Most of us are pretty familiar with both Scrabble and the Rubik’s Cube, but have you heard of the Scruble Cube? No? Well, I hadn’t either until I was introduced to it through the Homeschool Crew. As soon as I saw it, I was intrigued, and I admit, a little intimidated. Hmmm…. So, not only do I need to come up with words like in Scrabble, but I also need to be able to plan everything out and rotate a cube to be able to score points. **gulp** Game Play Players take turn forming words on the cube. The letters…
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Tri-Cross Game Review
Posted in Photography, and Reviews
Checkers meets Stratego… That’s how D described this fun game of strategy called Tri-Cross. When the game arrived at the house, we all read through the instructions of this completely new to us game, but it didn’t really “click” until we watched the video on how to play. There are different versions of the game which have varying degrees of difficulty. We decided to stick with the beginner version as we got use to the game play. (The beginner version is shown above, and the more advanced version is shown below.) It was soon very apparent that this was Daddy’s…
Wise Alec: Nature Nuts Game
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Griddly Games, the makers of the Wise Alec trivia board game, have created expansion packs that double as stand alone travel games: Nature Nuts, Civilize This, and Sports Buff. Each expansion pack features 3 decks of cards, 1 deck of Wise Alec cards, and a die. The game itself comes in a nice storage container which features a magnetic closure, organizational storage areas for each deck of cards as well as the die, a plastic cover to keep all the cards and die in place, and instructions printed directly on the container. What this means is that you will not…
Have Fun with Synonyms!
Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews
Synonyms, The word game that gets your mind racing! I love to be able to use educational games in our homeschooling – especially when those games don’t require us to be super serious. Enter in Synonyms – the board game. The first thing that struck me about this game was how beautiful it was. Everything was nicely contained in its own compartment in the box (love that!). The 400+ color-coded cards were laminated and sturdy so they are sure to last for many, many games (and years) to come. …my mommy brain truly needs to be exercised more! From the…