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Great games for family get togethers.  Playable by young and old.
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Great games and toys under $15.00
Kids 3-6 years
No reading skills required.  Fun, even for adults.
Kids 7-10 or so
Laughter and strategy.  The whole family will love these games with a younger slant.
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Bilz Box
Price $10.95

Lots of fun for giving cash or checks. The Bilz Box is clear acrylic. One can see the cash or check inside there. The challenge is to get it out by successfully guiding a small ball through a two level maze. (You don't need to solve the maze to load the box, only to unload it) For a larger image, double click the thumbnail illustration at left. Hundreds sold. Compare our price to the catalogs.

Five Crowns
Price $9.95

Five Crowns is not over 'til the kings go wild. This game is very popular for several reasons. It is easily learned, yet addictive. Fortunes can change quickly, so even if behind, one has hope. Five Crowns is fun for 2 or more. Kids, teens, and adults all enjoy playing. There are five suits in five bright colors. In the first round play three cards, threes are wild. Next, four cards; fours are wild. Remember, the game's not over 'til the kings go wild. The pace is fast and luck is more important than skill.


Publisher The Set Game Company produces several high quality games, the most popular of which are Set, Quiddler, and Five Crowns.  Be sure and check them out!
Loot
Price $9.95

Try to sneak your way to victory by swindling your opponents. Both strategy and skullduggery will help you become the top pirate as you storm merchant ships and seize treasure. The artwork by Gary Locke is reason enough to buy this game.

Winner of the Dr. Toy Smart Play Smart Toy and Mensa Select Awards

Contains: 78 cards, rules
Wits and Wagers
Our Price: $26.95

From the Publisher:

Wits & Wagers is trivia made fun!

 

Not a trivia buff? It doesn’t matter! Wits & Wagers brings out the excitement of a Vegas-style casino by letting you bet on anyone’s answer. So you can win by making educated guesses, by playing the odds, or by knowing the interests of your friends. Strike it big with one of the high payout answers and you’ll be cheering like you just hit the jackpot!

·          “The latest in living-room play” - Time Magazine

·          Party Game of the Year - Games Magazine

·          #1 Trivia Game of All Time - About.com

·          Mensa Select - Mensa Mind Games

·          Game of the Year - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

·          Hall of Fame award - Major Fun

·          Seal of Approval - The National Parenting Center

·          Party Game of the Year finalist - BoardGameGeek.com

This edition of the game contains new rules mechanics that allow for more exciting betting!
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Game
Our Price: $29.95



Each player writes a caption to a cartoon from New Yorker magazine.  Whomever is "it" this turn guesses who wrote each one.  Players score for guessing right and for fooling others.  Like Balderdash, only much funnier!

From the publisher:

Based on The New Yorker’s popular Cartoon Caption Contest comes a game of immeasurable creativity, unmatched wit, and uproarious humor…and you are responsible for, well, most of it. If a picture speaks a thousand words, surely you can come up with a few of your own in this hilarious game of ‘which player wrote which caption’. And don’t worry about not being funny. In a game like this, even the ‘bad’ captions are part of the fun!
Wise and Otherwise
Our Price: $42.95

"Wise and Otherwise is a charming, elegant addition to the Dictionary or Balderdash family of games. It has 2,500 wise, funny, and obscure old sayings from around the world. One player reads the first part an actual but little known old saying aloud. Then each player makes up his own ending. You earn points by fooling other players with your saying or by guessing the actual ending.

What could your friends and family do with sayings that begin like these? "Your dog wishes you.... "He that has plenty of pepper... "If your sword is short.... "He that has a great nose...

We sometimes take the cards from Wise and Otherwise, leaving box and board at home, to use as a travel game. Fun to play in the car.
Monopoly Mega Edition
Our Price: $39.95

This is a fast playing mega edition of Monopoly.

From the publisher:

This super new edition of Monopoly lets you:

Own more- The massive game board has 12 additional spaces and 9 new properties.
Build more-  Build the new Skyscrapers and collect mega rent!
Get richer- Start with $2,500 including a $1,000 bill.
Play faster-  Roll three dice for a chance for a free trip to the next unowned property.
Mona Lisa Mysteries Game
Our Price: $24.95

From the publisher:

Do You Have Da Vinci's Masterpiece? Based on the real events from 1911 when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. Players act as wealthy art collectors who bid on the serviecs of art "experts" to rate their copy of the Mona Lisa. Through careful strategy and market manipulation, the player with the highest valued Mona Lisa at the end of the game has the "real" Mona Lisa and wins the game.
Khet (formerly Deflexion)
Our Price: $41.95
Sale Price: $37.95

This game was published in 2005 as "Deflexion" and due to a copyright dispute was renamed Khet in 2006.

This game is unique. It combines lasers with classic strategy for an experience enjoyed by players of all ages. Players alternate turns moving Egyptian themed mirrored pieces around the playing field after which they fire their low powered laser diode with the goal of illuminating their opponent's pieces to eliminate them from the game. Much like chess and other strategy games, players are forced to think about the playing field as a whole.

 Learning to play is easy, because unlike chess, each piece moves the same way. The hard part is keeping your pharaoh safe all while trying to zap your opponent. Contains: board, 24 plastic pieces, instructions and batteries.

Accessory pieces The Eye of Horus and The Tower of Kadesh add new dimensions and possibilities to the game.  They are sold separately.
You've Been Sentenced !
Price $24.95

The object is to create the longest sentence from the words on ten cards.  Your opponents vote on whether your sentence "makes sense" and is grammatically correct.  This game is well thought out and fun to play.

From the publisher:

What kind of sentence can you build using just ten cards?  Challenge your ingenuity and quick wit by creating a sentence from 50 random words.  Grammar counts!  And remember to watch for those rare high score words to boost your point total, plus the specially marked wild cards.  Be prepared to defend your creation, because presenting your case to the jury is half the fun!  First player to reach 200 points is the official Sentence champ.

Contains: 540 playing cards, scoresheets, rules
   
 
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