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Smart Board Games
Board games are all similar: they're played on a board. But these board
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 10 Days in Africa
by Out
of the Box Publishing
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Plan your trip across Africa... can you plan a cohesive trip in ten
days? Some skill, some luck, lots of fun - great to study geography
of Africa Also available
10 Days in
the USA and
now,
10 Days in
the Asia and
10 Days in
the Europe
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24/7 The Game by Sunriver Games (ages 8+)
- An exciting strategy game that combines elements of luck and skill. Using
durable plastic tiles on a full color game board, players take turns laying
tiles on a 7×7 grid and score points for adjacent tiles that create runs,
sets and sums of 24 or 7...
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The Amazing Labyrinth Game by Ravensburger (ages 8+)
- Players can use the maze shift card to change the path in order to reach
the treasure item, which means the maze changes with every turn! Also
Junior Labyrinth Game
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Ancient Egyptians
- To become Pharaoh in this challenging board game, you must be clever
enough to barter, trade, collect and entomb everything you need. To get
ahead faster, answer questions about this glorious period of history...
- Australian
Menagerie from Wild Connections
- A competitive game of chance and strategy which highlights the diverse
range of Australia's wildlife and habitats...
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Bananagrams
- Grab more tiles, and reorganize existing tiles into new words - the
banana bag stores the game and rules when they're not in use.
Great for vocabulary building or spelling practice, too!
- Bethump'd
with History (ages 12+),
Bethump'd with Words, Senior Edition (ages 13+),
Bethump'd with Words, Discovery Edition (ages 9+),
Bethump'd with Words,
Voyager Edition (ages 13+),
Bethump'd with Words,
Book Edition
- Bethump'd with History focuses on world history with a concentration on
U.S. Constitutional history and human rights - a big hit! The Words
versions are great ways to learn new words, idioms, and more. Visit the
company, Mamopalire of Vermont, for
lesson plans and more...
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 Blokus
(or from
Amazon
- Take turns placing as many of their 21 geometric shapes on board as
they can, but only the corners of their own pieces may touch. The real
challenge comes toward the end of the game... Or take a new twist,
with Blokus
Trigon. Also
Travel Blokus
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Bluff-n-Peg
- Turns poker into family bluffing game, with entertaining results...
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Buzz-Words
- Easy to learn, fun to play. What Buzz-words do you
know?
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Carcassonne
(10 to adult) Rio Grande Games
- A clever tile laying game. The southern French city of Carcassonne is
famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications. The players develop
the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the
cities, in the cloisters, and in the fields. The skill of the players to
develop the area will determine who is victorious. Game expansions,
and other editions...
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Carcassonne Inns & Cathedrals Expansion
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Carcassonne: Princess & Dragon Expansion
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Carcassonne: The Castle
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Carcassonne Traders and Builders
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Carcassonne Hunters and Gatherers
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Cashflow 101 by
Rich Dad (sometimes available from
Amazon)
- Give your child a financial headstart by raising their financial I.Q. This
game teaches your family the key principles of how to get out of the rat
race & how to create wealth. From the authors of
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the
Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
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Castle
Keep (ages 8 and up, a few years younger for gifted kids)
- Raise your castle! Raze the enemy! In this clever game of medieval
maneuvers, build a castle with walls, towers, and a keep by matching color,
shape, or both. Will you use your game tiles to strengthen your fortress or
to attack vulnerable opponents?
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Chicken
Cha Cha Cha
- Chaos in the chicken yard! Play the chicken
Olympics... Also available in original German edition!
Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke
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Cranium
Tin Edition
(12 to adult) or
Cranium
Cadoo (7 and up)
- Spell a word backwards, hum a tune, answer a multiple-choice question,
draw with your eyes closed, and more when you play Cranium, with 14 talent-tapping activities
designed to bring out the best in you and your friends... Cadoo is the
funky fusion of tic-tac-toe, general knowledge, sculpting skill, and scavenger
hunt designed for kids
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 Cranium
Wow (12 to adult) The latest addition to the fast-paced,
addictive, and downright fun family of games that manages to uncover a
player’s talents--or lack thereof. Wow’s objective is to move around the
board until you’ve reached Cranium Central, where your team completes its
final activities to claim victory. Collect the new personalized
markers, too!
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Cranium
Turbo (12 to adult) Cranium in an embossed tin with all-new cards!
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Cranium
Primo Edition (12 to adult) The deluxe
version of Cranium. Six new activities, 1,000 new cards, and a Finale Rally
finish!
