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Skippity
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games – Early Elementary (6+), Games
NOT an ordinary checkers game! Jump around the board to capture skippers and collect complete sets of colors.
Richard Scarry’s Busytown Busy Busy Airport
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games – Early Elementary (6+), Games – Family, Games – Preschool (3+)
The box bottom is transformed into a darling airport with a dice-rolling control tower, and charming detailed illustrations make for wonderful imaginative play.
Color Stix
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Books – Early Elementary (6+), Books – Family
Arrange and rearrange your striped “stix,” lining them up to make “blocks” of colors. A race against time and each other, the clicks of the wooden sticks and the vibrant colors make an elegant and visually beautiful play experience.
Reverse Charades
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games – Family, Games – Tween, Games – Upper Elementary (9+)
Instead of you acting and having your team try to guess, this game has your whole team acting while just you get to guess. Chaos and hilarity are guaranteed in this terrifically fresh twist on a longtime classic.
The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game!
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games, Games – Family, Games – Preschool (3+)
Use the Squirrel Squeezer to pick up acorns from the tree-shaped playing surface and keep them in your log.
Pirate Plank
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games, Games – Early Elementary (6+)
Yes, this is a game, but it’s also a LEGO building set, and the fun is well balanced between setting it up and actually playing the game.
GALLOP! The Game
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games – Family, Games – Preschool (3+), Games
Based on the “Scanimation” book, this game becomes an animated animal race by simply opening and closing the book to drive play.
DiXiT
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games, Games – Early Elementary (6+)
Illustrated cards contain an enormous variety of images, and you choose one about which you must start a story.
Spell It!
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Games, Games – Upper Elementary (9+)
Felt-lined tin box is the arena for rolling lettered dice, shouting out words in specific categories that contain the letters rolled, and scoring chips.
Shake 'N Take
Published: 10/18/2011 in 2011 Game Winners, Books – Upper Elementary (9+), Games
Shape-recognition and rapid reflexes are put to use, but your window of opportunity is short as your opponent simultaneously shakes a die for permission to grab your turn right out of your hands.
