Buzzword The Lively, Addictive, and Challenging Game that Fuzzes your Memory and Buzzes your Brain!

Buzzword The Lively, Addictive, and Challenging Game that Fuzzes your Memory and Buzzes your Brain!
From Patch Products

What's the buzz word' Let's say the Buzzword is "ball." You and your teammates have 45 seconds to solve 10 clues and all the answers contain the word ball.

Includes 400 sets of Buzz Word clues on 200 Cars, 10 scoring Cards, 45-second sand timer, scoreboard, marker and rules.

Product Details

• Brand: Vintage Sports Cards
• Model: 7363
• Released on: 2005-06-15
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.60" h x 10.60" w x 2.70" l, 1.60 pounds

Features

• Award Winner: The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval
• Award Winner: Parent's Choice Foundation - Silver Honor Award
• Award Winner: Parent's Guide to Children's Media - Honor Award
• Award Winner: Dr. Toy's - 100 Best Children's Products
• Award Winner: Family Review Center - Voted One of the 20 Great Products in 2005

Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
Buzzword® The Lively, Addictive, and Challenging Game that Fuzzes your Memory and Buzzes your Brain!™ Our newest game has everyone buzzing! Let's say the Buzzword is 'ball.' You and your teammates have 45 seconds to solve 10 clues, and all the answers contain the word ball. Try these clues: Inflatable sand toy¿¿Beach Ball! On top of spaghetti¿¿Meatball! A psychic stares into one¿¿Crystal ball!

Customer Reviews
Great time!
We played this game on Thanksgiving for the firt time. We had a marvelous time! It is geared more for adults the small children. Although children can surprise you sometimes. It is great when you have a crowd of people playing. It is fast and EASY to learn. I would highly recomend this game to anyone who wants to have a great time!

Buzzword
This game is a blast, and so hard to find in stores. Highly recommended for groups and any party you plan on having :)

Disasterous outcome.
I got this game for about 23.00, and of course soon as I order it Amazon drops the price $5.00 to about 18.00. This just made the experience a little more sour. We have a family, except for my husband, who really likes to play games. When I read the other reviews I thought, 'great a game that will be fun for everyone, including my husband who just seems to put up with playing games to make everyone else happy'. However, it was a very large disappointment due to its sketchy rules and need for an exacting answer. Playing it turned our gaming night into a disaster....so I guess we won't be pulling it out to play a second time.

Part of the problems revolved around when the second team tries for points the first team missed. Rules are not clear on the time allotted for the second team's go at it. Also, all I kept hearing about from my daughter was that none of the questions were from her 'generation', mind you she is 30 years old.She felt it was stilted for older generations. I personally disagree her because I felt a lot of the questions were not only from 'her' life time, but also some were from very early in my life time. I feel that was an attempt to make it multi-generational and her team got quite a few answers right.

Anyway, though this game is called lively, addictive and challenging. I personally didn't feel it was any of these things. Our family plays games around the table every weekend so we are pretty into games. Can't really recommend this one. I don't see how younger children could relate to it at all for the most part.

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Melissa & Doug Shut-the-Box

Melissa & Doug Shut-the-Box
From Melissa and Doug

This game spans the generations: young children will enjoy this as a counting game; while two to four older players will enjoy it for the strategy. This heirloom-quality version of the classic seafaring game has a latching wooden box that features a transparent, shatterproof top and flipping wooden number tiles. It includes two dice, a convenient storage pouch and a detailed instruction booklet. Measures 12.7" x 9" x 3".

Product Details

• Color: N/A
• Brand: Melissa & Doug
• Model: 4377
• Dimensions: 12.70" h x 9.00" w x 3.00" l, 1.65 pounds

Features

• Solid-wood case with a see-through, latching lid houses, 9 flipping number tiles and two wooden dice
• Children and adults alike will enjoy this game of strategy and chance
• Play with a friend or enjoy alone
• Strategy games teaches math and logic skills
• Exceptional Quality and Value

Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
Solid-wood case with a see-through, latching lid houses, 9 flipping number tiles and two wooden dice. Children and adults alike will enjoy this game of strategy and chance. Ages 6+ 10.5¿ x 8¿ x 2.75¿

Customer Reviews
Simple Fun
This deceptively simple game is addictive. I gave it to my husband for Christmas, but our 7 year old also loves playing. My only complaint would be that the dice are difficult to read because the dots are not well painted.

Great family game
This is a truly enjoyable game. We have had many fun times playing with family and friends!

Shut the Box game is good for all ages!
I had seen this game at my beauty shop, we used to play while waiting to get beautiful....I had asked my husband to make me one, which he hasn't done, but found it when looking for toys for my grandson on Amazon...I received it before Xmas and we have played this at least once a day since! It also helps the younger ones learn to add their numbers and strategize....I highly reccommend it, it's very well made and sturdy and pretty enough to keep on the coffee table.