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Cranium Booster Box 1 and
Cranium Booster Box 2
- Cranium
Cadoo Booster Box 1
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Also...
Cranium
Turbo
(12 to adult) Adds 6 new activities to the original 10, for even more Cranium fun!
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Cranium
Hoopla
(12 to adult) Players act, draw, and craft hilariously clever clues to get the other players
to guess the answers on their cards - great party game!
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Cranium
Whoonu (8 to adult) have unforgettable fun as you reveal your
favorite things, share hilarious stories, and bond over surprising
connections. You'll be amazed at what you'll learn about your friends and
family -- especially those you think you know best!
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Cranium
Family Fun
(8 to adult) Cranium fun for the whole family, with sculpting, guessing,
drawing building and flipping in every game
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Cranium
Zigity
(8 and up, much younger gifted child) Quick card game, complete a puzzle,
spell a word, sum it up, or match instruments...
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Cranium
Zooreeka
(8 and up) create and build your own zoo. Dodge danger and encounter all kinds
of outrageous zoo events as you collect food, animals, and shelters in a
race to opening day...
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Cranium
Conga
(7 and up) Fast-paced "guess what I'm thinking" game \will get your whole family
acting, sculpting, guesstimating, and picking hilarious words
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Cranium
Bumparina
(7 and up, much younger gifted child) Quick strategy game, no reading
required. Place your bumpers to head the balls your way, but watch out
for you opponent - one twist of a bumper can wreck your plan!
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Balloon Lagoon
(5 and up) While the merry-go-round music plays, compete thinking, matching, flipping and fishing as
you collect balloons
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Cranium
Hullabaloo
(4 and up) Twister meets Simon Says... Listen closely and think fast as you
bounce, twist, spin, high-five, and dance to the music, sounds, and friendly
voice of Hullabaloo. Rewards quick thinking, cooperation,
and creative problem-solving. Also
Cranium
Hullabaloo DVD Game: Amazing Animal Adventure
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Cranium
Cariboo
(3 to 6 years) Teaches wee ones a few colors, shapes, numbers, and letters
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DaVinci's
Challenge
- Leonardo DaVinci was fascinated with the “Flower of Life” pattern that
decorates this game board: intersecting circles that form wheels,
snowflakes, eyes and a myriad of other shapes, depending on how you look at
them. As players use their pieces to create nine different patterns, they
score points based on the shape’s complexity...
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ElementO
- Creative board game teaches about the elements that make up our universe,
introduces the elements in an interesting way that makes learning fun!
(Warning, VERY long game, short form takes an hour...)
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 Equate
(or from
Amazon)
- Strategic math thinking game. Don't forget
Junior Tile Set for more integers (or MindWare), or the
Advanced Tile Set for negative numbers and exponents (or MindWare).
Equate classroom set and
Equate Junior classroom set available, too!
Equate
Activity Notebook Level 1,
Level 2, or
Level 3...
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Exago
(2 to 6 players, ages 7 and up)
- A version of Go for multiple players, Exago is easy to learn, but
the changing strategies make it challenging every time...
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Faces
a game of first impressions (3-8 players, ages 10+)
- match your first impression of zany man, woman, and pet faces with
your opponents to win. The "impression" cards are as funny as the
faces... "The neat freak," "The one who's socks don't match," "The one
who's reading an eye chart" A very visual game
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Finish
Lines
- Challenges players to finish, popular lines from TV, movies, literature,
nursery rhymes, history, proverbs, religion, science, sports and music.
Loads of fun for large groups of players, too!
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Gipf
Project series of 6 terrific strategy games for the gifted child or adult!
Rio Grande Games
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Gipf
An abstract strategy game for two players based on a classic concept:...
more about Gipf
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 Tamsk Earth.
The second game of Project GIPF, played under permanent time pressure...
visit
Tamsk-
Zertz Water. A fast, dynamic game for 2
players... more about
Zertz
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Dvonn Fire. A stacking game, played on an
elongated hexagonal board... more about
Dvonn
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Yinsh Air. Players each start with 5 rings on the board. Every time
a ring is moved, it leaves a marker behind... visit
Yinsh
Pünct
The fifth element. A connection game: the goal is to link two
opposite sites... more about Pünct
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Gobblet
(also available from
MindWare)
- A fun strategy game, as easy to learn as tic-tac-toe, challenging for
chess players, fun for the whole family... Also available in 3x3 colored
version,
Gobblet Jr. (or from
Amazon), and Gobblet
Jr. On the Go
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Gulogulo
- Collect eggs and rescue junior... a little strategy, and a bit of
dexterity required to pick your eggs
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Heximania
(2-4 players, ages 6 and up, mixed abilities)
- Spinning the board as you go, take turns placing letter tiles and
earning points for each word you build. As long as letters are adjacent
and in the proper sequence, words may be read in any direction - up,
down, backwards, forwards, or in a sweeping swirl! Can be played at all
skill levels; perfect for the entire family...
