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amother
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:28 pm
Staying by a friend with children ages 5-10 and want to bring an exciting game or toy as a gift for the kids. Anyone have a recommendation for something really popular with kids? Willing to spend up to $40.
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amother
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:29 pm
my 4 and 8 year old like Catan
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amother
Coral
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:30 pm
Settlers of Catan? Wow. I tried playing that once and wanted to take a nap afterwards - it was so mentally exhausting.
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mamaleh
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:37 pm
We recently fell in love with go nuts for donuts. Great for kids and adults. We play it almost every Shabbos! (Available from Amazon)
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amother
Oak
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:39 pm
Rush hour
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amother
Mauve
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:42 pm
my kids like rush hour but its a one person toy...
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mamaleh
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:43 pm
Maybe do a selection of games/toys. If you are willing to spend $40 you could probably get 3 or even 4 games (depending on current pricing). I’ve noticed that that is often more exciting than one more expensive game.
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simba
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:44 pm
Stratego. Uno. Battleship, skip-bo, stix, maze balls.
Those are the popular ones in my house.
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mamaleh
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:45 pm
If you are in Lakewood, I would also recommend going in to ‘toys for thought’ and asking for suggestions. They really know their games.
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ra_mom
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:48 pm
mamaleh wrote: | We recently fell in love with go nuts for donuts. Great for kids and adults. We play it almost every Shabbos! (Available from Amazon) |
How do you play this card game?
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flowerpower
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:03 pm
Playsticks
Perpetual commotion
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tweety1
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:04 pm
I give a gifted certificate to a toy store. That's how I don't have have to wrack my brain or get something I don't don't whether they have or not. A gc in a toy store is always appreciated in a house of little kids.
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mamaleh
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:35 pm
ra_mom wrote: | How do you play this card game? |
It’s a little hard to explain without you seeing the cards but was really easy to understand from the directions.
Basically, different types of donuts are worth different amounts of points and some also have actions to do. The goal is to have the most points at the end of the game. You get cards by ‘bidding’. If you are the only one who wants the card, it’s yours, if more people want it, it’s discarded. There is strategy (do you go for the one you want or the one you don’t want someone else to get. Do you collect groups, etc) but even younger kids pick it up quickly & there is definitely luck involved, too.
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amother
Slategray
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:43 pm
My kids and their friends in that age range seem to play Ticket to Ride a lot.
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Pickle1
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:46 pm
they make guess who in jewish.. Mastermind. ticket to ride (expensive and the little kids won't be able to do it)
rubiks race. othello. mancala. cover your assets
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shanie5
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 10:38 pm
Too many monkeys
Labyrinth
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amother
Amber
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 10:46 pm
Spot It, Happy Salmon, or Rat a Tat Cat are all card games suitable for a range of ages. With your budget I think you could get all three.
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erm
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Mon, Feb 18 2019, 11:45 pm
gamewright card games like sleeping queens, there's a moose in the house, Too many monkeys
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aricelli
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Tue, Feb 19 2019, 12:06 am
Hey- just got a cute one - jewish version of picwits- kind of like apples to apples but with adorable pictures. (Has english wording as well as yiddish. ) you dont need to know how to read to join in. Its great bec all ages enjoy it including my husband and I! Picwits was cute but had some provocative pictures- I forgot the name though
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