It's always great to have games that you can play with your kids. Family game night is something my family enjoys. These games that I was given by Bananagrams for review are fun for the whole family! They are a great way to spend quality time together, and everyone will have a blast!
BANANAGRAMS Party Edition ($14.99): The Re Gifter, The Thief, Switcheroo, Pouch
Head...these are just some of the names of the 14 chaos inducing Party
Power tiles in BANANAGRAMS Party edition. Each tile holds its own special action, allowing the receiving player
to bestow chaos on the victim of his or her choice! Whether it's taking a
lap around the game table or demolishing another player's grid, no one
is safe!
Party Power tiles add chaos to the sneakiest, cheekiest BANANAGRAMS ever!
BANANAGRAMS Party Edition comes with 144 single letter tiles, 14 party tiles and instructions. It can be played with 1-7 players and is recommended for ages 14+. It takes an average of 30 minutes or less to play a game.
This game plays in a similar way to Classic BANANAGRAMS, with the object to be the first to use up all of your letters. Start by showing everyone the 14 party tiles to switch up
game play, then, mix them face down into the bunch. When you draw a
party tile from the BUNCH, you MUST use it immediately. With all but
two party tiles, you pick another player to carry out the action. Some
tiles have one off actions, while others continue until the end of the
hand. When an action is complete, put the tile to the side of your grid,
out of play.
If the BUNCH has fewer tiles than there are players when you put the
last letter in your grid, you don’t say “PEEL”, you say “BANANAS!”
Other players now inspect your grid. If it contains a misspelled word,
proper noun, abbreviation or other unacceptable word, the others call
out “ROTTEN BANANA!” and you’re out of the game. ALL of a Rotten
Banana’s letters and party tiles are returned to the BUNCH face down.
Play now continues for everyone else until the BUNCH again depletes, and
someone else calls out “BANANAS!” When someone says “BANANAS!” and has
an acceptable grid, they become TOP BANANA, and win!
Cheeky Butts ($14.99): Cheeky Butts is a hot potato style family game of spot and match, where
players race to pick up animal cards and place them in their matching
landing trays before the randomized timer goes off. If they’re the one
holding a card when the timer stops, they lose a token. When a player
loses all three tokens, they’re out of the game! The last player with
tokens wins! The perfect new addition to family game night.
Cheeky Butts comes with 60 cards, 12 trays, 18 tokens, electric timer and instructions. It can be played with 2-6 players and is recommended for ages 6+. It takes an average of 15 minutes to play a game.
It's easy to play! To start, each player takes 3 Chance tokens and the correct number of
trays (2-6 each, depending on number of players). Everyone lines up
their trays in front of them, animal side up! Place the stack of Cheeky
Cards face down in the center of the table. Start the timer! Once the
timer starts, the first player takes a Cheeky Card from the pile, turns
it over, and quickly places it into the tray with the matching animal.
If you place the card in one of your own trays, go again! If you place
the card in another player‘s tray, they now become the active player.
Continue playing until the timer goes off. If you are the active player
when the timer goes off, you lose a Chance Token!
After each round, all players shift one of their Cheeky Trays, along
with the cards inside, clockwise. That way, animals are always changing! When a player loses all 3 of their Chance Tokens, they’re out of the
game. The remaining players then redistribute that players trays.
The last player with Chance Tokens wins the game and is the Cheekiest Cheeky Butts Champion!
Cobra Paw ($14.99): Ninja like know how steals the game!
Ninja like reflexes, sharp recognition skills, and mental fortitude
steals the game in our new tile snatching challenge known as Cobra Paw!
Players take turns rolling the dice (featuring
6 unique symbols), spotting the tile with the matching pattern, then
grabbing it before their opponents. The first player to snatch up 6
tiles wins the game and bestows great honor to the Grand Shidoshi,
Master Meow!
Cobra Paw comes with 21 tiles, 2 dice and instructions. It can be played with 2-6 players and is recommended for ages 6+.
This is a very fast paced games as each player rushes to snatch up the tiles before the others. There will be lots of laughter as everyone tries to grab the same tile. My family loved this one so much that they didn't want to stop when bedtime came around!