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From Melissa and Doug

Catch Phrase! From Hasbro

Catch Phrase!
From Hasbro

Catch Phrase! is the frenzied game of fast talking and fast passing. Get the word or phrase, and rattle off as many clues as you can until your team guesses it. Then pass the disk before it buzzes or the other team gets the point. Get verbal, get physical, just don't get caught with the buzzing disk! Includes disk player, game board, word/phrase disks, electronic randomized timer, 2 tokens and storage tray. For 4 or more players, ages 18 and up. Requires 2 AAA batteries (not included). Made in USA.

Product Details

• Brand: Parker Brothers
• Number of items: 1

Features

• Fast-passing, fast-talking game
• Get a word or phrase then rattle off clues to help your team guess it
• Includes disk player, game board, word/phrase disks, electronic timer, 2 tokens and storage tray
• For 4 or more players; ages 18yrs. and up
• Requires 2 AAA batteries(not included)
• For 2-4 People

Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
In this lightning-fast game of words and phrases, give as many clues as you can until someone on your team yells the word or phrase you want to hear. Gesture as much as you want, say anything you want. If the buzzer goes off while you're holding the disk, the other team gets the point! Catch Phrase requires two AAA batteries, which are not included.

Customer Reviews
Lots of Laughter
We played this game on Christmas eve with 10 people, 5 per team, we were all adults and we had great time. Everybody loved it so much that we played it again Christmas night. We had a lot of laughs, it was so much fun.

replacemnt discs????
Does anyone have any idea if replacement disks are available and where you would purchase. My only complaint is if you play it for a while, the same questions come up.

Catch Phrase - A Family Game, review
A wholesome Q & A game for older children and adults...ideal for family time together.

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Mousetrap From Hasbro

Mousetrap
From Hasbro

Build a better mousetrap and you can catch your opponents mouse before yours is caught! As you travel around the board, collect pieces to create your trap, then put it together and start up the whole crazy chain reaction this is no ordinary mousetrap! For 2 to 4 players.


Product Details

• Size: one size
• Color: one color
• Brand: Hasbro
• Model: 4657
• Dimensions: 15.70" h x 10.60" w x 3.50" l, 2.69 pounds

Features

• Contraption-building table game that pits players against each other as mice trying to navigate through a complex mousetrap
• Race to the finish and nab your opponent's mouse before your own gets caught
• Includes game board, 4 plastic mice, 2 metal marbles, 25 mouse trap building parts, and 52 cheese pieces
• Instructions in English and Spanish
• For 2 to 4 players

Editorial Reviews
Editorial Review
Build a better mousetrap? We dare you. Naturally, the object is to trap mice in the mousetrap, while avoiding getting trapped. By rolling the die, you proceed around the game board, collecting cheese pieces and building a mousetrap bit by bit. Once complete, you set the wheels in motion, as it were, to try to capture the opposition's mice. But this is no ordinary trap. With this contraption you start by turning the crank, that rotates the gears, that push the lever, that moves the shoe, that kicks the bucket, that sends the ball down the stairs and into the gutter, that leads to the rod that releases a second ball, that falls through the bathtub and onto the springboard, that catapults the diver into the washtub, that causes the cage to fall and--whew!--hopefully, capture a mouse. The last "mouse" left uncaptured wins --Alison Golder

From the Manufacturer
Can you build a better mousetrap? Find out in this fun-filled game of crazy mechanical gadgets and chain reactions! Race to the finish and nab your opponent's mouse before your own gets caught!

Customer Reviews
They just don't make them like they used too.
This game has been fun for our 7 year-old. She has enjoyed building it and playing the game.

I'm dissapointed as a parent with the quality. Toys in general just don't seem to be made like they used to. The sections slid around once they were attached to the gameboard which made the end of the game pretty dissapointing because the trap wouldn't always fall. But the kids do like it and it was a fun trip down memory lane for my wife and I.

PURCHASE WITH CAUTION
Buy this board game ONLY if you can answer yes to at least one of the following questions.

1. When you were young did you take pleasure in spending hours-- even days -- tinkering with old cars?
2. Do you enjoy taking apart and putting together broken items -- that never manage to work again?
3. Does frustration bring you happiness?
4. Do you have an engineering degree?

Poor construction
I bought this game for my children, because I remembered it from my childhood. Unfortunately, the construction of the pieces hasn't improved over time. The first problem is that the boot fits too tightly on the post ~ which makes it impossible for it to swing far enough to hit the next piece. The second problem that we had was that the helping hand doesn't hit the bathtub in a way to make it tilt right, no matter how we turn it. After a frustrating game that seemed to never end (until we started using our hands to compensate for the non-functional pieces), my kids have put this game on the shelf, and will probably never touch it again.

