ThinkFun Chocolate Fix

ThinkFun Chocolate Fix Review

ThinkFun Chocolate Fix Feature

• Features forty mind challenges with solutions
• Four levels of play; from beginner to expert
• Nine chocolate pieces, one assortment game tray and a game-go bag
• Players examine all the clues on the cards before making a move
• Confidence builds as you narrow down the possibilities to fill each candy assortment

Using a box of chocolate as a game board, the player has to decode the pattern on a challenge card to figure out where each type of candy should be placed. Levels range from easy beginner to challenging expert. ThinkFun. Ages: 8+

Tales to Play Berenstien Bears Learn to Share Game By Patch Products

Tales to Play Berenstien Bears Learn to Share Game By Patch Products Review

Tales to Play Berenstien Bears Learn to Share Game By Patch Products Feature

• Contents: 4 Character Pawns (Brother Bear, Sister Bear, Lizzie, Cousin Freddie), Tree House Dice Slide, Die, 16 Get in Trouble Cards, 16 Do Something Nice Cards, Game Board, Rules
• For 2 to 4 players
• Ages 4 & Up
• Berenstain Bears © Stan & Jan Berenstain. The Berenstain Bears® Berenstain Enterprises Inc. Nelvana® Nelvana Limited. CorusTM Corus Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

The Berenstain Bears Learn to Share Game brings the classic tales of Mama, Papa, Brother and Sister Bear to life as kids use the detailed characters to race around the board. Drop the die down the tree house slide to roll, move your bear or draw a card that will tell you about a nice behavior or one that could cause some trouble. Kids love the fun role play and trying to be the first to reach Mama and Papa Bear! Love the book, now live the game! For 2 to 4 players Ages 4 & Up

Farkel Party Game

Farkel Party Game Review

Farkel Party Game Feature

• Large Farkel game in a tin
• Roll your dice and add your points, but be careful!
• Extremely easy to learn and fun for all ages
• Fast paced educational game
• The Dice game that involves guts and luck.

Let's Have a Farkel Party
Great Family Fun
Easy to Play
Two to Six Players
Age 8 and Up
Includes:
6 Dice Cups
36 Matching Dice
50-Sheet Score Pad
Game Instructions
Listed as one of the best dice games in the world, Farkel is a game of guts an luck, guaranteed to provide plenty of hootin' and hollarin' action for everyone from grade school to grandpa. Fast play and tense decisions run rampant in this very educational game. Extremely easy to learn and play at every age level.
Roll your dice and add your points but be careful... Roll no points and you lose. You've gotta know when to stop.
The Great Party Game from Legendary Games - The Farkel Factory!®
1-800-454-2637
Made in China

Find It Games At the Beach

Find It Games At the Beach Review

Find It Games At the Beach Feature

• Find It at the Beach has 42 beached themed items for you to find
• Find It games comes with a check off pad to help you remember what you have already found
• Find It is filled with recycled plastic pellets and lots of hidden items
• Find It is great for car rides, waiting rooms, classrooms, and rainy days
• Find It is assembled in America

* Find It is not just a game * Its a contained adventure! A creative game that never needs to be put away. * Find It is ideal to play anywhere: at home, in the office, in your car. * All ages will enjoy the hunt for the 39 hidden objects buried within the layer of recycled plastic pellets and don't forget about the penny! * Alone or with friends, everyone will enjoy spinning it, shaking it, and twisting it until all the objects are found. Can you find the hidden penny?

Mastermind for Kids

Mastermind for Kids Review

Mastermind for Kids Feature

• Features 3 levels of play
• Designed for kids with jungle animals
• Contains plastic game base with rocky mountain tray, 72 jungle animals in 6 colors, 15 red scoring pegs, 15 white scoring pegs
• For 2 to 4 players
• Directions included

Younger kids can develop their powers of logic and deduction in this game of code-cracking fun. This version is simplified for younger children and comes with colorful animal pegs, a jungle-and-mountain-theme board, and fewer code options. The point is the same: one player duplicates the other's code in as few turns as possible. The code maker sets a code of 3 colored animals (choosing from 72 in six colors), and conceals it beneath a "rocky mountain" tray at his or her side of the board. In each of nine rows (of large holes), the code breaker attempts to replicate the pattern. After each row (or turn), the code maker places red or white creature pieces in the adjacent row of small holes, which gives the code breaker clues on how he or she doing. Complete instructions include rules for younger players (based on colors only), older players (color and position), and expert players (a blank-space option adds complexity). This challenging and fun game is for two players. --Ava Natov Break the hidden code of jungle animals. The classic game Mastermind is now specially designed for kids. With three levels of play, it's the Mastermind game that grows with your child. For the youngest players, it's a colorful game of guessing which animals are hiding. For the older child, the game rules become more advanced and players must guess the order that they're in, too.

