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Bananagrams is a quick and fun word game that requires no pencil, paper or board. All you need is a table. One hand can be played in as little as five minutes. It is a fantastic for family fun as well as being educational. Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for journey. Just grab the pouch and go.

Bananagrams is a quick and fun word game that requires no pencil, paper or board. All you need is a table. One hand can be played in as little as five minutes. It is a fantastic for family fun as well as being educational. Bananagrams portability makes it perfect for journey. Just grab the pouch and go.

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Twenty years after Nintendo’s largest contract was born, the Mario Bros. return in a dazzling, all-new platformer sure to set players’ fingers twitching. In New Super Mario Bros. for DS, fans from Mario’s classic days will see their dreams answered in this return to the Mushroom Kingdom, while a new generation of Mario players will learn what right platforming greatness means. The game contains 80 levels of side-scrolling fun across 8 worlds and features multiplayer support both in wireless DS single-card download play and wireless DS multi-card play. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(http://metaphors.amazon.com/metaphors/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; borde (more…)

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The Ladybug Game. Once upon a time in a gorgeous rose garden there were four ladybug friends who flew among the leaves, exploring their sweet-smelling home. Although they loved the rosebushes, sometimes they wondered what lay beyond their world. Each ladybug had a different wing color with spots, Ella Yellow, Rickie Red, Tommy Teal, and Olivia ginger. Every person knows and likes ladybugs. Kids will fall in like with the font and memorize the tale of The Ladybug Adventure as they learn to regard and read. The Ladybug Game uses a clever combination of colors, numbers, words, and symbols to help even the youngest kids catch on quickly. Soon they will be before a live audience on their own, again and again, as they encounter all the adventures, challenges, and font in the garden including the Praying Mantis, the Aphids, and the three bone idle Ants.

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“An opus…Mixing math with wonder.”—Washington Post Book World (The Washington Post )An opusMixing math with wonder.Washington Post Book World (The Washington Post )

In this area the original 1000 PlayThinks,Will Shortz of The New York Times said it best: “The most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining, gigantic collection of brainteasers since Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles almost a century ago.” Inside The Huge Book of Brain Games, you will find an obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions—originals as well as must-do classics—it’s like salted peanuts for the brain. With jampacked pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is a call to action. (And it’s guaranteed to make you smarter.) Twelve vital categories include Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An simple-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a sca (more…)

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Developers at Nintendo have dreamed of making a simultaneous multiplayer Super Mario Bros. game for decades. The Wii console finally makes that dream come right for everyone with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Supporting 2-4 players in side-scrolling co-op and competitive platforming action, and featuring a mix of fan favorites and new font, new powerups and various input options via the Wii Remote, it is destined to become an instant classic in one of the most beloved game franchises of all-time. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(http://metaphors.amazon.com/metaphors/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999 (more…)

Editorial Review

SET is a card game of quick recognition and deduction. Each card contains one of three symbols (squiggles, diamonds, ovals) in varying numbers (up to three), colors (purple, green, red), and degrees of shading. A dealer arranges 12 cards, face up, and the players–without taking turns–hastily scrutinize the metaphors for most likely “sets” of three cards linked by combinations of sameness or difference. It’s not as complicated as it sounds: examples include a trio of paired ovals with increasing levels of shading between cards, or disparate symbols in different colors which increase in number on each card (card one has a green squiggle, card two a pair of purple ovals, card three a trio of diamonds). The trick is to keep cool while trying to make the rapid connections. The Darwinian nature of the game (remember: everyone plays simultaneously) is certain to cause some feistiness among more competitive players. –Tom Keogh

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Smart Ass, the game, from Academe Games is here. Have you ever played a game and been bursting to yell out the answer, even when it’s not your turn? Well here’s your chance. Each Who, What and Where am I? card has ten clues and the first player to y

Who’s the the Smart Ass among your friends and family? Find out with this outrageous, quick-paced party game. Each Who, What and Where am I? card has ten clues. You never have to wait for your turn in this game. Just yell out the answer as soon as you know it. Timing is everything for the right Smart Ass. Jump in too early and you may blow your chance! Wait too long and the smart ass next to you might steal the show. When will you throw your shoe in the ring? For 2 to 8 players. Ages 12 and up.

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Drivers, start your engines!Nintendo is bringing Mario and his friends with their finely tuned racing machines back and this time to the Nintendo Wii. With 3 different control styles and a Wii Wheel included in the box, Mario Kart Wii is bound to be the best in the series. The worldwide race is on with a whole new set of tricks, tracks, and ways to play! Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions. Mario Kart Wii draws on courses and battle arenas from every game in the series – not to mention tons of new ones – the right king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuits will finally be crowned. Wii Wheel Included!New Intense Tracks and TricksView better.Cool new car designsView better.Mario and his friends are back and ready to race once again in Mario Kart Wii! Experience new tracks, enhanced Wii graphics, extraordinary gameplay and much more! Place first in Grand Prix circuits or clear skill-based missions to open up increasingly hard (more…)

Editorial Review

The rules are brutal, but the rewards are worth it in this card game that works a bit like Scrabble. Although there is a solitary version of the game for one player, you can play with up to eight. Cards containing letters of the alphabet and special combinations of letters are dealt in increasing number each time the dealer completes a round. Once you’ve collected your share, you can discard and pick up a new card with each turn. The object is to turn all the letters in your possession into dictionary-proof words while leaving one stray card as a final discard. You want to be the first to accomplish the goal, of way, but there is a scoring system that makes the play competitive for everyone. One nice element is the cards themselves: the letter design is based on gorgeous artwork from Celtic manuscripts. This card game is a 1999 Parents’ Choice Silver Award winner. –Tom Keogh

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