About Them: The Storymatic is as much a labor of love as it is one of creative and educational necessity. I made the first Storymatic several years ago while leading a fiction workshop at Marlboro College. I then took that first Storymatic to my high school classes at The Putney School Summer Programs. I added to that first Storymatic year by year, class by class. All the while, students told me I should make more than one Storymatic, because they wanted to buy it and use it outside of class with their friends and families. Finally, I took their advice. Really, if it weren’t for the excitement and support of my students, there would be no Storymatic. Continue reading “The Storymatic Review” »

About Them: What began in a small office in north Buffalo is today the premier manufacturing facility for jigsaw puzzles and party games in North America. Operating in more than 87,000 square feet in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Games continues to redefine what it means to make life more fun and rewarding. Our full line of award-winning party games—Last Word, Likewise!, Truth be Told, Gotcha!, Phone Frenzy, and Chronology—are fun to play, easy to learn, and loaded with lots of repeat play value. The perfect recipe for fun! Using the thickest graphic board, premium paper, and sturdy set-up boxes, our puzzles come in piece counts from 300 to 4,000, and feature some of the puzzle industry’s most sought-after licenses. Continue reading “Buffalo Games Review” »

About Them: Set Game for SET Junior is two games in one box! It’s a two-sided board game designed to grow with the child. Side one teaches matching using colors, shapes and numbers. The magic squares on the board have SETs in all directions and start to familiarize kids with what the different types of SETs look like. Players take turns matching their tiles to the corresponding squares on the board and collecting point chips for completing SETs. Once they have learned to identify SETs, kids can flip the board and race to find as many SETs as possible! On side two of the board there are 10 squares where tiles are placed face up. Continue reading “Set Game Review” »

About Them: Child obesity in America has become a major issue. An unhealthy lifestyle is a common problem among children and adults. Eat to Win was created to help encourage nutrition and exercise in fun and active games. Eat to Win was created by a concerned mom whose own child struggled with being overweight. Fun Interactive Board Game where YOU become the game piece! Land in the Banana Split Pit or Chocolate Lava Fountain and… it will cost you! Every Food space is equal to the average number of calories for that item! Have fun traveling through our four fun parks and earning extra bucks! Don’t be a couch potato! Nonstop laughter when you or your opponent land on one of our Do IT spaces around the board! Continue reading “Eat to Win Game Review & Giveaway” »

For the first time, hide and seek and plush toys, two toddler favorites are brightly matched in an active play game. Parents and toddlers take turns hiding and finding Sunshine, a soft, huggable sun-shaped toy. As they excitedly seek Sunshine or hide it with glee toddlers learn to understand and respond to positional concepts such as Next To, Behind, On Top of and Under. An adorable first game for parents and toddlers to play together. Hello Sunshine! TM is a charmingly simple game that will have you and your child laughing and playing together! Play hide and seek with Sunshine - an adorable plush toy - while teaching your child positional words such as: In, On Top, Below, Next To, and more. Continue reading “Hello Sunshine Board Game Review” »