TOP GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS 2008
The post-lunch Christmas Games session is likely to feature a blast from the past this year. Family favourites get a new twist, with top 12 appearances from a reinvented Cluedo ¸ Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition (both Hasbro), 20Q Hand Held, Scrabble 60th Anniversary Edition (both Mattel) and the Rubik’s Cube Game (Drumond Park). For something more energetic, families can battle it out on the Bop It Extreme 2 (Hasbro), the Kids Are All Right Electronic Game (Vivid Imaginations) or the brand new visual hide-and-seek game Pictureka! (Hasbro). When the adults tire, kids will have their own fun with the Disney Princess Magic Mirror Game (Jumbo), High School Musical 2 DVD Game (Mattel), Tomy’s hilarious new gallery-style shooting game Quack-Shot, or the In The Night Garden Play Path (Hasbro).
OFFICIAL TOP CHRISTMAS GAMES 2008
High School Musical 2 DVD Game - Scrabble 60th Anniversary
- Kids Are All Right
- Monopoly Here & Now
- Quack-Shot
- Disney Princess Magic Mirror
- Cluedo
- Pictureka!
- 20Q Hand Held
- Bop It Extreme 2
- In the Night Garden Upsy Daisy
- Rubik’s Cube
Christmas is often associated not only with presents but family Christmas meals and Christmas parties. One of the most important parts of a family Christmas meal are the Christmas games played at the end of Christmas day. Many families include all age ranges from grandparents down to small children. It is therefore essential that you include Christmas games that will involved all people of all ages, or play a Christmas game for children early on, and an adult Christmas game later in the evening on Christmas day.
Some of the biggest Christmas games over the past few years include Connect4, Yahtzee, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Deal Or No Deal and of course Cranium. Deal or No Deal was one of the best selling Christmas presents in 2006 however it looks like this year’s top Christmas game will be the newly released and updated Cranium 2. For those that haven’t played a Christmas game of the first edition of Cranium won’t realise that this game caters for almost all levels of age. It includes answering general knowledge questions, acting out films, drawing actions and modelling objects with clay.
The long awaited update to Monopoly has also arrived and reflects the change in the house market. No more Old Kent Road for £18! Monopoly has always been an old favourite as Christmas games on Christmas day and any other day as it provides interaction with children. Playing games with children is essential to their development and when we say games; we mean board games, not the latest PS3 or Xbox games. Xbox games and Nintendo Wii games will feature in many top Christmas present lists for boys and Christmas gifts for girls, but a board game at Christmas helps with children’s learning’s and is essential family time over the Christmas period.