For generations, board games have been a family activity.
Often, a child is introduced to board games when very young, and
this interest continues through their childhood and on into
adulthood. The following are a few of the games that have proven
to be classics, enjoyed by both young and old.
Aggravation - The Classic Marble Race Game
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Players compete in this classic marble race around the board from Base to Home. Take shortcuts
to zip ahead or try the super shortcut to shoot across the board. Along the way, aggravate your
opponents by sending them back to their Base!
Fish Eat Fish
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It's "Survival of the Fishest" with this fun board game for the whole family.
Play Fish Eat Fish and see why Reiner Knizia is known as the greatest game designer in the world.
Fish Eat Fish combines great graphics and game play to keep you wanting to play again and again.
To win Fish Eat Fish you have to have good strategy and be able to bluff the other “fish.”
Players place their fish on the board and start “eating” the other fish (or their own) trying to
become the biggest fish in the sea. In Fish Eat Fish the bigger fish have the advantage but the
smaller fish can still prevail by playing the better card.
Operation
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It's the classic skill and action game where you're the doctor! Remove "ailments" with the
tweezers, but don't set off the buzzer! The Operation game board features Sam the patient,
lying atop a red plastic "operating table" with 12 body cavities exposed. Players perform
highly skilled procedures, which requires a steady hand. Doctors must remove the offending
body part without touching the metal lining of the cavity.
Sequence For Kids
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Combining equal parts strategy and chance, Sequence puts grownups and kids on an even playing field.
Set up the small game board and choose a color, then start rolling the dice. You get to place a
colored chip on any open square matching your roll, though some rolls let you make special moves--or even
remove an opponent's piece! The goal is to place five of your pieces in a row. The game is fun and quite
addictive for the whole family.
Also available:
Sequence,
Sequence Deluxe,
Sequence Dice,
Sequence Tin,
Sequence Travel, and
Sequence Jumbo.
Yahtzee
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Yahtzee is the world's most popular commercial dice game, first introduced in the 1950's
and still a best-seller today. It is based on a game called "Yacht", and is also related
to a Puerto Rican game called "Generala".
To play the game you roll five dice in a effort to make different combinations of
the five dice for the most points. Shoot for three-of-a-kind, four-of-a-kind, a full house,
a straight, and more. If these "hands" sound familiar, it's because they're based on standard
poker hands, with a few extra bonus hands thrown in. Also available:
More Yahtzee Games,
More Dice Games.