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Sep 2, 2010, How do you reinvent building?
With a ball in Sac Noir of course! What. Never heard of it? This great addicting boardless board game is all that and a bag of chips.
...Or rather – a bag of totally crazy building components - that will unhinge your mind! Think about Jenga. Now reverse it. And use the oddest shapes you can think of to build the tower up without having it come crashing down (At least on YOUR turn). Or, each player can build their own tower. May be best player be the last one standing! Now you have Sac Noir...Or Bausack...Or Sack o’ Bricks. Whatever the name, it’ll maybe come with different colors, or different shapes, but it’s still the same great game. Around for well over 20 years (although I can totally see the cave kids sitting around playing this with whatever they found laying about (rocks, branches, platypus bones, crocodile teeth, dinosaur eggs...u-huh...definitely) this game is a classic.
Have you ever before thought about using a fir tree, or an egg, or an x shape, or a napkin ring, or a ball, or a ring, or...you get the picture, right?! With Sac Noir, the crazy shapes will make your opponents crazy when they have to find a way to build on your latest placed oddball shape.
With more than a billions possibilities for constructing new...er...constructions, you’ll find that the more bizarre structures you build, the more your gambling spirit will soar!
Sac Noir is a great entertaining game for the whole family. So get them all together for a really fun evening of build ‘em up so you can drag ‘em back down (their confidence that is...for you of course are the penultimate in tactile positioning, yeah?)
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Sep 1, 2010, Creative Party Games, Fun Play for Married Couples
Creative party games, fun games to play for married couples, playing cards, Trivia Game, Pictionary,
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Aug 28, 2010, Just How Fast do you want to Know Me, Stranger?
Wink Wink Nudge Nudge...Oh Yeah
Or...You can pick up the great and addicting game of Know me Fast.
Touted as a spontaneous (and addicting) here’s a great addicting slumber or one of those classic party game because you’re supposed to guess your friend and family’s (yes...you know you only have one friend) innermost thoughts feelings and perceptions. Gag me, and poke a fork in my eye...right?
here’s a great addicting slumber or one of those classic Wrong!
This party game is absolutely hilarious! Why? because it’s so unpredictable. And because it was thought up by two guys who anchored themselves in their low ceilinged basement apartment (at least it wasn’t their mom’s...I don’t think...). It only took them a few years to come up with the game, and what a game it is.
Pass the answer sheet around the table and each player gets to have a chance to answer 4 questions about the same player. Then, that player answers those questions and whoever got them right, gets points. This goes on for four rounds and then all points are tallied. Then of course, the highest points wins here’s a great addicting slumber or one of those classic bragging rights for how well you know your friends.
This is where friends become strangers and strangers become friends...or so all their advertising says...and guess what...
...They’re right! It’s so awesome!
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Aug 26, 2010, The classic game of Would You Rather
I hear this one all the time from my evil spawn - that and the 'what if' game...I think he made them up and was just copied!
OK, maybe that stretching bit. But. Then again.
The psychedelic box is just about enough of a hint of what’s to come inside. Now...Quick...do you think that you would rather play the classic version or the pocket version.
How do you choose? Well, the Classic version is a great game to play with kids and any of your crazy relatives and friends (they’re all slightly insane – just like this hilarious and addicting party game, yeah?
And, the pocket version is just as fun and crazy and creative as the classic version of this great party game.
Just one of the would you rathers you might encounter is
- Would you rather:
- have five bottles stuck on the fingers of one hand for a year –or– have a bucket stuck on your foot for a year?
Not crazy enough for you? Try the Would You Rather - Sick and Twisted edition. This addicting game is not for the squeamish as it’s pretty much totally gross...but I guarantee it’ll be edgy enough for those of you who love to push the envelope. You know who you are...
So, in this one case, who cares which version you’d rather play – as long as you do play.
So...go play!
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Aug 21, 2010, Quick...Smell my finger...
Finger games are one of the biggest small things to hit schoolyards since...well...since the kids aren’t allowed to run around and have fun. Don’t run, don’t throw that snow, don’t play dodge ball, don’t slide down that awesomely muddy slope...its no wonder these kids are getting lazier, yeah?
