by Ellie Dix | May 10, 2022 | Games and Puzzles to Play
In this game, playing cards represent flowers. Flowers start in one of six flowerbeds or within your bouquet. Pick all the flowers from the garden in the right order to win the game. Flower Garden is a solo patience game. You will need one standard 52-crd deck of...
by Ellie Dix | Mar 31, 2022 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Chomp your way through a chocolate bar, but avoid taking the last square. Chomp is a game for exactly 2 players. You will need paper and two pens. Preparation Each player takes a pen. Draw a rectangular grid on the paper to represent the chocolate bar. You could...
by Ellie Dix | Jan 27, 2022 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Sevens is a dice game for 2+ players which relies on lucky rolls! You will need: Six regular 6-sided dice Pen and paper for scoring How to play The game takes place over a number of rounds. Every player has a turn in each round, but you must rotate the starting...
by Ellie Dix | Jan 20, 2022 | Game Reviews, Games and Puzzles to Play, News
I present a show on Teacher Hug Radio called The Game School. It’s a show about all sorts of tabletop games and how to use them for teaching and learning. There’s a new episode every two weeks. Listeners in the UK can tune in live through the Teacher Hug...
by Ellie Dix | Jan 6, 2022 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Farkle is a push-your-luck dice game for 2-6 players. It’s quite fun and there’s something rather lovely about having super-high scores. Preparation You will need six regular 6-sided dice. If you can’t find any, you can ask google to roll some for...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 14, 2021 | Games and Puzzles to Play
This blog post is an extract from The Board Game Family: Reclaim your children from the screen. Games do not need to be restricted to the table. Weave elements of friendly competition throughout other aspects of family life to increase engagement and draw everyone...