Set your secret code by hiding jungle animals under the rocky mountain. There's lions and tigers and bears - monkeys, hippos and elephants, too. See how soon your opponent can guess your code. Along the way, you'll give clues to help. Then you get to break a code. The winner is the player who can guess the code in the fewest turns. Includes: plastic game base with rocky mountain tray, 72 jungle animals, 15 red scoring pegs, 15 white scoring pegs and instructions.

Kids On Stage

Kids On Stage Review

Kids On Stage Feature

• National Parenting Publications Award winner
• Early Chilhood News 100 best picks
• No Reading Required
• 2 or more players

Get everyone interacting in this charades game for children. From hopping like bunnies to flying like airplanes, kids take turns acting and guessing in this creative game for budding young stars. Everyone plays on every turn! It's great for home and school play.

Sleeping Queens

Sleeping Queens Review

Sleeping Queens Feature

• Ages 8 and up

Imagine a place where there?s a queen of all pancakes, a king of cookies and a pack of over-protective dragons? If this sounds like something out of a dream, it actually is! Sleeping Queens was invented by 6-year-old Miranda Evarts, who thought up the game one night when she couldn?t fall asleep. She awoke the next morning and with help from her older sister, Madeleine and her parents, Denise and Max created this wonderfully whimsical world of napping nobles. As you immerse yourself in the Evarts? fantasyland, you will find a game that helps develop memory, strategy, and elementary arithmetic skills. Just be careful when playing potion cards or you could wind up putting all the players to sleep! HOW TO PLAY: Rise and Shine! The Pancake Queen, the Ladybug Queen and ten of their closest friends have fallen under a sleeping spell and it's your job to wake them up. Use strategy, quick thinking and a little luck to rouse these napping nobles from their royal slumbers. Play a knight to steal a queen or take a chance on a juggling jester. But watch out for wicked potions and dastardly dragons! The player who wakes the most queens wins. 2 to 5 players. Playing Time: 20 Minutes

Techno Source Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader - Illuminated Touch Screen Game

Techno Source Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader - Illuminated Touch Screen Game Review

Techno Source Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader - Illuminated Touch Screen Game Feature

• Features touch screen technology with pencil shaped stylus
• Adjustable volume control
• Illuminated touch screen makes it perfect for long car rides
• 2,500 questions
• Can be played individually or in groups

For a challenge on the go, this handheld game is a winner. It replicates the thrill of the TV game show by posing more than 2,500 questions from 13 subjects. Fifth-grader not included! Technosource. Ages: 8+

Noodleboro Picnic Basket Manners Game

Noodleboro Picnic Basket Manners Game Review

Noodleboro Picnic Basket Manners Game Feature

• Helping preschoolers learn about social skills just got a little bit easier and a lot more fun. Noodleboro games let you nurture kids' social skills naturally through multi-sensory play that leaves everyone laughing!
• Learn about Manners in this Picnic basket preschool game where good fun makes great kids! Its hard to have a perfect picnic party when the ants keep trying to steal your food! Just say "please" and "thank you" to send those pesky ants packing and collect
• Rachel refuses to use manners at the picnic with her friends. Read the book to see what happens when her big wish comes true and ends up making her feel "small"
• Three ways to reinforce social skills! Play the CD to get kids laughing, singing and sharing with a story and silly songs from Noodleboro's all-kid radio station!
• Game of learning manners.

Helping preschoolers learn about social skills just got a little bit easier and a lot more fun! Noodleboro games let you nurture kids? social skills naturally through multi-sensory play that leaves everyone laughing. Each Noodleboro game comes with a storybook and an audio CD so kids can see, hear, play and then live each life lesson. Meet the Noodleboro kids and reinforce listening with songs, stories and tips found in the companion book and CD.

Game for playtime: It's hard to have a perfect picnic party when ants keep trying to steal your food. Just say "please" and "thank you" to send those pesky ants packing and collect all the items that will make the picnic a success.

Book for storytime: Rachel refuses to use manners at the picnic with her friends. Read the book to see what happens when her big wish comes true and ends up making her feel "small."

Audio CD for anytime: Play the CD to get kids laughing, singing and sharing with a story and silly songs from Noodleboro's all-kid radio station. For 2-3 players.

Mindflex Game

Mindflex Game Review

Mindflex Game Feature

• Mindflex, the new mental acuity game from Mattel, makes that dream a reality
• Mindflex combines advanced technology with the power of thought!
• A game where players compete in the ultimate mental marathon
• The various obstacles can be repositioned into many different configurations
• Finalists for 10th Annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards

Mindflex--featuring a headset that reads your brain waves and a levitating foam ball--is the kind of game that must be seen to be believed. Recommended for players aged eight and older, the game begins when you strap on the headset so you can use your powers of concentration to move the ball around the game console and through a mind-bending obstacle course. A dial-in console lets you to keep the ball lifted on a cushion of air, but raising and lowering the ball must be accomplished by alternating concentrating and relaxing your mind.

