Reviews (8)

Great fun and learning
I have two kids that play this game, 5 and 3. We have had this game for about a month and play it almost everyday. Tonight my 3 year old and I were looking at a US map and as I pointed to each state he named them one after another.He only missed two.My kids also have and enjoy the book of the same name.I highly recommend this game for fun and learning.

Great way to learn while having fun!
My kids, 6, 8, 10 love playing this game!!It's a great way to learn geography without realizing it.To make a little more challenging and interesting, change the rules around or make-up your own questions.Great game for a snowy day.Your only limit is your imagination!!

Educational Fun for all
My 10 and 6 year old kids love this game.It's easy enough for younger kids to enjoy, but interesting enough for adults to play as well.Kids get a good lesson in American Geography while trying to be the fastest one to spot one of their cards with a certain characteristic.While the 6 year old enjoys the game, I will say that reading skills are necessary to prevent frustration.It's a colorful, sturdy (aside from the paper maps that are used to determine which state is closest during the "go the distance" cards that might come up as one of the challenges) colorful, fun game.I highly recommend it to anyone with kids of reading age. ... Read more

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One of our family favorites!
My kids (ages 6, 8, and 10) LOVE this game which we've had for about a year.We play a slightly different variety when the older kids are playing... you can hold one card in your hand instead of playing every card immediately.This puts a little bit of strategy into the game.

I brought this game along to a sleepover with my daughter's Girl Scout troop (a bunch of 10-year olds) and they couldn't get enough of this game!

Slithery fun for all..in every home should have at least one
I own it and I don't even have kids!(I do have two pet snakes, though.)

Another benefit of his besides those mentioned in the other reviews...Hisss is a good physical game too, because you have to stre-e-e-tch your body to place the cards in position when the snakes get long.

Here's a tip - buy two sets and play with 100 cards instead of 50.This makes even longer snakes possible and also gives you two of every head and tail card!Just make plenty of floor space available!

Mommy and Daddy's favorite game
If it were up to me, I'd burn Chutes and Ladders and Candyland. This game is so much "funner".It's different each time you play.My husband and I even played it by ourselves one night.Our four year old daughter absolutely loves it.Additionally, the cards are very thick and sturdy and will travel well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Games    2. Board Games    3. Preschool   

Editorial Review

Gamewright's Dog Dice, a Bingo game with a variety of lovable canine personalities, is an addictive pleasure for both kids and adults. Rather than numbers, the playing boards are decorated with squares depicting four dogs eating, frolicking with their child-owner, groveling for food, and getting into mischief. The title refers to the two dice that act as command central of the game: one die features the four distinctive dogs (Gizmo the mutt, Stretch the dachshund, Gigi the poodle, and McDuff the Scottie); the second die displays elements of a dog's life (pictures of a bone, food dish, the kid, a doghouse, plus the word trouble). Players match the two dice to a square on their boards--Gizmo in his doghouse, for example--then mark that picture with a small cardboard bone. The first to get a row of marked squares yells "Hot Dog!" and wins. In an ingenious twist, one can also achieve "Hot Dog!" by marking, canine-style, the four corners of one's playing board. The only drawback to this enchanting game is that there are only four boards in the set, thus limiting the number of players. Winner of awards from Dr. Toy and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. Dog Dice is for two to four players. ... Read more

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Better than Bingo
Santa left this in our 3 year old daughters stocking (probably because he knew how much we enjoy Landlock, another Gamewright game). She had no trouble grasping the simple rules and yips with glee after every roll. The game has helped her with patience and turn taking and she was very happy to see that dogs can get into trouble too, not just 3 year olds. We've lost a few of the bone place holders but there are lots of spares provided and our dice have held up fine (possibly because we tend to play on the rug instead of at a table).

Fun Family Game
Our daughter received this game for her 5th birthday. We've enjoyed many hours of playing it with her. It is fun and easy enough for her to play well and win (without cheating). Grownups get into it too! A worthwhile investment and a great edition to your games cupboard!!

