friends to laugh, learn and sort each other out!

CONTEST DETAILS:

Enter for the chance to win exciting prizes including the opportunity to have your game manufactured by University Games!  Click here for more information: www.NYGIC.org. 

Leading board game manufacturer, University Games invites young game inventors with an original board game idea to participate in its 22^nd annual National Young Game Inventors Contest #NYGIC for the chance to win exciting prizes including:

·         The opportunity to have their game manufactured and included in the University Games 2015 lineup!

·         A family vacation to San Francisco, CA;

·         A savings bond for college;

·         A complete library of some of today’s hottest board games from University Games and MORE!

The contest is now open to children between the ages of 5-12 years old.  Complete rules and entry forms can be downloaded at: www.NYGIC.org.

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My thoughts:

My family loved this game.  It has become one of our favorite board games.   I have a seven and ten year old, and they both think this is the most fun game.  As a parent, this game is educational as well as fun. In fact, I had my nephew over one weekend who is thirteen and he enjoyed playing this game with my two kids.

Great game for sleepovers, birthday parties, grandparents homes, even classrooms.

The board this game comes with is very sturdy and will last for a long time.  The four dot holders that come with this game are made of a heavy duty plastic. The dots are also very sturdy plastic. The two hundred fifty topic cards are plastic coated, so they will not tear.  All in all the games pieces are very nicely made.

The instructions are clear and easy to understand.  Each player gets one dot holder and four dots.  And than just follow the simple, clear and easy to understand instructions on how to play Sort it Out JR.




The Giveaway

One lucky winner is going to win Sort it Out Jr!  This giveaway will end on  9/30/14. Open to the US only. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to reply. Thanks again to the sponsor for offering this fantastic prize.

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Gamewright Goes Big for Its 20th Anniversary - Slamwitch Review

2014 will mark Gamewright’s 20^th year of making “games for the infinitely imaginative.” To celebrate this giant milestone, the Newton, MA based company is thinking big with 7 new titles that will be released at the New York International Toy Fair. Games include a “super-sized” edition of Slamwich, a jumbo version of the hot-selling Rory’s Story Cubes, as well as Qwixx, an exciting family dice game from Europe, and the re-launch of a highly anticipated card game called Sushi Go! More highlights from Gamewright’s latest and greatest:
 

• Super Slamwich – A 20^th anniversary edition of Gamewright’s now-classic first ever card game. Includes oversized cards and a giant sandwich shaped box.

 • Rory’s Story Cubes - MAX – Nine extra large cubes with the original Rory’s Story Cubes images that aim to inspire the storyteller in all of us. 

 • Sushi Go! – A fast-paced sushi-themed card game in a gorgeous tin package.

 • Pyramix – Easy to learn and hard to win strategy game with wooden components that form a cascading pyramid.

 • Qwixx – A dice game full of fever-pitched decision making. This game is a thrill – a- roll.

 • Dodge Dice – Push your luck and dodge penalty points with this dice game perfect for groups.

 • Over Under – Latest title in our travel-friendly “Port-a-Party” game line. This is the ultimate game of guesstimates where being close counts.

My thoughts:

We tried out the Slamwitch Game and it's a fun game for children as well as adults.  It comes in a box that looks like a lunch box.  The instructions are quite simply and easy to understand, except for children ten and under I would suggest an adult explaining them.  The cards are sturdy and easy to handle.  And are very colorful with detail.   The person that ends up with all the cards wins.

Some of the combinations are hilarious. For example, peanut butter and eggs.  My son gets so excited when he slaps the cards and gets to yell "stop thief".  My daughter who is ten has sleep overs, and the girls love to play this game.  The only down fall is if only two people are playing the game can be lengthy, I would recommend more than two. 

This is only a few example of dozens of fun games available at Gamewright. They have games available for children from ages three and up.   To learn more about this great company and all they have to offer you can visit their website. You can also follow them on twitter or become their fan on face book. Also be sure to check out all their games on Amazon. Spice up your family game night with the unique board games you can only find at Gamewright!





Battle Sheep Game

Product was received for free in exchange for an honest review.

Product Description

Opposing sheep herds go to head to fluffy head in a strategy game the whole family will love. The goal is to occupy the most pastures with your sheep. On their turn, players split a stack of their sheep and move a portion as far is it can go in a straight line to a new pasture. Watch out for sneaky sheep and plan your moves carefully to fence out your foe! A different playing board is assembled before every game, so Battle Sheep is full of new challenges every time you play!

My thoughts:

 I have an in home daycare.  And in the summer I have school aged children. This is a fun game for them to play.  They have to think before making their moves.  My daughter, who is ten and her two friends have played this game numerous times.  She even had her daddy play it with her a couple of times.

 
The pasture tiles are sturdy, as well as the sheep tokens. The sheep tokens come in black, blue, red and green.  The recommended age for this  game is seven to adult.  I had to go over the rules and object of the game to my daugher and her friends, as they were difficult for them to understand when they read them.  Once I did go over everything, they were able to start playing.

I would recommend this game.


 






***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. The opinions expressed in the review are my own and were not influenced in any way.***