Elefun Manufacturer:  Hasbro Price:  $24.99 Difficult Rating:  Easy Age Range:  2-8 years old Favorite Features: Easy to play for children. Different ways to play, the kids can match the color of their net to the color of the butterflies they need to catch or whoever gets the most all together wins. Butterflies float out in spurts, so it leaves the player anticipating. The motor for the fan is quiet. Has [...]

Family Feud 2nd Edition   Manufacturer:  Fremantle Media Price:  $22.99 Age:  13 and up Difficulty Rating:  Moderate, once you get the rules of the game, it flows pretty easily. Favorite Features: Rules on paper and on the DVD Extremely interactive with all the players – Both teams think up answers for the question Dry erase board makes it easy to keep track of points Universal – Good for large family [...]

Electronic Guesstures   Manufacturer:  Hasbro Price:  $29.99 Age Recommendations:  10 and up Difficult Rating:  Moderate: younger players might have trouble acting our advanced words. Favorite Features: Electronic so it keeps track of your points. Choose different categories. Tells you how long until you run out of time. Declares the winner. Inconvenient Features: You can’t pass a word. You have to remember to push it in order to get your points [...]

Electronic Banking Monopoly   Manufacturer:  Hasbro Price:  $39.99 Age:  8 and up Difficult Rating: Moderate Favorite Features: Using a debit card eliminates the paper exchange and saves time. Setting up the game was a lot easier and flowed more smoothly. Updated version has modern places like Times Square and Disneyworld with a higher payoff and salary. New chance and community chests cards were fun and entertaining. Inconvenient Features: To determine [...]

Buckaroo Game Review   Manufacturer:  Hasbro Price:  $16.99 Difficult Rating:  Easy Age Range:  3-6 years old Favorite Features: The game has three settings to make the horse more sensitive to buck. The pieces are made very durable. The children love it when it bucks. Moderately interactive with the other players. Inconvenient Features: Lots of pieces to keep track of. Have to take the horse apart to put it back in [...]

 Deal or No Deal DVD   Manufacturer:  Imagination Entertainment Price:  $19.99 Age Range:  8 and up Difficult Rating:  Easy Favorite Features: Few game pieces. DVD and Remote. Moderate interaction with players. The rules are easy to understand and they are very simple. Not a whole lot of strategy. Inconvenient Features: Does not flow very well. DVD too slow to respond to choices. Menu navigation could be more convenient. Recommendations:  The [...]

Curses Family Game   Manufacturer:  Worldwise Imports Price:  $29.99 Age Recommendations:  12 and up Difficult Rating:  Moderate Favorite Features: It involves every player at any given time. The curses are fun and the more creative you get with them, the more fun you will have. Excellent for a party or just a warm-up for any event. Ensures hours of good, clean fun. The rules are simple and straight-forward. Inconvenient Features: [...]

Apples to Apples Manufacturer: Out of the Box Publishing Price: $24.99 Age Recommendations: 12 and up Difficult Rating: Easy Favorite Features: • Not a lot of effort or pieces in order to play the game. • Rules are easy to understand and variations keep it interesting. • The game is set up so you can play it as long as you want. Inconvenient Features: • Not much strategy involved. • [...]