Name Apples to Apples Players 4 – Lots Play Time As variable as you want Game Style Matching Nouns to Adjectives Apples to Apples is a wonderful little game that takes word knowledge in a whole new direction. Each round, one player is determined to be a judge and overturns an adjective. Each other player…
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TID – Day 29 – It’s Rile Tummy!
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Name Rummikub Players 2 – 4 Play Time 30 minutes Game Style Number Collection Rummikub is a nice little tile collection game. Played like Rummy, you are collecting and laying tiles until all of yours are gone. This is a cottage game that translates quite nicely to the classroom. Direct Curricular Applicability: High – Number…
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TID – Day 28 – After a Long Day of Raiding
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*Warning, this game is NSFS (not safe for school)* Name Red Dragon Inn + Expansions Players 2 – As many expansions as you have Play Time 30 – 40 minutes Game Style Attack and Defend Card Laying I’m going to take a step back from my role as an educator, and just share a game…
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TID – Day 27 – Do You Suffer from Anomia?
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Name Anomia Players 3 – Many Play Time 10 – 20 minutes Game Style Card Laying/Duel The word association version of Jungle Speed, Anomia is a hoot and a half. Each card has a category and a symbol. If, when you play a card, your symbol matches someone else’s on the table, you have to…
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TID – Day 26 – A Complicated Boxing Day
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Name 1960: The Making of the President Players 2 Play Time 90 – 120 Minutes Game Style Strategy Possibly the most complicated of all the games I will look at this month, this is also, if you have the time, the best two player game I own. As a closet history geek, and being married…
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TID – Day 25 – A Calm Christmas Day
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Merry Christmas to all celebrating today! Name Shut the Box Players 2 – As Many As You Want Play Time Variable Game Style Dice Roll Does this day get you stressed? Do you need a nice calming activity? For my game/meditation needs, I reach for shut the box. While there is a way to play…
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TID – Day 24 – One Last Sleep… On EARTH!
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Name Last Night on Earth Players 2 – 6 Play Time 60 – 90 minutes Game Style Survival/Attacking Do you more closely relate to the hero or the zombie? In this game, you play on a team as Heroes trying to survive, or as the zombies trying to attack. There are many different scenarios to…
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TID – Day 23 – Wanna Bet?
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Name Wits and Wagers Players 2 – A Whole Bunch Play Time 20 – 30 minutes Game Style Trivia Challenges Wits and Wagers is a twist on the old trivia formula. Each question has two phases, the guess and the wager. During the guess, a question is asked, and everyone secretly writes down their answer…
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TID – Day 22 – And Canada Day Reverts Back
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Sorry for the delayed post again. Today was Christmas Cooking. As penance, I have put my Tuna Noodle Casserole recipe at the bottom. Name Dominion + Expansions Players 2-4 Play Time 45 – 60 minutes Game Style Deck Building Whatever I was expecting Dominion to be, it definitely wasn’t it. And that is fantastic! In…
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TID – Day 21 – How to Woo Santa
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Name Love Letter and Letters to Santa Players 2-4 Play Time 20 minutes Game Style Deduction, Guessing Here is a great, quick game. You are a trying to woo a princess (or get your letter to Santa). In each round, you attempt to gain influence by being the “closest” to the princess/Santa. You draw and…