Family Games – Page 2 – Family and Games

Pie Face

It’s here the infamous PIE FACE! You know you have seen that video going around the inter-webs for awhile. It is re-released here in the USA! We just got this game today. Let me tell you it is FUN!

We love this game! Yes, I know then why did I rate it 4 stars.. the quality of the game is the only reason. I will list those reasons down below. First let’s talk about what we do love!

We love how much silly fun this game is! This game is one of those fun gimmick & nostalgic items. Does that mean bad.. not to us! Anything that has all the kids & adults laughing is a great thing.

This game is simply played.. Spin the spinner and land on a number. Then you have to turn the handles that number of times. Here is the tricky thing. The hand slaps at random numbers! We have had it slap the 1st turn of the handles and pass 9 turns. So who is going to get a face full of cream no one knows!!

Do we recommend this game YES! If your playing the MSPR price point you will get your money’s worth. Playing it till it breaks down.

The reason for 4 stars….

It’s cheaply made. You can see in our videos on youtube. It was falling apart on us. The face guard and handles kept coming off. If the handles would stay in during the whole game play. That alone I would have given it 5 stars. Having to stop and fix it over & over get boring. I also think the other of the head guard should be a girl or a girl head guard one should be included! Girls play games a lot especially in our household!

Plus side to it being made cheap. It all comes apart to be cleaned easily!

Here is a quick clip!

Cat Tower

We were the lucky winners of Cat Tower by Pandasaurus Games. Pandasaurus held a giveaway during their Kickstarter event. We actually won!! We are so excited. This was a game I didn’t want to wait for. The Designer, Aza Chen did an amazing job. These cats are so adorable they make you want to pick it up & play. I will be updating this post with a full review. For now I have a few pictures!

Anyce’s excitement could not be contained! Can you tell she loves cats.

Pokemon Game Factory

This is adorable-ness overload! I will use this an a desk game or just leave it unboxed on my game shelf. The theme is what makes this game. The Pikachu’s are pretty hard to stack. So far the most I can stack without dropping any is 3. It’s fun to try it out different ways. Everyone who see’s it thinks its adorable. So if you are or know a Pokemon lover, this is a great gift! Chapstick in picture to help you compare the size.

Hammock Set
4 inches tall
6 inches long
2 inches wide

Pikachu (comes with 6)
1 inch

Flick ‘Em Up

Flick Em Up! is a fun family dexterity game. This game takes you back to the Wild Wild West. You’ll be able to choose to terrorize the town or to enforce the law. This game is one of the most beautifully crafted games I have ever owned! The quality of the game pieces all wooden & even the box is amazing! The box is a heavy wooden box with a beautiful image printed on it. I bought this for $70. I do feel it is worth that price! I know some people have been complaining about the price point. It includes lots of pieces that are amazing quality!

COMPONENTS:

12 FIGURES INCLUDE
5 Black Cowboys (outlaws)
5 Natural Wood Cowboys
2 Neutral Figures (1 Man & 1 Woman)

12 REMOVABLE/REVERSIBLE HATS
10 Hats, numbered 1-5 (2 of each)
2 Hats without a number

2 BOXES
1 Natural Wood Colored Box for the Lawmen
1 Black Box for the Outlaws

10 COWBOY TILES
5 for the Lawmen
5 for the Outlaws

6 BUILDINGS
Sheriff
Bank
Saloon
General Store
Town Hall
Undertaker

1 GALLOWS (hanging post)

72 TOKENS
38 Hit Points
11 Sacks of Gold
6 “Not Allowed”
5 Colt Pistols
2 Winchester Rifles
4 Clean/ Poisoned Waters
2 Dynamites
2 Documents
1 Initiative (Pretzel)
1 Hostage

38 OTHER PIECES
13 Support Blocks
5 Barrels
3 Cactus
4 Fences
4 Tumbleweeds
1 Movement Disc (plain wooden disc)
4 Bullets (gray wooden disc)
1 Winchester Barrel
1 Dynamite ( red wooden octagon)
1 Town Hall Clock ( 3 pieces)

1 RULE BOOKLET
1 SCENARIO BOOKLET

Animal Upon Animal

Animal Upon Animal is a beautifully crafted game by HABA. All of the pieces included are high quality wooden pieces. You can play with 2-4 players ages 4 & up. The player who is able to get rid of their animals first wins. Please keep in mind it is a shaking game and pieces do fall down. Some 4 yr olds may get upset. This is a great tool to help them learn that things don’t have to be perfect and can fall down. You can also make house rules if needed.

