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The United States of Bingo
Help your child learn about the United States – its regions, states, landmarks and industries – with The United States of Bingo ($15). Made with sturdy laminated cardboard, this colorful, geographical take on the classic game of Bingo includes 12 game cards, 72 playing chips [More]
Creationary
Kids love LEGOS and they love playing games. Now the two come together in Creationary ($35), the fun new game that you build, play and change. With the unique buildable LEGO Dice and changeable rules, Creationary is never the same game twice. Roll the LEGO Dice to select one of four [More]
Picky Sticks
Add some variety to Family Game Night with Picky Sticks™ ($34), the crazy game of magnets and balance. Sticks the Hedgehog has lost his quills! Be the first to re-attach all of your quills to win. But be careful – Sticks is picky about how you put them back on. If one falls off [More]
Richard Scarry Busytown
Remember reading “Busy, Busy Town” as a child? Now Richard Scarry’s classic world comes to life in Richard Scarry Busytown ($20), a gigantic, 6-foot colorful game board. Join Huckle Cat and Lowly Worm on a fun-filled race around Busytown, solving mysteries and searching [More]
Dizios
Looking for a new game to play with the kids? Try Dizios ($18), the 2010 Mensa Favorite Brainy Games Winner (think dominos on acid). Tiles are placed down one by one to connect colors and create a flowing pattern. Players take turns placing tiles with matching edges – earning points [More]
36 Cube
If you like puzzles, you’ll love the 36 Cube ($18), a 3D sudoku puzzle (think Rubik’s cube meets sudoku). It includes a gray base that looks like a city skyline and 36 colored towers in six different colors and heights. Your mission – should you accept it – place [More]
Slumber Party Mini Box of Questions
Want the 411 on your BFF’s? Get the Slumber Party Mini Box of Questions ($10), grab your pj’s and get ready for a slumber party! Keep your next sleep over from being a snore with questions like: What would you wear if you could only wear one outfit for the rest of your life? What [More]
Mikado Pick-Up Sticks
Pick Up Sticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which you remove sticks from a pile without disturbing the remaining ones. The name of the game may come from the children’s nursery rhyme, “…five, six, pick-up sticks.” Introduce your children to a childhood [More]
Quiddler
A fast, fun way to hone your vocabulary and simultaneously spend some quality time with friends or family, Quiddler ($10) is a unique game that can be enjoyed by up to 8 people. In each of the 8 rounds, you get more cards to arrange into words of varying point values. Because there are [More]
Plan Toys Balancing Cactus
You’ll need a steady hand more than a green thumb to make this Plan Toys Balancing Cactus ($25) grow to its full potential. Arrange the pieces of various sizes so that the weights are evenly distributed to avoid toppling the base. Fun for individual play, or as a game for up to 4 [More]
Scrabble Slam Cards
Combining the mental challenge of a board game with the fast pace of a card game, Scrabble Slam Cards ($6) will have you building words at breakneck speed. It all starts with a four letter word. Using the cards in your hand, which have letters on both sides, the goal is to make a new [More]
Space Saving Billiards Table
No need for a dedicated game room for the occasional pool tournament with this Space Saving Billiards Table ($400). Solid wood rails surround a wool blend playing surface with regulation rubber bumpers. The steel tube legs have levelers so you can ensure the balls only roll across the [More]
Elvis Monopoly
What better way to celebrate 75 years since the King of Rock and Roll was born into the world than by competing with your friends to buy up all of his famous albums and concerts in Elvis Monopoly ($32)? Forget those boring old shoes and thimbles, the six rockin’ collectible pewter [More]
Mastermind
How fast can you break the code? Mastermind ($15) puts two players in the roles of code maker and code breaker. The code maker sets one of 2,000 possible codes in the secret compartment, and the code breaker gets 10 moves to replicate the code. For round 2, the roles are reversed, and [More]
Classic Electric Football Game
Coach a team of tiny plastic players to victory with the Classic Electric Football Game with Lighted Stadium ($180). Just like the original game from 1949, you arrange the players in different formations, flip the switch, and watch them vibrate down the field. This version is updated [More]
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