Great hit in school-based use!
Overall, I have to say this is a great game that kids of all ages enjoy.I recommend Dog Dice to anyone - whether you are a parent looking for a fun game for your children or an educator looking to expand your classroom repertoire of games.Get this game, you won't regret it!

As a speech-langauge pathologist in an elementary school, I am constantly looking for fun, durable, and educational games to use in therapy.Dog Dice has met all my requirements - at least to some degree.This game is one of the more popular games with my students.It is played by at least 3 kids four or five times a day. The kids love this game and don't realize that they are learning to attend to details as well as improving visual discrim skills.My one complaint is this - the bones are somewhat fragile and I've had to staple the middle of several to prolong their lives.Is there any way I can get some more to supplement the original supply?The dice have held up well and still have all the colors intact - unlike other people's dice. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

It's a shrimp-eat-plankton world out there, and small fry will easilyget hooked on Chomp!, the fast and finny food chain card game from Gamewright.With this deep-sea deck depicting sharks, seals, and assorted big and littlefishies, players can engage in several versions of the card game War (as inPortuguese man-of-) by flipping over a card from their school and being thefirst to devour something lower on the food chain played by an opponent. Anelectric eel instigates a feeding frenzy whereby even a little crawdad gets totake a bite out of a great white, but beware an Octopus Ink-Out--it muddies thewater enough to penalize any player who attempts to chomp another. Versatile andeasy to learn, Chomp! provides some silly sequencing fun for kids to sink theirteeth into. --Tony Mason ... Read more

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Fun way to learn about the food chain
We love the Gamewright games in our family.I love the educational aspect of the games they make.Chomp is a fun way for kids to get a feel for what happens in the food chain as they get to "chomp" animals further down the chain.

Lots of fun and easy to play even for young children. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

How would you create a magic spell? You might need some unicorn hornor some eye of newt, or maybe some bats or toadstools or star and moon dust. Butbe forewarned as you're stirring up your potion--you'd better be wary of ablack cat or the powerful All-Purpose Witch Wash! One of your opponents mighteven be brewing up an Uglifying Spell. ("Results guaranteed to crack mirrorsat a single glance!") All of these magical ingredients are part of Frog Juice,an imaginative card game for two to four players that uses fairy-tale elements from fair maids to frogs tocreate a game that both kids and adults will enjoy. This game of strategy includes 44 ingredient cards and15 power cards, each with an illustration that looks like it came straight out of a fairy-tale book. Cards areplayed in the center of the game and then captured by other players by matching numerical values or byusing stronger powers. --Marcie Bovetz ... Read more

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Fun for all!
I agree with all the reviewers above.My 6 and 1/2-year-old 1st grade son adores this game. He needs to use addition to 12 and has developed planning skills.He picked up the rules as or more quickly than I did.He now thinks about his discards and is thinking strategically.The game is a fun combination of luck and skill, and a great starting point for young game fans.As long as your child can do basic addition, s/he should be fine.Importantly, it's a game parents enjoy playing too!

frog juice card game review
This is a great family game. We bought a used one at a thrift store, and it turned into my families favorite...we have 4 boys, 14,12,6,4, and all of us can play at once, and even the youngest can win!!
It is fast paced, and challenging with just enough magic!
Sadly, I left the game at a friends house, and she wont give it back, as her family now insists it is thier favorite....so I must replace it to keep peace in my family!
Who would have guessed that an accidental find would turn out to be such a big hit!!!!
This is a must for Halloween fun!

frog juice
this is a great game to play at any event I first learned it at my softball summer camp. We played every night it was very very fun. its easy to play and u can play for hours ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Designed for competitive or cooperative play, Go Away Monsteris a delightful game for pre-school-age children. It gives them powerover fears they might have as they "rid their rooms" of scary monsters.By providing each of up to four players with his or her own playingboard--designed to look like a child's room--the game cunningly avoidspotential squabbles over sharing. Players take turns reaching into a"monster bag" and feeling for pieces of furniture needed for theirrooms. If they pull out a monster instead, they can hide it or throw itaway while shouting "Go away, monster!" Players may help one another orcompete to finish their rooms first. --Lee Strucker ... Read more