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Taboo From Hasbro

Taboo
From Hasbro

Product Description
How do you get your team to say diamond, if you can't say baseball, ring, carats, jewel or engagement' You might say, "These are a girl's best friend. Hope is a huge one. The World Series is played here. Some are found in the rough." Get your team to say the secret word. Give suggestive sentences, funny phrases or even one word hints as clues. But don't use any of the words on the card. That's Taboo! Each time your team shouts out the secret word, you get a point. But be careful! Your opponents will be "looking over your shoulder" - making sure you don't say any of the Taboo words. If you do and they catch you, they sound the buzzer and score the point! It's unspeakable fun. Take our word for it! For 4 or more players. Game includes: 504 cards, card holder, buzzer, timer, score pad, and instructions. Requires 2 "AA" alkaline batteries (not included).


Product Details

• Brand: Hasbro
• Model: 4015 S5
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.70" h x 8.00" w x 3.50" l, 1.95 pounds

Features

• 4 or more players.
• Ages: Adult

Editorial Reviews
Editorial Review
It sounds so simple: get your team to name common words without voicing a few choice descriptors. But could you describe a wristwatch without mentioning time, wrist, or clock? Taboo rewards those who think--and speak--fast. The team that correctly identifies as many words as possible in a minute (measured with an hourglass timer) wins. If a member of the opposing team, armed with the blaring buzzer, catches the clue giver using any of the taboo words, a point is deducted from the group's score. It's a good idea to separate people who know each other well, because their familiarity can be too great an advantage. If the clue is spinach, prompting with "Mom made this every Monday" just doesn't seem fair, though it is permissible according to the rules. Playing Taboo requires an AA battery and a sense of humor--you'll need them both! The timer is included. Taboo is for four or more players. --Leah Ball

From the Manufacturer
It's unspeakable fun! Guess, yell or scream out the answers but don't say the TABOO words! This set features more than 1,000 words to guess.

Customer Reviews
Great for mixed crowds (old and young)!
My wife and I have been playing Taboo for years, but usually in pretty homogenous groups (i.e., other adults). Well, on New Year's Eve, we pulled it out and played with a large group, including adult friends, our kids, and our kids' friends. The result was a riot!

Some of the younger ones are at a disadvantage, since they don't know of some of the persons and things referenced on the cards. If the kids are spread across the teams, this works out okay. If you are playing adults vs. kids, then you may need to tweak the rules a bit (e.g., letting them get a number of free passes to go on to the next card). It was definately something we'll do again, and the kids brought a refreshing perspective to the game.

Fun, classic, gets everyone energized
Taboo is a classic party game that is fun for a group of friends. It is easy to learn and the rules are simple.

Taboo works well for both groups that know each other well or don't know each other well as an early ice breaker. Setup is minimal and can be fun for everyone involved with very little "down time" for people to get bored.

I highly recommend getting Taboo for your home as it can be easily pulled out and played for any short or long period of time as a time filler.

Fun
Fun game as long as you have enough people to play with (at least 4)

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Mad Gab From Mattel

Mad Gab
From Mattel


Introducing the new game that has everyone speaking a strange new language called Mad Gab. Read a group of simple words aloud, like: "Ask Rude Arrive Her." You and your team-mates have 30 seconds to sound out three puzzles. Guess right and snatch that card. Miss it, and the other team can steal the point.

O.K. the time is set, the card flipper is loaded, and everyone's ready for a laugh riot. Just remember, when it comes to scoring points in Mad Gab, it's not what you say, it's what you hear.
Includes 1,200 Mad Gab puzzles on 300 cards, timer unit, flipper unit, timer/flipper label, score pad and instructions. For 2 to 12 players.

Product Details

• Brand: Mattel
• Model: G6850
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 6.00" w x 6.00" l, 1.63 pounds

Features

• Teams work to decipher groups of unrelated words into real phrases before time runs out
• Timer included to monitor each teams time
• It's a game sure to spur laughter
• Includes 1,200 mad gab puzzles on 300 cards, timer unit, flipper unit, timer/flipper label, score pad and instructions
• For 2 to 12 players