At a Glance Ages: 8+ Requires: 4 "C" and 3 "AAA" batteries (not included) Screwdriver for battery installation

What We Think Fun factor: Durability: Ease of assembly: Educational factor: Novelty factor: The Good: Adults and kids guide a foam ball through obstacles using the power of their minds. The Challenging: Players unable to perceive a relationship between their minds and the ball's height may grow impatient. In a Nutshell: Foam ball really does rise and fall, and choice of games and obstacle courses provides hours of amusement.

Your telekinetic fantasies becomes a reality with the Mattel Mindflex. View larger.

The challenging obstacle course will hone your mental focus. View larger.

Headset Measures your Brain Waves
Tired of games that depend on the roll of a die or lucky draw? With the help of advanced technology, Mindflex introduces a whole new way to play--by using the power of your mind!

You'll feel like a character in a science fiction movie as you strap on the headset, connect the clips to your ear lobes, and align the metal forehead sensor just above your left eyebrow. But even this strange accessory won't prepare you for the sight of a foam ball quivering five inches above the game console!

Move the Ball with the Power of your Mind
Skeptics will be quick to point out that the console's moveable fan nozzle holds the ball aloft on a cushion of air. However, as players learn to alternately focus and relax their minds, the ball will respond by rising and falling. An instruction manual provides various concentration and relaxation techniques to try such as math problems or visualization and practice exercises.

Once you feel like you've mastered the art of telekinesis, you can test your mental acuity with five challenging games designed for groups of one to four players. Use the game console to select your game, set the difficulty level, and track your scores.

Design a Mind-Bending Obstacle Course
A variety of hoops, hurdles, funnels, and a teeter-totter can be positioned however you choose on the game console. Players use their minds to move the ball under, over, or through the obstacles. Several games test speed, while another challenges players to lift a ball up and through a funnel, shooting it across the game console to score points.

While Mindflex's advanced technology is sure to intrigue, mastering the games may prove difficult for some. Because concentration techniques will vary from person to person, the game rewards patience and a willingness to experiment. Fans of mazes and brain teasers will appreciate the mental challenge, and creative types will like designing the obstacle courses.

Mindflex's game console requires four "C" batteries (not included), and the headset requires three "AAA" batteries (not included). The four foam balls should be handled with care to keep their ability to levitate. Fortunately, the game console features an inner compartment for safe ball storage.

What's in the Box
Game console, headset, four foam balls, and various obstacles. (Batteries not included.)

Mindflex--featuring a headset that reads your brain waves and a levitating foam ball--is the kind of game that must be seen to be believed. Recommended for players aged eight and older, the game begins when you strap on the headset so you can use your powers of concentration to move the ball around the game console and through a mind-bending obstacle course. A dial-in console lets you to keep the ball lifted on a cushion of air, but raising and lowering the ball must be accomplished by alternating concentrating and relaxing your mind.

Nerf Quick Blast Game

Nerf Quick Blast Game Review

Nerf Quick Blast Game Feature

• In Game 3, you'll blast the Robots, save the Heroes and get rid of all of your cards first to win
• And in Game 4, you'll hit, stay or blast to get to 21 first without going bust
• Includes 2 single shot Nerf Reflext Blasters with 4 Nerf Whistler Darts, N-STRIKE card deck, 9 targets and stands, game mat and instructions

How's your aim? Shoot the cards and win! Everything you need for 4 fast-action, card-blasting games! Includes 2 blasters.

How's your aim? Here's one way to find out! Everything you need for 4 fast-action, card-blasting games is included. Deal, set up the cards, blast, and score with this amazing game! 2 blasters included. Ages 8 and up. 2 or more players.

The Game for Boys

The Game for Boys Review

The Game for Boys Feature

• Boy's game and activity kit all in one
• Master all the activities and then play again
• Features categories such as magic tricks, star gazing, kite making, knot tying
• Essential learning skills activity for boys
• This game is for 2 to 4 more players

Half a game and half an activity kit, this actually measures how good boys are at being boys by having them complete eight tricks like tying knots, performing cool magic tricks, skipping stones, solving riddles, and more. The first one to complete all eight activities wins the game. University Games. Ages: 8+

Generic Tabletop Football Game

Generic Tabletop Football Game Review

Generic Tabletop Football Game Feature

• Tabletop football game like never before
• The game played for decades with a folded sheet of notebook paper is now an official game
• Genuine leather pebble surface mini field and goalpost
• Great tabletop sports fun for sports fans of all ages
• No batteries no electricity decidedly low tech rules are included

For decades millions have folded a sheet of paper into a triangle "football" sliding it back and forth across a table in an attempt to score a touchdown. An opponent's outstretched fingers forming a goalpost for field goals and extra points. Today the game is called FIKI Football and features a genuine leather triangle "football" with pro-style pebble surface, the Fiki branding on one side and laces on the reverse side. The game includes a 5 x 7 inch replica football field and goalpost.