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iMAgiNiff
the funniest game you can imagine (3-8 players, ages 12+)
- Just imagine what the other players are most like. Keep choosing the
most popular answers to win the game...
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Imposter!
(ages 12 and up - really!)
- Which of these four items doesn't belong: green
pepper, turkey, spoon, Christmas stocking? Answer: spoon is the imposter,
because all the others can be stuffed! In this lively game, players draw a
card listing four items, then vote for the imposter - and explain why.
This one really is 12 and up - you need world experience
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- Infinifield
- Neat new strategy game - creating the game board for each round is 1/2 the
fun! This game is a gifted family project, and your family will enjoy it,
too...
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Ingenious
(or from
Amazon)
- Score points based on how many adjacent color tiles you've placed,
but watch out for your opponents tiles!
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 Khet
the Laser game by Deflexion
- Take turns moving Egyptian-themed pieces having two, one or no mirrored
surfaces. Pieces (pharaoh, obelisk, pyramid and djed column) can either move
one square forward, back, left, right, or diagonal, or can stay in the same
square and rotate by a quarter twist. Each turn ends by firing one of the
lasers built into the board. The laser beam bounces from mirror to mirror;
if the beam strikes a non-mirrored surface on any piece, it is immediately
removed from play. The ultimate goal is to illuminate your opponent's
pharaoh, while shielding yours from harm!
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Last Word The uproarious race to have the final say! (2-8 players, ages
8+)
- Subject: “Vegetables”…Letter: “C". Players race opponents and the
random-interval timer to yell them out…Carrots! Cucumbers! Corn!
Cauliflower! ‘tick-tick’… The player with the Last Word in before the
timer sounds advances…Oh! Celery! BZZZT!
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The
Legend of Landlock 2 players, ages 8 and up (gifted ages 6+)
- Employ a variety of complex-thinking skills like visual discrimination and
spatial relations to achieve your goal. At the same time, learn the
importance of thinking ahead before you play...
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Loaded Questions
and
Loaded Questions
Junior
- "If you were invisible, where would you go?" "If you could be a
member of any TV-sitcom family, what would you choose?" Tests players on
how well they know each other...
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Lost
Cities Rio Grande Games
- Battle the river and your opponents to recover jewels from the
riverbank... but watch out for those falls!
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Mad
Math
- They'll forget they're practicing math. Tic tac toe, where you
roll the dice and multiply to position your pawn. Three in a row
wins (including addition game for younger kids)
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Marlarky
- Test your powers of deception with Malarky, as players try to bluff
answers to Imponderable questions as "What is the 'cottage' in cottage cheese?"
and opponents try to determine the real answers from the ones that are
simply malarky...
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Mental Floss
- More than just another trivia game. Try your luck at
Right-Brain, Left-Brain, or Spot the Big Fat Lie questions. Then
move on to the Enlightening Round. Get something wrong? Give
it a Mental Block. Can you find Piece of Mind? If you like
the game, check out Mental Floss Magazine
and Books...
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Mixup
(or from
Amazon)
- Connect Four meets it's match, in Mixup! One player uses
shapes, the other player uses colors, to get 4-in-a-row or a 2-by-2
square. But watch out for your opponent's strategy!
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Niagara
Rio Grande Games
- Battle the river and your opponents to recover jewels from the
riverbank... but watch out for those falls!
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The
Order of the Stick: The Dungeon of Dorukan by APE
- Adventure! Comedy! Beating your friends! What else could you ask for
in a board game? Why just read about foolish and incompetent adventurers
when you can be one yourself? Take on the role of one of the six daring
(if less-than-capable) adventurers as you explore each room of the
mysterious Dungeon of Dorukan in this hilarious satire of the fantasy
genre. Read the books, too...
Patriot
Challenge Game
American history trivia game, using U.S. Commemorative Stamps. More
than 600 questions and hundreds of stamps, plus bonus questions; younger kids
can win by taking 2-point questions, while more historically-minded players
try 4- and 6-point questions... Lots of fun!
Pentagonia
by Think Unincorporated
award-winning strategy game belongs to the rare class of board games in
which victory is a function of the reasoning processes and never depends
on luck. With 3 ways to win and up to 4 distinct phases of play,
competitors of varying skill levels can play...
