Here’s a bright idea! This re-usable sketch pad features a lets you create drawings that actually glow. Use the “magic pen” to create all kinds of images. They’ll be as dazzling as a neon sign! When it’s time to make something new, lift the plastic sheet and start all over again. All of your drawings will be just radiant! Manufacturer: Colorforms SKU: 77105
The Perfect Ten Game
The Perfect Ten is a knock-down, drag-out battle of wits where two teams race to score a perfect ten correct answers in ten different categories. The categories are Geography, Sports, Science, History, Quotes, Music, Literature, Nature, Arts, and Movies. Each question has four possible answers, and teammates must work together to pick the best answer for each question. Once teams finish answering their ten questions, they flip over the 3-D game board and score the other team’s answers. Now here’s where it gets tricky – you’ll find out how many answers you got right, but not which answers you got right. During the next round, you might change answers that were already right, and leave answers alone that were wrong! Counting to 10 was never this hard! Teams will continue playing each round until one team scores The Perfect Ten. This game requires trivia smarts, teamwork, strategy and a little luck! Game comes with 50 question strips, 2 pillars, 2 frames, 1 magnetic game board, 1 scoring platform, 1 plastic question holder, 2 plastic stoppers, 2 moving pegs, 20 yellow scoring magnets, 60 blue colored magnets, 60 white colored magnets, 60 purple colored magnets, 60 green colored magnets, and game instructions. For 2 – 6 players, Ages 12 and Up. Manufacturer: University Games SKU: 01860
My Word Junior Game
In this fast-action word game, you must think quickly to form words before someone beats you to the punch. Each card represents one letter (i.e., R, T, or A). As the cards are dealt one at a time face up on the table, players race to form a word. The first player to call out a word using at least three cards from the table wins the cards. At the end of the round, score one point for each card collected. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins. Includes 60 single letter cards and instructions. For 2 to 6 players. Manufacturer: Out of the Box SKU: OB3350
Castles of Europe Jigsaw Puzzle
Now you can travel across Europe and see all of the great castles. You won’t have to leave the house, but you’ll have to work for the view. This 1,500-piece puzzle is a challenge to assemble, but it rewards the hard-working with a delightful illustration that features incredible monuments of the continent. From the Alhambra in Spain to Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, you’ll see the landmarks of many lands. And, so you can enjoy the finished work as much as you enjoyed putting the 1,500 pieces together, this puzzle comes with a lost piece guarantee, glue and a box top easel. Finished puzzle measures approximately 33.5” x 23.5”. Manufacturer: Educa SKU: JH12015
Tangoes - Ultra Green Brain Teaser
This game gives the ancient art of tangrams some modern vavoom. The plastic playing tiles are works of art themselves in contemporary black and bright green. But the game play is the one that people have been enjoying for thousands of years: recreate an image using all seven of the shaped playing pieces. This set features 27 cards with 54 images, and it all packs neatly in a sturdy playing case. So you can take them anywhere. Play by yourself with one set of playing pieces, or play against another using both sets. Either way, you’ll be challenging your creative problem solving skills. A great exercise for adults and children alike. No batteries required—works on brain cells! For 1 or 2 players or 2 teams. Manufacturer: Rex Games Inc. SKU: RXTGR101
Bean Trader Game
It’s true. Imported games have a charm and uniqueness that some mass market items lack. For evidence of this, look no further than this board game based on the popular card game called Bohnanza. The concept is that you’re a bean peddler traveling through Germany in a wagon. You’ll buy and sell and endure wagon ruts in your quest to be the bean king. That’s unique, right? Sturdy components and charming illustrations give the whole experience a really European feel. The game comes with 170 thaler notes, 117 bean chips, 60 order cards, 35 travel cards, 10 new harvest cards, five figures, five player boards, a game board and a rule booklet.
A 2004 Games Magazine Games 100 honoree in the Family Strategy category. Manufacturer: Rio Grande Games SKU: RG208
