Not content to stay on television, the quintessential ice cream sandwich question – What would you do for a Klondike Bar? – is now becoming a board game. I guess this is the way to get your Klondike Bar fix until winter passes.
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Temple Run Sprints Into Living Rooms As a Board Game
Temple Run is leaping out of smartphones and tablets and into living rooms everywhere with the introduction of the board game based on the popular app.
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Angry Birds Star Wars Has Already Been Adapted Into a Board Game
This must be some kind of a record. Angry Birds Star Wars, the newest game in the Angry Birds series, isn’t even available for another week. That hasn’t stopped Hasbro from readying a board game version based on the soon-to-be-released app.
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iPieces Air Hockey for iPad Review
Are you looking for an interactive game that your kids will love? Jumbo Games has just released their innovative iPieces which bring a whole new dimension to iPad gaming. They have found a way to incorporate more traditional game pieces with the unique capacitive touch screen of the iPad. There are four sets, each with a free app which you can download from the App Store. This week we took a closer look at Air Hockey. The packaging is very well designed. Inside you’ll find two plastic iPawns, four felt sticker circles and a Jumbo Games sticker. But these are no ordinary pawns, they have been magically endowed with the…
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Something Smells in the Doggie Doo Board Game
I guess anything can be made into a game if you’re really bound and determined. Doggie Doo is pretty much as advertised. There’s an admittedly adorable wiener dog, a leash with a pump, and a can of ‘dog food.’ I’ll let you figure out where it goes from there.
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Hello Kitty Monopoly Lets You Pass Go and Collect Adorableness
So in the case of Hello Kitty Monopoly – when you pass ‘Go’ do you collect Hello Hitty Cuteness instead of money? Who knows and frankly who cares – look at this Hello Kitty Monopoly! Boardwalk and Park Place have been replaced by London Street names – Hello Kitty’s hometown.
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Monopoly Revolution Edition Now Available for Purchase
Monopoly Revolution Edition was announced way back last winter. The game takes a traditional, and very beloved game and literally spins it on its feet by featuring a circular board instead of the traditional square board. The game also updates the old school classic by letting players play with debit cards and an ATM, instead of using traditional paper money. And instead of winning $200 dollars, players can collect go and collect $2 million dollars! Yep, that is inflation for you. Monopoly: Revolution Edition is finally available for purchase for $39.99.
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LEGO Launches LEGO Games, Buildable Board Games for Family Game Night
We love LEGO – I think every person who has had LEGO’s as a child just never grows out of them. So it was a real treat for us to tour the LEGO booth after hours and get to enjoy the newest and best of what LEGO is offering up for 2010. The biggest news from LEGO was the announcement of LEGO Games.
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Family Game Night 2 for Wii Review
For some reason board games carry a bit of a stigma among the younger crowd. Try having a party, pull out a board game, and have a tween NOT roll their eyes at you. With this in mind the EA and Hasbro company has taken the classic board game experience to a new level with Wii Family Game Night 2. It’s actually pretty fun. Especially for kids. Games included are Bop it, Operation, Pictureka, Jenga, and Connect 4. There is also the “Family Game Show” that lets the family compete with quick short versions of all of the games.