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Great entry game for very young kids!
I learned about it on reading many reviews at boardgamegeek.com, which is the best resource for reliable reviews of board games for kids as well as adults.Sure enough, my 2.5 year old son loves this game!I suggest hamming it up w/ much fear/consternation at the appearance of a monster.This adds to the mystery & excitement upon drawing each piece from the bag.

Great first game for kids!
We bought this game for our son for Christmas and he loves it.It has really taught him how to take turns and cooperate with his sister when playing a game.It is also a lot of fun for him.Our son is has mild autism and the visuals of this game make it easy for him to learn and follow.

Go Away, Monster! is a great game!!
Our son, who is now 3 1/2, has been playing this game since he was 2 years old.It is so easy to learn.The play is so quick that it holds the attention of a 2 year old.It's just like the "grow-up" games with playing boards and pieces.Everyone with young children should own this game!! ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Gather ‘round for some blue-ribbon fun. Horse Show offers fineequestrian festivities with no messy cleanup. Each horse show consistsof three events. Players enter their best horse for whichever event isin play to try to win the blue ribbon. There are four horse shows ineach game, and each blue-ribbon event is a jumper, hunter, dressage, orequitation event. After they have been played, the player with the mostblue-ribbon event cards is the winner. Awarded Dr. Toy's BestChildren's Vacation Products (1997) and Parenting Magazine's Best Toyof the Year (also 1997). Contains 32 horse cards, 12 assist cards, 15blue-ribbon event cards, and rules of play. For two to eight players.--Alison Golder ... Read more

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Horse Show
This is a very fun game. I think it is for ages 7 and up.

A Great Gift For A Horse Lover
My 10 year old daughter received this as a gift; of all the games she got for birthday/Christmas, this was in the top five.The game requires some strategy -- at the random draw of a card, you must choose which horse to compete in that event.Each horse has varying degrees of strength in four different categories, but can only be used once in the game.As the players progress through each event, they must use weaker horses -- this is where the strategy comes in, as players must think in advance about the best way to use their stable of horses.The "right" answer is not necessarily to use the strongest horse each time.For additional complexity, there are also equipment cards that boost the strength of a horse in a single turn.Adults won't find this game particularly hard, but interesting enough to make it fun to play with your kids.

Fun
This is a really fun game. It has stratagy and beautiful horse pictures.
You'll love it! ... Read more

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Batter up!
Have a six year old with nothing to do? Want to find a way to interact with your children? Then try Play Ball by Gamewright.Gamewright has created a truly unique game that makes learning addition fun.

Play Ballis fast and easy to learn. The instructions are clear and easy to followand I was up and playing in less than three minutes. What makes this gamedifferent is that way it teaches cooperation and sportsmanship to the veryyoung.

Educators, parents and kids will spend hours learning to add tonine. A great game for those rainy days when you have nothing to do. Playball is small enough to travel and extremely easy to store.

Play ball is priced to fit any and all budgets. Play Ball is a definitewinner. ... Read more

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Awesome fun
I recieved this as a gift 11 yrs ago.It was on clearance.Another company made it then and stopped.EVERYONE who has ever played this has wanted a copy.

More fun than Pictionary!
My wife and I have spent 4 years looking for this game after playing with some friends'. The game is similar to Pictionary except you use clay.The clay that comes with the game wears--but this is due to the continual play we have given it!We will simply replace the clay with some from a toy store or make our own!From the artistic to the sculpting impaired--everyone laughs at this game as trying to sculpt at a hurried pace is hard, comical, and fun.It's a hoot and quite the hit with friends and family.A big thumb's up (with clay under the fingernails I might add!) ... Read more

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Reviews (5)

The Mythical Wondergame
I like this game because it is so suspensful it taught me strategy

Fantastic for all ages.
We have been able to play a simplified version of this game with our 4-year-old (either by working together against the game or later, by playing each other). However, we're not at all embarrassed to play this with adults. The rules are simple enough for young children to understand, but there is enough strategy involved that really mastering the game can take a while. Even my 64-year-old mother loves to play!