You will receive 29 animals and 1 die.

You will start the game off with a crocodile in the middle of the table. You will pick a 7 animals for your hand. You take turns rolling the die and taking the action the die gives you. Who ever gets rid of all of their animals first wins!

DOT: Stack any 1 of your animals onto the pyramid carefully with one hand.

TWO DOTS: Stack any 2 of your animals onto the pyramid carefully with one hand.

CROCODILE : Place any 1 of your animals next to the mouth or tail of the crocodile.

HAND: Choose any 1 of your animals and give it to another player. This player now has to place it onto the pyramid carefully with one hand.

THE QUESTION MARK: The other players choose which character you place onto the pyramid

COLLAPSING RULES:

If 1 or 2 animals have fallen off, the player who knocked them off has to keep them.

If more than have fallen off, the player who knocked them off has to keep 2 & place the rest in the box.

If the pyramid has collapsed, the player who knocked it down has to put the crocodile back in the center of the table, keep 2 animals and place the rest into the box.

If animals fall off on their own place them back into the box.

Overall Review

Price: $20

Ages:4 & up

Players: 2-4

Playing Time: 15-30 minutes

Materials: 5 Stars, This game is very well made.

Replay Value: 4.5 Stars.

Recommend it to others: Yes, a cute stacking gaming that anyone can play. Perfect for families!

Exploding Kittens!

The original edition of Exploding Kittens is family, kid, and workplace friendly! That one come is the RED box!!!
The NSFW edition is not!!! I repeat if your buying this game for a family with kids to play don’t buy the NSFW edition!! It is very explicit.

This game is a light fun party game. Even those who don’t play games will enjoy the simplicity, yet fun of Exploding Kittens.

When it is your turn you choose to play a card on the discard pile and take that action or not too. You don’t have to always play cards. Though you can play as may cards as you would like per turn. You do have to pick up card unless during special circumstances due to action cards.

You stay alive as long as you don’t draw an Exploding Kitten. If you do and have no action cards to stop it you EXPLODE and your out out of the game. THE LAST PERSON ALIVE WINS!

Types of cards

Defuse Card = You can play this card to stop an Exploding Kitten. You get to stay alive! Place the Exploding Kitten in the deck anywhere of your choice.

Nope Card = Stop any actions… except an Exploding Kitten. You can nope a nope cards as many times as you would like. You can play a nope card at any time of the game, it doesn’t need to be your turn.

Exploding Kitten = You must play this card immediately the only way to stop it is with a defuse card. If you die discard all of your cards. Including the Exploding Kitten.

Skip = End your turn without drawing a card. Skips can be used as a defused card 1 skip cards only skips 1 turn.

Favor = Force any player to give you 1 card from their card. They choose which card to give you.

Shuffle = Shuffle the draw pile

See The Future = Get to personally see the top 3 cards of the discard pile.

Special Combos

Two Of A Kind = Play a pair of kittens to steal a random card from another player

Three Of A Kind = Play 3 matching kittens to steal a “named” card from another player. If that player doesn’t have the card you named you get nothing.

Overall Review

Price: $20

Ages:7 & up

Players: 2-5

Playing Time: 15 minutes

Materials: 5 Stars, This game is very well made.

Replay Value: 4 Stars.

Recommend it to others: Yes, It’s a nice light party styled card game. Anyone can play & enjoy!

Batman Rory Story Cubes

We just finished a long day of school and ballet. However, we couldn’t wait. We had to get the word out about Batman Story cubes!!! These cubes are amazing! A better video will be up soon. This is just our first look at this game. Better story’s to come! Full images and full blog is in progress! Thanks guys have a great day!

Holy Smoke Batman this cubes are real! When I first heard about the Batman edition of Story Cubes, I assumed it was a hoax. How wrong I was. I absolutely love these cubes!The Creativity Hub &
Gamewright have made an amazing product! Great clear images, comes in a hard plastic case and with a sheet that labels each picture (just in case you cant think of that villains name or etc).

