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You will get a smile from every kid that beats
their parents at Kids Battle the Grown-Ups.
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Games And Gifts That Match
Learning And Fun
(NAPSA)-Games that make learning fun have always gotten
high grades with kids and parents. Classics like 20 Questions and Brain
Quest have never been more popular and a new generation of games for kids
and families are quickly catching on and finding their way into the American
bedroom and the living room.
Here are some of the top-selling innovative new games
for children and families that have easy-to-learn rules and focus on developing
minds and, in some cases, bodies:
For Kids
- Totally Gross, The Game of Science is America's
newest attempt to teach science to kids. Rated for ages 8 and up, this
game by University Games explores the mysteries of physics, chemistry
and biology by being gross.
- Dr. Seuss's Fun-in-a-Box is the first pre-school
memory game based on the work of Dr. Seuss.
- Mouse Round-Up is the winner of the National
Young Game Inventors' Contest. This game was created by 6-year-old Elise
Veach, and challenges players to round up their mice before the alley
cat catches them and has them for supper. A great basic strategy game.
For Families
- Kids Battle the Grown-Ups is the first game
designed and written by kids to stump their parents. In this clever
game kids get to be kids and the grown-ups get to feel like kids. The
game is played in teams and kids challenge grown-ups to know more about
today's music, clothing, and sports than the kids know about history,
popular culture and literature. It is an engaging game where everyone
gets involved and the kids get the last laugh!
- AMC's Reel Clues is the first movie-based
game that isn't for movie buffs. AMC has developed a game that redefines
the way we watch movies. In this game, teams compete to collect points
and create their own movie production.
- Abalone, the seductive French game of strategy,
as simple to learn as Checkers, is simply the most intriguing two-person
game available. This Game of the Year from France is back in the U.S.
- Author Mystery Puzzles were introduced this
year at AreYouGame.com and Barnes and Noble Stores. These are mystery
stories and puzzles created by some of today's most popular mystery
writers, including Sue Grafton, Nelson DeMille, Julie Smith and Mary
Higgins Clark.
And for the party-going adults, there is the zaniest
game to hit the market in years. It is called Fact or Crap and it arrives
direct from Australia. Fact or Crap is a game where players race to be
the first to answer bizarre facts. To win you need to be the best at telling
the fact from the crap. The game is available at Kmart and AreYouGame.com
Most of these games and puzzles can be found throughout
the U.S. at Toys R Us and Target as well as AreYouGame.com.
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