Not just kids stuff
My family has an entire closet dedicated to games but Landlock is the one we reach for the most. From the toddler who enjoys making maps with the sturdy little pieces to the grown-ups who hold grudge matches in the evenings, everyone loves it. Adult guests might look at you funny when you bring out the "gnome game" but only until you've whipped 'em a few times. The game box is also small, making it easy to toss into a suitcase or picnic basket. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

The winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award, Make ItUp answers those probing questions about how something is made orwhat it's made up of. Each of the 18 sturdy cardboard story cards holdsillustrations of five or more related items, with the center itemlocated on a punch-out oval section. The game can be played alone orwith one or two others, and the goal is to match each oval tile with itsproper story card. For example, the birdhouse is matched with the bird,saw, nails and wood; the painting matches with the paint tubes, brush,palette, and blank canvas, and so on. The game comes with a ParentsGuide of brief narratives for each card, along with rules forcooperative play and for memory/matching play. The game was designed bya practicing child psychotherapist and a child psychiatrist. --AvaNatov ... Read more

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Editorial Review

In the game War, players compare cards, and the highest number wins and takes the other cards. Alien Hotshots picks up where War leaves off. In the year 4560, an interstellar war breaks out between the Evens and the Odds. Each side, strategizing, ups the ante, creating exotic secret weapons such as the Odd Eater and the Space Germ. Plustoids and Minusaurs orbit the planets, ready to help their favorite side. The 55 standard-size cards are illustrated with such space creatures as Cephaloid Surfers, Zygodactylous Terrain Walkers, and the disgustingly slimy, inedible Plasmoid Pods, each with an odd or even number value or a power-card symbol. This space-age complexity adds fresh interest to the classic game while teaching strategy, exploring the concepts of odd and even, and inspiring young players to ponder what's really out there beyond Earth. --Emilie Coulter ... Read more

Reviews (7)

Fun for the whole family
I can't say enough good things about this game.The rules are easy to understand and the game teaches math in a fun way.Another good thing about Alien Hotshots is that if you lose a card, the game will still function.Even the cards are attractive with neat artwork.We play this often and enjoy it a lot.

Fun twist on the game of War
It took us (me and my 7 and 5 year olds) a while to figure out the rules of the game, but it was a fun game when we worked out most of the details. This is a variation on the familiar War game (with a standard deck of cards without the jokers) with a space/alien twist. In the deck, besides the numbered cards, one gets space Germ cards and one Blackholeb card, which have unique functions. There are also Even Eaters and Odd Eaters, which "gobble up" respective cards (though we had to guess what "gobble up" entailed in a game). There are also Plus-es and Minus-es cards which can change values of numbered cards thereby changing the outcome of a hand.

The box says the game is for 8 and up, but we had no problem playing this game. If my 5 year old had any confusion about even and odd numbers, much of the confusion got cleared up after one round. And the Plus-es and Minus-es also help teach some very basic math concept.

At the beginning I got a bit frustrated with the rules of the game. But we went ahead with the playing anyway and as we went along, my kids figured out most of the stuff on their own. All in all, an interesting game.

Excellent but not as durable
Children loved it right out of the box. The graphics, the story and the rules were simple and fun. Game ends quite quickly and keeps children involved. I wish the cards were a little durable... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Games    2. Cards    3. Strategy Games    4. Aliens   

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Great for learning concept of negative numbers
This is a great educational game: it is fun and in no time kids learn the concept of negative numbers. It is rated for kids 10 and up, but I've played with my son who is 5 and he has no problem playing this game, though he did not want to sit through my explanation of what a negative number was (which didn't affect his game playing).

