Wonderland

Fabulous Beasts

It is the week for amazing games on Kickstarter, at least from my POV because friends are displaying their ridiculous talent this week ;-D

First up: Fabulous Beasts. Many have watched this project come to life, as Alex and the team have lugged the box-of-parts everywhere: to houses, to conferences, to pitches. They playtested it into bits and back up to pieces again. And now it's ready to be Made Real.

Digital-physical stuff is three times as hard as single-type stuff because you have to figure out the hardware, the game, and the bridge software, and you're also probably having to figure out marketing, your customer database and fundraising too. 

So look at this.

 

What an achievement.

A fantastic looking game, a fantastic looking set of objects, and a solid plan to execute. I can't wait to own this, Poesy's going to love it. 

Fabulous Beasts on Kickstarter.

Legend of Zelda Monopoly

Getting ridiculous. But look at the tokens!

THE TOKENS!!

At thinkgeek for fifty bux.

Boardgames for kids: roundup

T'other day, I asked me Twitter which boardgames they'd recommend for kids, as Poe's nearly four and ready to PLAY! I wasn't specific about age tho, just said "littlies"...

I got a ton of responses. As per a few requests too, here's the roundup.

Gulo Gulo (thx @mattthr): apparently now discontinued, but available in the US.

Princess & The Pea (thx @mattthr)

Slug in a Jug (thx @mattthr)

Animal Upon Animal (thx @JamesWallis)

Dino-Opoly (thx @jen_bolton)

Gobblet (thx @PJDubyaM)

Dixit (thx @marmaladegirl & @tobybarnes), plus a vote for Looney Labs' card games.

Hungry Hungry Hippos (thx @Sorrell, seconded by @harryharrold)

JungleSpeed (thx @marmaladegirl)

Qwirkle (thx @marmaladegirl)

Mousetrap (thx @rebeccasbrain)

Chicken Cha Cha Cha (thx @moggy) (also not avail on Amazon UK and it's a whopping $70 on Amazon US - possibly discontinued?)

Some perennials: Monopoly, Junior Monopoly and Game of Life (thx @epredator), and Nintendo Monopoly (er, thx @stuffbowsersays!), plus Draughts/Checkers (thx @jameswallis)

Enchanted Forest (thx @infovore and @kellan)

"Ravensburger are generally good", says @minkette, seconded by @infovore.

Labyrinth (@infovore, @minkette)

Star Wars Pictureka (@minkette) - couldn't find the SW version tho, not even on the Hasbro site.

Frustration, and another vote for Looney Labs' card games (thx @ewan and @flackboy).

"Anything from Orchard Toys", says @harryharrold.

TSURO: the Game of the Path (thx @jennatar)

Sorry Sliders (thx @mattthr)

Carcassone, Kids of Carcassone...

... and Bus Stop, Tummy Ache, Spotty Dog (thx @tobybarnes)

Finally, @thisisguan sent in a link to the "The Definitive Childrens Game Geek List -- Preschool list", from BoardGameGeek.

As Poe's not reading this blog, I can safely say that I got her Enchanted Forest, Mousetrap and Animal Upon Animal, with a sneaky chuck-in of related product Three Little Pigs.

Roll on xmas!

Settlers of Catan 3Dprinted parts

Aren't these pretty?

There's a whole set, and each piece works out about $16.