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You can play… Word Mastermind

by Ellie Dix | Jun 18, 2020 | Games and Puzzles to Play

Mastermind is a classic two-player game that has a special place in the memory (and cupboard) of many people. The satisfyingly tactile coloured pegs that you can pop out from the back of the board, the triangular screen that you kept knocking over by accident…...

Make Your Own Polyomino Puzzles

by Ellie Dix | May 21, 2020 | Board Game Families, Games and Puzzles to Play

Here’s a polyomino puzzle that’s easy to create for someone else to solve. Grab another member of your family and each make some puzzles for the other to solve. These polyomino puzzles are really simple to make, so you can make as many as you want… and it’s very easy...

Countdown!

by Ellie Dix | Apr 16, 2020 | Board Game Families, Games and Puzzles to Play

With lockdown in full swing, many of us have been watching more daytime TV than is usual (and possibly healthy). But, at least some programmes provide an intellectual challenge! Not least, the British institution that is… Countdown. A simple idea. Three games...

Board games you can play via videoconferencing

by Ellie Dix | Apr 9, 2020 | Board Game Families, Games and Puzzles to Play

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing us to get creative. Board gaming is no different. We’ve previously relied on game nights and meetups to play with friends, but now we are finding ways to meet and play virtually. So having spent a few weeks experimenting with...

Five Dice Pig

by Ellie Dix | Mar 12, 2020 | Games and Puzzles to Play

Pig is a ‘push your luck’ game for two or more people, usually played with a single die. In the standard version, on her turn, a player throws the dice as many times as she wishes. She totals the score on the die each time she throws. If she throws a 1, she busts, her...

Ultimate Noughts and Crosses

by Ellie Dix | Feb 13, 2020 | Games and Puzzles to Play

Noughts and crosses is boring. But there is a way to pimp up the game to make it much more interesting. Introducing…Ultimate Noughts and Crosses. Draw a big 3 x 3 grid, and within each square of the grid, draw another 3 x 3 grid. You now have 9 noughts and...