How can you pass up Story Cubes Batman edition? Well, I guess if you don’t like Batman. He dresses well, has all the cool toys and defeats villains.. Yep pretty sure everyone likes him. If you have played any other editions of Story Cubes is basically the same just with Batman themed images. If you haven’t. You must check them out if you love story telling. You roll the dice or even as little as one die and you make a story based off of the image. You can play solo or co-op. I even make my oldest write down the stories to add even more educational value. Every family should own at least one version on Story Cubes. I have yet to have someone play a game and say they didn’t enjoy it or ask to play again.

Overall Review

Price: $10 & up

Ages: 3 & up

Players: 1 & up

Materials: 5 Stars, This game is very well made.

Replay Value: 5 Stars, So many different ways to play and stories to make its always different.

Recommend it to others: Yes, great for kids, families, teachers and Batman fans!

Flip City

Flip City by Tasty Minstrel Games

Flip City by Tasty Minstrel Games is a micro-deckbuilder. It has everything you need in one box. No buying blind bags or expansions to build your decks up. Yet, it has great play ability. In this deck both sides of the cards are playable. This is my guess to why the game is called Flip City. 🙂 During your building phase you can purchase buildings and/or upgrade them . Upgrading the buildings is as simple as spending the money and flipping the card. Yet, getting your strategy and knowing which cards you want to flip is harder that you would think.

This game is unique has you don’t actually have a hand while playing. You will play directly from the top of your deck. Each card that you lay will have a special action box that you have to complete. You can earn money, ribbons or sad faces. Once you have 3 sad faces played, your turn has to end and you don’t collect any money. You try to end your turn before you hit 3 sad faces, so you can move to the building phase. However, If you play 8 ribbons in your card playing phase you win!!!

We really love the fact that you can enjoy this game with the different variants. The solo variant is quite fun. I like to try different strategies or time myself while playing solo. You know basically get really good. So I can kick everyone else’s butts. That’s what solo variants are for right?

Overall Review

Price: $20

Ages: 8 & up ( I would say depends on child’s reading skills)

Players: 1-4

Materials: 4 stars This game is very well made.

Replay Value: 4.5 stars

Recommend it to others: Yes. We love that you can play solo as well!

Coconuts!

Coconuts by Mayday Games is a game every family should have. Coconuts is a dexterity game. You fling coconuts into cups and collect those cups and coconuts. We love dexterity games, getting to hit or swing items is just plain fun. Coconuts is a game everyone can enjoy. If your kid is to young to actually play. They can just practice flinging the coconuts into the cups. However, you don’t even need to know how to read to play this game. Here is a few pictures and clips of the kids practicing before we play. Full video and review will be up soon.

Too Many Cinderellas

Too Many Cinderellas by Grail Games. This tabletop game is for 2-4 players that are ages 10 + (Depending on the child. Anyce is 8), and is about 10 mins long. You play as town people who are spreading rumors for the Prince to hear. He will pick his Cinderella based off of the rumors that you spread. Anyone can actually become Cinderella. A male, senior, or even a cat. Yes, an actual meow cat! Which is Anyce’s favorite card from this game.

Anyce and her BFF, Bella, did a let’s play. Sorry about the silliness and randomness of these girls. At least they are cute 🙂

I was actually quite surprised how great the quality of this game is. The box is made out of a thick cardboard with beautiful bright prints. Once you open it up. All the components fit nicely and won’t be rattling around in your box. The art work on the lien cards are just beautiful! They use light pastel colors that most princess loving girls enjoy. The “diamonds” were both of the girls favorite components. They wanted them all. What girl can turn down the silliness and cuteness of the game!

Too Many Cinderellas is similar in scope to the Love Letter games. It is a quick, small deck based game where you earn the most tokens (diamonds) over a few rounds to win. Each card you lay down has an action, in this case a rumor. It’s easy enough to talk and enjoy your company while playing. However, it’s interesting enough to keep you pulling it out to play again. We truly enjoyed this game. I hope you check it out for yourself, or for a little girl in your life.