The game comes with a ruler/measuring strip with which kids can do their calculation visually. The strip is not as good as I would like--I wish they put some sort of slider on to help kids keep track of the current sum, but it works nonetheless.

The key is for an adult to play a few rounds with the kids and teach them how the game works. We love it in our family. Like many of the Gamewright games, it has a very specific range in educational value. If your kid has trouble grasping the concept of negative numbers or adding or subtracting with negative numbers, this game just may solve the problem. ... Read more

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Wonderful game
This was the second game I bought from this manufacturer. My 6 year old and 10 year old love playing this game. It is great to find a game that they enjoy playing together without fighting. It is even fun for Mom to join in. Definitely will recommend!!! ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Your cauldron bubbleth over. The broth needs onion and sausage, butyou're stuck with a mittful of cabbage and peas. What to do? Simmer down; ifyou're between a rock and a hard place, you'll just have to bluff your waythrough this recipe. And with Stone Soup, Gamewright's game du jour, the housespecial is deception, sneakiness, and crafty culinary card-play. Based looselyon the old folktale whereby reluctant villagers were enticed to enhance a"delicious soup of water and stones" by adding "just one more vegetable," StoneSoup consists of a 54-card ingredient deck dealt out and composing aconsommé that must be assembled--in specific ingredient order--by placingcards face-down into the pot and hoping that no one calls a bluff. Oh, sure,it's delicious when tomatoes are called for and you have two tomato cards, butwhat do you do with your Stone cards except hope to sneak them in, face-down, byannouncing "Here are four tomatoes!" Get busted and the penalty is severe: takeall cards in the pot. Ditch 'em all, either by evading challenges to discards,or by completely honest card-play, and the only thing missing from your victorybouillon is salt and pebble... uh, pepper. --Tony Mason ... Read more

Reviews (2)

A great intro.game to bluffing
This is a great introductory game to bluffing. The idea of the game is simple: players put down cards (face down) according to a certain order--potatoes cards, tomatoes cards etc. (all ingredients for making a good soup). There are stone cards in the deck. The goal of the game is to get rid of all of one's cards. Bluffing comes in when one must get rid of stone cards or other unwanted cards. For example, if it is my turn and the turn calls for tomato cards, but I don't have tomato cards, I may put a potato card down and declare it a tomato card. Others may let me pass or they may call my bluff (Stone Soup!).

The game is for 8 and up and for once I agree with Gamewright. I played it with my 5 and 7 year olds. My 7 year old understands the concept, but her face often gives her away. My 5 year old sighed at the end that he "always lost". He was putting down 10 tomato cards when there are a total of 4 in the deck. With time, they may learn to play better, but I can see us having a great time when they are older. We will probably have more fun when we have more people playing.

STONE SOUP!!!
I played this game with my two sisters (in their twenties) and we had a blast. It's a simple game of pure bluff and dare. I'd rather play this with a group of people than say - something like UNO, or Old Maid . . . whatever. ... Read more

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Great Fun!
This card game is a winner!It is hands down my children's (ages 3, 5, and 7 yrs.) favorite card game.The concept is simple enough for even my youngest to grasp, yet engaging for the rest of us.The deck consists of two types of cards: chickens and wolves.The objective is to earn points by turning over chicken cards, but if you turn over a wolf, you lose all your points for that turn.Greediness often results in a wolf!This game is so faced paced and funny, that even when they turn over a wolf, my kids can laugh about it.We like this game so much that we play with two decks, and give it as gifts.