Customer Reviews
Enjoyable
My family recently received this MAD GAB as a Christmas gift and played it at a recent family gathering. I had played the game several times before as had some of my siblings, but most of our family had never played before. We had a wonderful time playing the game and it is now included on a list of games for future gatherings. The game revolves around the box of cards. The cards have a list of words on them. Read silently the words don't make much sense, but when read allowed the words sound like familiar phrases, people, places, events, etc. For example, "Dock Terse Ooze" is Dr. Suess, "Dry Fin Moo Fee" is Drive-In Movie, "Ace Height Force Oar Rise" is `a sight for sore eyes', etc. There are 300 cards total with 4 puzzles per card. The game includes the box of cards, a timer, card flipper, notebook, and rulebook. Like most families with many games, we didn't really follow the "official" rules and just played. I've played the game with people who are a stickler for the "official" rules and the game was just as fun. The suggested game winning total is 30 points, but you can play to as many or few points as wish or none at all. There have been some that have suggested that this game is no fun unless you are drunk. I've never been drunk while playing MAD GAM, but I have played the game with drunk people before and the game is just as fun with drunkards as it is playing with sober people. I have also used the game before as a time-filler at the end of class in school and have used the game as a way to give a short lesson about enunciation in high school public speaking classes. The only drawback to the game is that like many word games that require a reservoir of previous knowledge, MAD GAB is not a game that young children will probably understand or relate to very well. They might enjoy listening to some of the hilarious words that are spoken or reading the funny mixed-up words, but they probably will not be able to guess many of the answers. Overall, MAD GAB is an original game that can provide a family with older children hours of family entertainment.

Lots of fun!!
This game is a lot of fun if you are a certain age/precocious child. I wouldn't recommend to ages under 13 unless they are very intelligent. Some of my family (mid 30's) can't seem to figure it out, or they just don't see how it's fun. I am a teenager, and I enjoy playing this game with my 40 year-old dad. We love it! I guess you just have to like puzzles and educational fun. It is mainly a word game, so you have to be pretty good with words and phrases. I hope this was helpful.

fun for all ages
We have taken this game to several holiday parties. We have played it with family member and friends of all ages. Our boys like to read the cards to the grown ups and let them figure out what they are saying. The game gets everyone talking and laughing. Very easy to use--no game board. There are so many cards in the box that we will never memorize the game. It will be fun for years to come. I highly recommend this game for people who love word games.

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Quiddler

Quiddler
From SET Enterprises Inc

The challenge of Quiddler is to arrange your entire hand into words. Draw and discard in turn. Try to use those high point letters, but don't get caught with them uncombined! Quiddler is fast paced because you can play using everyday words. A bonus is given for the most words in each round (so little words can help you win), as well as for the longest word. Quiddler is a delightful challenge for both rookies and word game lovers. Quiddler is for up to eight players.

Product Details

• Brand: SET Enterprises
• Model: 4098364
• Released on: 2007-05-01
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.50" h x 1.00" w x 4.25" l, .49 pounds
  

Features

• The SHORT Word Game. The challenge of Quiddler is to arrange your entire hand into words.
• Contents: 118 cards & instructions. Solitaire instructions are also included.
• Ages: 8 to adult/1-8 players
• The Play: 8 rounds per game, players draw and discard until someone forms their hand into words using two or more cards per word. Once a player goes out, everyone else gets one last chance to draw and put down the words they have made.

Editorial Reviews
Editorial Review
The rules are brutal, but the rewards are worth it in this card game that works a bit like Scrabble. Although there is a solitary version of the game for one player, you can play with up to eight. Cards containing letters of the alphabet and special combinations of letters are dealt in increasing number each time the dealer completes a round. Once you've collected your share, you can discard and pick up a new card with each turn. The object is to turn all the letters in your possession into dictionary-proof words while leaving one stray card as a final discard. You want to be the first to accomplish the goal, of course, but there is a scoring system that makes the play competitive for everyone. One nice element is the cards themselves: the letter design is based on beautiful artwork from Celtic manuscripts. This card game is a 1999 Parents' Choice Silver Award winner. --Tom Keogh

From Parents' Choice®
Make either the most words or the longest word from the letter cards dealt and by rummy-like drawing and discarding. The challenge heightens as one more card is added in each subsequent round, and the number of cards increases from three to ten. A 1999 Silver Award Winner. Recommended for ages 8 and up. (Ruth B. Roufberg, Parents' Choice®).

From the Manufacturer
Quiddler

Customer Reviews
A+ for FUN!
I bought this game for family game nights over the holidays. It was an absolute hit. I was a little leery about purchasing a card game based on internet recommendations alone, but rest assured this game is well worth it. If you like word games, Quiddler is sure to be a winner. The game is very simple to learn and doesn't require a long time to play.

Great gift
I bought this as a gift for my 9 year old daughter and we love it. We've played it together a few times and it's a lot of fun and it's great for learning. Playing the game with me is helping her learn bigger words and reinforcing words she already knows and can spell. I would recommend it to any one that wants a fun and educational toy for their child. It's also a great way to spend quality time with your child as they learn and have fun.

A favorite card game
We have been playing Quiddler for years and are always introducing friends and family to this fun game. I purchased 4 to give out for Christmas gifts. Even sent one to Italy this year. It's a nice balance of luck and skill. If you like scrabble, you'll like Quiddler. It's a shorter, less intense game and helps everyone work on word skills.

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