So, kids being kids, they find things to occupy their time while they walk sedately around the little schoolyard, or sit quietly under the one tree they have available.
And, since school is starting up again real soon, I thought, what a great option to throw one of these great little toys in their backpack for a surprise when they open their lunch up for the first time.
- Finger Strings - Remember Cat’s Cradle? Well, its ba.a.ck. With 40+ variations, this string game is great for boys or girls. And man, does it get complicated! Amusing AND amazing!
- Chinese finger trap - This one’s real fun, and whether you buy them or make them yourself...the kids will have a great time with these.
- Finger puppets - There are all kinds of finger puppets, from sweet to really really gross...which of course make them so much more fun. The boys – and girls – will find these addicting!
And there are so many other options out there for the kids to play with... let’s make Boring fun!
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Aug 19, 2010, Reach for your chips...and your dictionary!
What an awesome concept! Not only do you get to play cards, you also get to play poker, and play a word game...all at the same time!
How is that even possible, you ask? Easy! Grab one of these addicting games and get your bluffing face ready. You and your friends are ready to experience one of the funnest bettingest games nights – ever. What. They’re words. Call me on it...I dare ya...but place your bet first, k?
Each time you trick one of your opponents into calling your bluff, you have the chance to knock them out of play for that round only...and maybe the next if you can bluff ‘em again...
- Letter Hold ‘Em - A challenging contest where you reach for your chips and start bidding. Make the best word you can by combining your hand...but don’t forget about the point value of each letter card. Played pretty much like Texas Hold ‘em , you won’t want to quit!
- Parlay - Play your cards, word bluff your opponents, stay or fold. But just take your best shot at combining a word with a poker hand to gather as many points as you can. Be the first to get to 500 points playing Texas Hold ‘m, or 5 Card Draw , or whatever poker style you can think of - and you win the bragging rights...for that game at least...
These games really are a lot of fun. Takes a crazy poker player and diehard games player to come up with these kinds of game – and the result is a really fun, really addicting game.
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Aug 14, 2010, Paddle Ball – its not just for kids - really!
Minds out of the gutter now...paddle ball is making a comeback with all ages. And believe you me...watching the young’uns playing on the beach is a great pastime!
Now, there are many different yet addicting types of paddle ball, its not just a paddle and a ball and whacking it against itself. Here’s just a few types of paddle ball you may want to look into. Its perfect for playing out doors, or even in a basement if the rains dampening spirits
- Solitaire Paddle ball – yup, this is the kind with the ball on the string where you have a few of them and start counting the number of times you whack it against the paddle – over and over. Try to outlast each other, it’s just good fun competition! Only you around? That’s good to because then you can practise whacking the balls with one paddle in each hand and really wow your friends when they see you next.
- Doubles Paddle ball - You can play informally with an opponent, play doubles as teams, or join a paddle ball club. Just plain fun vs competitive fun...good to have a choice, yeah?
- Ping Pong - Ping Pong, also known as Table Tennis , is played on a table instead of a court. Really existing whether you play against 1 player, or as two teams of 2 players each. How about you try folding half the board up against a wall and play against yourself.
Are you extremely competitive? Try killer ping pong...kind of like paintball, and you need at least 3 out of 15 hits to win. Bring ice for the inevitable welts!
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Aug 10, 2010, Wayfinder – just try to outwit me - I dare you!
If you’re a fan of Mancala, you will definitely like Wayfinder.
For a game of the type I don’t usually like to play too much, Wayfinder is way addicting!
The game is played on what is pretty much a big colourful mousepad with little wooden huts and beautiful gems. And if you count on luck to win this game, well, you’re out of luck. You have to think a few moves ahead all the time and use all your sneaky tactics (I love doing that) to get any satisfaction from this addicting strategy game.
Travel merrily along and place a gem where you can and quickly make up your villages as you voyage. Place five gems and you get to place a hut down! Lind of like monopoly, yeah, but like I said...no luck involved here. So its pretty fast moving, but the 45 minutes or so that the game takes will either feel like every minute of it or it will go so fast your head will spin, because you’re constantly thinking ahead. And what’s more satisfying really than outwitting the 1 to 4 nitwits beside you, yeah?
Beautifully abstract, challenging and rewarding, what more can I say? Try it and let me know!
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