Very clever
It seems so simple at first, but once you start playing, somestrategy starts to kick in. It's surprisingly engaging. Very fast gameplay. Check it out. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

The Honor of the Samurai is a card game of intrigue, honor, and shame set in 16th-centuryJapan.The historical richness of this period is written into the game directions.Theobject is to serve your warlord and become the most honorable samurai of the land.As you seek honor,you must also protect yourself from attack.To do this, you need to gain power by raising armies, havingninja at your disposal, and guarding yourself with castles.The game requires planning and strategy.Includes 110 cards that have three basic attributes--honor, ki, and strength--each of which includes anumber value. The beautifully drawn cards depict historical figures and authentic dress and design.Thereare six custom dice, and each face of these die has a family crest and an assigned numerical value.AGames magazine selection. --Margaret Quinn ... Read more

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Honor and the Way of the Warrior
Once again Gamewright has a hit. In this game each player is a Samurai and must serve a Daimyo to collect honor.If the Samurai collects 300 honor points then he or she wins.But this is not so easy. Honor can go up or down depending on the players acts.Marriage can increase honor as can serving a strong daimyo.Hiring a Ninja or losing a battle can cause the loss of honor.

The game play is simple but the strategy is not and the success in the game can ebb and flow with the players' new strategies.A weak Daimyo can become Shogun and amass Honor while the stronger Daimyo battle each other.

The rules are rich with detail and history and are fun to read.The illustrations on the cards are colorul and varied and lend atmosphere to the game.And there is intrigue and diplomacy.Best of all the box is small and therefore it is a great game to take on a trip or just keep in the family room. I had always thought of Gamewright as a maker of kids games until now.

This is a great family game and is not above the head of a 9 year old.Welcome to Feudal Japan!

Honor of the Samurai
Honor of the Samurai is a great, intriguing game that all players will find interesting. It is played with cards, similar to the game Magic. Every player starts out with two main characters. Then you add cards on to the layout of the cards in front of you.Every card has a certain number of honor you collect every turn. When a player has 400 honor he/she wins the game. Cards also have ki to determine how many actions they get every turn, as well as strength to assist in attacking or defending. Cards can be stolen, so you have judge what to put down and what to hold onto in your hand. All cards have strengths and weaknesses, so again you must determine what you need to put down.
This a game composed of luck as well as strategy. It is educational in the way of strategy, but ifyou want to learn about Feudal Japan, find something else. This is an intriguing, fun game that is hard to stop playing. It is definitely a worthwhile purchase.

Honor of the Samurai
Truly a great game, and well worth the purchase.

As a toy it is great fun, easy to play, and never the same game twice.Further, I well appreciate a fast paced, action packed card game where there is no booster packs or additional cards to purchase.All you need is in one box, ready to go and easy to use.

For its educational value, I'd give the game points for its historical accuracy, but limited, as most games are, I'd not use it to teach about Feudal Japan.Still, it remains a strategy game.Played well it can prove as thought-provoking as chess and serve to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Durability?I'd say it's as durable as the next, but I will award points for being well designed and put together.Unlike other games I've played, it's easy to get the game out of the box, and more so, everything can be put back (and fit) just as neatly as when I first opened it.And this, of course, keeps the game looking nice.

Over all, a great purchase... and one I will get use out of time and again. ... Read more

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Great game to play with your 3 year old buddy.
Even do, the manufacturer says 5 yrs up, game is so easy to play that my 3 year old son became an instant fan.

A great game that is easy to play!
Dino Dice is basically a cute bingo game.Players take turns rolling the two special dice.If you roll a yellow t-rex and a slice of pizza, then check your card for a silly t-rex eating pizza!The cover-up pieces are little cardboard dinosaur footprints.However, if you roll "Dino Dash" then you lose a footprint from whatever dinosaur the other die shows.It is a very easy game, requires no reading, and can really help children with observational skills! ... Read more

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Pretty Darn Fun
What a fun game!My kids, as well as the adults love to play this game.It offers great interaction as well as an opportunity to increase one's vocabulary.You utilize roots of words, prefixes, suffixes, etc.Younger children, than 8 yrs, can also play utilizing only 2 cards; which gets them started on appreciating that words can be fun. ... Read more

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