Literary Boxing

So, it’s a Saturday night and an ice storm has flattened your choices of watching that family movie. No worries, you can grab a game and give family night a new attitude! I’ve created a list of literary games that are sure to entertain the preschoolers on up through those leery adults who sometimes hesitant to play a game.

These games range in creativity, difficulty, and most definitely, imagination! Check out our local bookstore, Givens Books/Little Dickens if you’re from the Lynchburg, VA area! If not, click on the link here https://www.givensbooks.com and browse from the comfort of your own home!

The following games will spice up your creativity and are sure to chase away the winter blues! 

Brainbox, Once Upon a Time by Mindware – ages 3+, 1 or more players, study, recall details, then roll and answer for the win! 

Mastering Logical Sequencing by Eeboo – ages 4+, 1 or more players, placing tiles in order of story sequencing, (teaches causation, deduction, and narrative logic). Does your story make sense?

Code Stack! by Amigo – ages 6 to adult, 1-8 players, colorful discs are collected to create word codes. Can you decipher your opponent’s secret code?

Cross Clues by Blue Orange Co., – ages 7+, 2-6 players, work together to complete grid of single word clues that form an intersection of 2 code words. Can you make the connection?

Dix It by Libellud – ages 8+, 3-6 players, illustrations lead to clue words to create imaginative stories with token voting. Will you be voted out?

Blank Slate by USAopoly – ages 8+, 3-8 players, word cues are given in search of matching another player’s mind. Can you complete their thoughts?

In a Pickle by Gamewright – ages 10+, 2-6 players, creative thinking when it comes to how words fit within each other, based on their size. Can your story “take the cake” or will it end up sour?