Family Board Games

There are many different types and classifications of Family board games. Some games are simplified simulations of real life. These are popular for they can intermingle make-believe and role playing along with the game. Popular games of this type include Monopoly, which is a rough simulation of the real estate market, Clue, which is based upon a murder mystery, and Risk which is the most well known of thousands of games attempting to simulate warfare and geo-politics.

Other games only loosely, or do not at all, attempt to imitate reality. These include strategy games like chess and checkers and word games, the most popular of which is Scrabble. Trivia games, the most popular of which is Trivial Pursuit, can also be placed in this category.

Uptown

Uptown is a tile-laying game that can be played by 3-5 players (special rules for 2). The rules are very short, and a typical game lasts 30-40 minutes. But allow more time because you will want to play again and again! Each player gets an identical set of 28 tiles; then plays one per turn, trying to get their tiles in one unified group, while disrupting the tile groups of opposing players -- capturing them only if unavoidable.

The goal of the game is to try to connect your tiles together into as few groups as possible (maybe just one!). A group consists of adjacent tiles of the same color, but diagonal connections don't count. The player with the fewest groups at the end is the winner!

EXAGO $23.99

With simple and straightforward rules, Exago is a fascinating family game. Each player starts out with 6 colored tiles (in 2 player games, each player gets 12 tiles). To win, you just need to be the first to place four of your hexagonal tiles on the grid in a straight line. Easy enough. But the challenge and strategy of good offensive and defensive tile placement becomes extremely obvious after just the first game. Each move requires planning for anticipated future moves such as in chess and other strategy games. Simply put, Exago is an fun and addictive game that everybody will want to play again and again!

Contents of Exago:

1 Gameboard

48 Hexagonal Tiles

Instruction Leaflet

10 Days in Africa

Get Packing!

You have 10 DAYS IN AFRICA™ – touring by plane, car, and on foot. Chart your course from start to finish using destination and transportation tiles. With a little luck and clever planning, you just might outwit your fellow travelers. The first traveler to make connections for a ten day journey wins the game.

Let the journey begin!

Trivial Pursuit: Disney Edition

Bring the magic of Disney into your home! Relive your favorite adventures as each picture card brings the memories flooding back. Then flip the card over and see if you can answer the question!

With 1,800 questions split between adults and younger members of the family, everyone has an even chance of getting the answer right.

Move around the board, landing on your favorite Disney character spaces, Get the answer right and you're well on the way to completing your collection of colorful wedges!

Trivial Pursuit Disney Edition. With that magic touch of pixie dust.

Trouble (Pop-O-Matic)

The classic race-ahead, bump-back game, with POPOMATIC dice roller. Move your pawns around the board and into home base to win.

Sorry!

Bump! Slide! Switch! until somebody gets all the way home! Classic family fun for 60 years.

Game of Life

Spin the wheel of fate! A family classic for more than 30 years. Do good deeds to earn Life Tiles and more money down the road!

Winner of the CLASSIC Award by Parent's Choice Awards.

Battleship

The classic naval combat game-sink all your enemy's ships. Call out suspected hiding areas and keep track of hits and misses.

TOTALLY RENAMED SPY GAME

Imagine, just once, luring the master spy into your evil lair and putting a bullet in his head. Imagine resisting the temptation to gloat over your prize, to tell him your secret plans, to let him escape certain death and blow up your lair in the process. Yeah, right. James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game is a hilarious card game featuring masterful criminals, shrewd spies, and dozens of ways for them to meet their untimely demise.

Risk 2210 A.D.

Who Will Be the New World Leader?

In the year 2210, the world is at war.

As the leader of a warring faction, you control the destiny of your people. On the Earth, in the great underwater domed cities beneath the oceans, in orbit, and even on the Moon, you must marshal your forces, send forth your troops, and hire the right commanders to crush your enemies. Build alliances if you dare, but be wary of whom you trust. Energy is the currency of the 23rd century; spend yours wisely and you just might conquer the world--and beyond.

Risk 2210 A.D. also includes everything needed to play the classic game of Risk.

In the end, endurance, skill, and guts will prevail, and one leader will rule the planet. Do you have what it takes?