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Personalogy The Original Party Edition Game

Personalogy The Original Party Edition Game

Michelle and Lilamani are two very different women who share a love of family, friends, playing games, laughter and the outdoors. Michelle is a serial entrepreneur with flair for coming up with creating solutions, ideas and out-of-the-box perspectives. Lilamani has a unique blend of scientific 

Family Time: Ramp Shot Outdoor Game

Family Time: Ramp Shot Outdoor Game

Like most families, my family has routine movie nights and games nights. During the Spring, Summer and Fall season, we mix in outdoor game weekends along with backyard barbecues. We’ve been doing these fun family things for the past 25+ years. One of the newest 

Holiday Gifts from Brilliant Puzzles – Classic Othello Game

Classic Othello Game

Buying unique gifts for men is something I often struggle with. I can spend days shopping around the retail stores and shopping online just for that perfect gift. In the past, I would get very frustrated with shopping for that perfect gift until I discovered Brilliant Puzzles.

Brilliant Puzzles has all kinds of great gifts! They sell wooden puzzles, 3D puzzles, metal puzzles, puzzle boxes, wooden games, stuff for kids and all kinds of other great gifts! With the Christmas holiday quickly approaching, you can find all kinds of affordable gifts at Brilliant Puzzles!

My son-in-law loves to play various games and I knew the Othello Reversible Wooden Strategy Game was perfect for him! My daughter and Ernie are always entertaining at their home and 9 chances out of 10, it is down in their family room/game room where everyone gets together. In addition, they do a lot of traveling and this game is compact enough for them to take with them.

Classic Othello Game

The Othello Reversible Wooden Strategy Game is beautiful and you can let it sit out on your game table as part of your room’s decor. The game is made for ages 10 and up but my 8 year old nephew has no problems playing it when he is at my daughter’s home visiting.

The game measures 5 1/2″ by 5 1/2″ square. You have 2 different colored wooden pegs (red and yellow) and it comes with an instruction sheet if you need to learn how to play the game. Something, I need to learn to play one of these days! When you are done playing, you flip the wooden bottom over to become the lid…then everything stays nicely organized and together.

Classic Othello Game

Anyway, I gave the game to the Big E as a “very” early holiday present. He was quite excited to receive the game since he hasn’t played Othello for many years. My husband and the Big E sat down and read the game instructions and then played a few rounds of Othello while my daughter & I did some cooking. The guys really enjoyed playing the game.

Since giving the game to the Big E, it has become quite the game hit at their home. They are always telling me so & so was over for a visiting and that the Big E proudly got out his Othello game for all of them to play. When they are not playing it, it is displayed nicely on their entertainment bar in the family room.

Head on over to Brilliant Puzzles and take a look around. They have a nice variety of different puzzles & games for all different ages. With the holidays coming up, you definitely want to head on over there today and take a peek.

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Family Game Night: My Monopoly Board Game

Family Game Night: My Monopoly Board Game

** 2014 Holiday Gift Guide ** The game of Monopoly has been around since I was a kid and over the years we have seen the game come out in various different versions to keep it interesting. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any 

Family Game Night: Scrabble Electronic Scoring Game

Family Game Night: Scrabble Electronic Scoring Game

** 2014 Holiday Gift Guide ** When I was about 16 or 17 years old I was introduced to the classic Scrabble word game and have been hooked on that game ever since! Matter of fact, Scrabble is what started my addiction for various word 

Family Game Night – Diggity Dogs Game

diggity dogs game by Educational InsightsWe are very fortunate that we get to see our little 5 year old grand daughter several times a week. Every time she comes over you will find us playing some type of game, watching a movie with her or some other type of bonding activity.

When it comes to finding great educational toys and games to play with the Princess one of my favorite companies is Educational Insights. They have a large variety of products for every age group and at every price point.

Recently the company sent us the Diggity Dogs Game to review for all of you so we immediately planned a fun family game night complete with pizza and popcorn! The game is for ages 5 and up and for 2-4 players.

Game Synopsis: You’re in charge of a pack of pooches and they all have different needs! Collect the cards that perfectly match a dog’s needs and the dog is yours. Adopt the most doggies and you win the game! Simple and Easy!

How to Play: Ask another player for a specific card or draw a card from the deck. Collect 3 cards that match the three things a dog needs, and you get to adopt the dog. Continue play until all pets are adopted. Count your pouches and the player with the most dogs is the winner.

diggity dogs game by Educational Insights

My Thoughts: I first want to state this…if you are looking for small & compact games that travel well, this game is perfect because it comes in a small storage box and doesn’t take up very much room. Perfect for traveling this summer or for a sleepover at grandma’s house.

This card game is a lot like “go fish” but with a doggy theme! I love that the cards are over-sized and have little plastic stands which help them to stand upright. Because of the size, they are perfect for little hands and for old people like me who have eyesight problems! LOL

diggity dogs game by Educational Insights

We sat down to play this game with the Princess and she immediately well in-love with it. We each took turns until all of the dogs were adopted and then counted them up to see who was the winner. The first time we played, I won but the next two times the Princess won.

Since receiving this game, we have played it at least 15 times and each time it gets better and better. Its a great little game to help children learn their matching and counting skills while having fun doing it! Yay! We give it a big 2-thumbs up!

You can purchase the Educational Insights Diggity Dogs Game directly from Amazon for an affordable price! I think this game makes a great gift for any child on your gift-giving list.

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Award Winning Game App for Kids

My grand daughter will be finishing up her Pre-K school year in early May. Then she will have a few months of fun before she begins all day Kindergarten in August. She will be 5 years old soon and let me tell you, that girl 

Have Some Family Fun with the Online Kung Fu Panda Croc Crackdown Game

Dragon Warriors, are you ready? Kung Fu Panda: Good Croc, Bad Croc comes to DVD June 18th 2013 and we have an exclusive online game for all our Po fans! The Crocs are shaking down Po and his dad for protection money! Help protect the Valley