Qwirkle (gifted ages 4 and up)
A bit like dominoes with colors and shapes, Qwirkle is easy to learn, but hard
to master. Score big by matching both shape and color; the player
with the most points wins...
Racko
2-4 players, ages 8+ (gifted ages 4 or 5 and up)
Part skill, part luck of the draw. Two to four players try to get their
rack of 10 cards in consecutive order, from lowest to highest, first
Risk
The game of world conquest--features a tri-fold game board that is a map
of six continents divided into 42 territories. It's a game of strategy as
you battle to win by launching daring attacks, defending your territory, and
moving across continents with your cunning plan! Or try the futuristic
Risk 2210 A.D. or
Risk Godstorm - a time of myths and legends! Also
Risk Star Wars: The Clone Wars or
Risk 2003 Edition
Sequence,
Sequence
Deluxe Tin Edition and
Jumbo Sequence
With touches of canasta, rummy, and poker, this game could easily
become a Friday-night favorite. The object is to get a "sequence,"
meaning a row of five chips... Also
Deluxe Sequence,
Travel Sequence,
Sequence For Kids,
and
Sequence
in a Tube
Simply
Suspects The Game Of Suspicion and Betrayal! (or from
MindWare)
A fast-action game of suspicion and finger pointing. Much like Spy
Alley, Simply Suspects is deceptively simple yet surprisingly intense
Squint
Build a picture of the item listed on your SQUINT
card. Get one of the players to guess what you are building before time runs
out, and you both score points!
 Spy Alley Game
(or from
MindWare)A little bit of paranoia helps in this business,
what with secret agents from all over the world following you around the
board as you try to pick up clues to their identity and keep your own well
hidden...
Stock
Market Tycoon (or from
MindWare)
It takes skill, luck, and nerves of steel to play with hot stocks like
Microsoft, Nike and Disney...
Stratego
A removable fortress barrier sequesters your army from prying eyes
whilst ye prepare yourselves for a most lengthy and glorious conflict.
From the lowliest scout to the highest-ranking marshal, all must make
ready to encounter enemy bombs, defend the flag, and steel themselves to
triumph over the foe. Skillful planning, a keen memory, and sleight of
hand will be your allies. Onward, for King and for Country... Also
Stratego - Chronicles of Narnia and
Stratego Computer Game
Take
Off!
A geography game the whole family can enjoy...
 Tayu
the game of connections
Named after TAYÜ, the
legendary Chinese hero who saved his country from flooding by creating a
system of waterways. Place tiles to create water channels that stretch
from one side of the board to the other, while blocking your opponent's
channels...
Totally
Gross the science game
(2-4 players, ages 8+ (5+))
Kids travel around the game board answering questions like “Name three
places on your body that aren’t growing hair right now!” or “Can you
milk a snake?” When a player correctly answers enough questions to
stretch his Totally Gross Slime all the way to number 10, he gets to
perform a “bizarre” experiment...
Traverse
20th Anniversary Edition Checkers gone Wild! (ages 7+ (5+ gifted),
2 to 4 players) by Educational
Insights
What do you get when you cross checkers and Chinese checkers with a hint
of chess and some extra-wild rules for advanced players? Traverse!
 Trhyme
(pronounced trime) (2-6 players, ages 12+)
Exciting new word game with the intriguing twist. You are confronted with
three clues for which you must provide three answers within a specified
time. And here's the twist... All three answers must rhyme with each other!
Also play Trhyme Jr....
Vanished
Planet by Vanished Planet Games (1-6 players, ages 8+)
A truely cooperative board game, that actually works!
Players must complete missions acquired throughout the game before their homeworlds
are destroyed by a malevolent world-eating creature...
 VisualEyes
The 'What You See is What You Get' Game!
Appealing to the visual learners, and everyone else. Find words or
phrases among the pictures
Word
XChange A battle to the last word
A lightning-fast game that's a battle to make and keep words. First to
spell out six words with letter tiles wins. Other players can steal
words and make them their own. Keep spelling, stealing & spelling some
more! Or try
Word
XChange Jr.
Wit's
End (or from
Amazon)
Brain teasers and mind riddles, lateral thinking and odd-one-out.
Put items or dates in the proper order.
Wit's End Junior Edition for ages 8-12 (or from
Amazon)
Word
Drop
It’s not who gets the last word but who gets the most words. A
cross between Scrabble and Connect Four, form as many words as possible
going up, down, forward and backward. But be careful: your
opponent is watching and ready to steal your words!
Last updated
June 24, 2008
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