Board Game Posts

CATCH 22 is a game that may be summed up by the phrase: take the money and run! Players move around the board acquiring gold tokens, while trying to avoid other players and any Blocker Cubes in the way.

Components

• Game board
• blocker cubes
• gold play tokens
• game pawns
• die
• instructions

Setup

Each player selects a playing pawn and takes their five Blocker Cubes (i.e., the player with the red pawn takes the 5 red Blocker Cubes, etc).

Place your playing pawn on any one of the four Star squares (two or more players may start from the same Star square). …

Components

• 10 chips
• 2 dice
• score cards
• instructions

Object of the Game

After 3 rounds, the player with the LOWEST score is the winner.

Game Play

Each player rolls the dice and the player with the high roll has first turn.

The 10 chips are placed face up in front of the player. The player rolls the dice, then turns over or removes any chip(s) that match the total roll of the dice (See example).

Roll the dice again and pick from the remaining chips to match this total on the dice. …

Components

• 26 pairs of cards
• Instructions

Setup

Before playing any of the games it's a good idea to look through all the cards with the children, talking about the objects and asking various questions:

• What is this?
• Have you seen one of these?
• What do you think this is for?
• Who would use that?
• Where would you find that?

Depending on the age of the children, some of the games can be played with only a few of the cards at a time. Cards that might prove too difficult should be left out. …

Introduced in the early 1970's, Gnip Gnop was a smash hit game for kids of all ages. Now it's back and better than ever. This game takes traditional ping pong and turns it inside out. Are you ready to Gnip Gnop?

Components

• 4 pink balls
• 4 orange balls
• 2 base feet
• 1 ball slot
• 2 clear covers
• 2 bases
• instructions

Setup

• Assembly Step 1

  ( 2 game bases needed for this step ) Snap the 2 game bases together by lining up the male and female ends as shown below.

  
  
  

  Make sure the two ends fit together tightly. …

Components

• 1 Game board
• 1 Die
• 100 Plastic coins
• 10 Play dollar bills
• 4 Game markers
• Instructions

Object of the Game

Be the player with the most money at the end of the game.

Setup

Place one of each coin (totaling 410 ) on "Money Bags" pictured at the top of the board. This is the pot.

Each player chooses a game marker and places it on "Start".

Game Play

• Roll the die to determine which player goes first.

• The first player rolls the die and moves that number of spaces. The amount shown on the space indicates the amount of money the player "earns" for that turn. …

Components

• Game board
• 3 types of cheese + holders
• Cash
• Flush Cards
• Green Cards
• Blue Cards
• Red Cards
• Purple Cards
• Yellow Cards
• Grey Cards
• Meeples
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The objective of every player in this game is to be the first to collect $1OO Swindle. Once this happens, that player wins, and the game ends.

Building the Sewer

• Cheese

  There are 3 types of Cheese: Green, Blue, and Red. Place the Cheese holders on the positioning board in the space marked The Cheese Bank. …

Come take a fun visit to the Park with some happy, loveable little Pegs as they race and jump from hole to hole along the colorful tracks in the Park. If you beat the other Pegs to the Ice Cream Cart, you win!

Pegs in the Park includes a cheerful deck of 44 cards depicting the many happy sights and activities you will see in an eventful day at the Park. But look out! The stormy rain clouds or some hungry ants would like to ruin the Pegs day in the park and keep your Peg from reaching the Ice Cream Cart. …

Components

• 1 game board
• 1 spinner
• 12 challenge cards
• 12 wooden blocks
• 1 Stack Smasher with stand
• 2 stack sticks
• Instructions

Overview

STACK UP! gives kids the chance to do two favorite things-build a tower of blocks and knock it down! The game encourages color learning, hand-eye coordination, taking turns, working together, counting, and game-play basics.

Stack Up! has three levels of play with specific rules designed for age and developmental capability. As a child grows, she moves to the next level of play, from 3 to 4 to 5 years of age, adding challenges at each age and level. …

Components

• 220 Trivia cards
• Instructions.

Object of the Game

The goal is to be the first player to answer two questions in each of the five categories:

Game Play

Place the cards face down on the table. On a blank piece of paper, write each of the players' initials down one side, and the categories across the top.

Simply put a check mark in the appropriate column when a question is answered correctly from each category.

The oldest player is the first to receive a question and he/she selects any of the five categories. The question is asked by the person on the player's right. The card is then placed at the bottom of the deck. …

Count Your Chickens! is a cooperative game, meaning all players work together for one outcome-everyone wins or loses together.

You can help each other by counting aloud together the number of spaces Mother Hen moves and reminding other players what to do on their turns.

Components

• 1 Game Board
• 1 Spinner
• 40 Baby Chicks
• 1 Mother Hen with stand
• Instructions

Object of the Game

The Baby Chicks have flown the coop and are running loose on the farm! The object of the game is to help Mother Hen collect all her Baby Chicks and put them back in the coop by the time she reaches the last space on the board. …