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[4 May 2011 | No Comments]
Chocolate Fix: Because 2 weeks after Easter your mom doesn’t need more candy.

 
Is it me or is Easter REALLY close to Mother’s Day this year?  And because they’re so close you really can’t get your mother flowers and candy since the Easter Bunny delivered those two weeks ago.  So what are you going to do?!  Sounds like the perfect time to give Think Fun’s Chocolate Fix!
I know – a lot of you out there don’t consider 1-player puzzle things “games” but we’re going to ignore that just like we did for the Rush Hour and Solitaire Chess reviews.
Chocolate Fix has been out …

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[12 Apr 2011 | One Comment]
You’ve Been Sentenced: To a laugh *if* you pick the right people

To write about or not to write about – sometimes that’s the question.  Games come across my desk all the time and we play them and typically it’s love at first play or not so much (yet I still give them a second chance).  But once in a while there’s a game that didn’t go well in the first play but I have a feeling it was just with the wrong group of people.  You’ve Been Sentenced completely fits into that category.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with this …

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[9 Mar 2011 | 3 Comments]
Split Decision: Actually, it was unanimously voted FUN!

If you follow The Game Aisle on Facebook then you already know that I won the Wonder Woman in Toys award for Social Media given by Women in Toys during Toy Fair last month— and you’re probably sick of hearing about it!  But give me 2 more seconds on the topic.
Obviously I never set out hoping to win an award – I spend time on facebook and twitter simply because I like sharing stories about the industry and meeting new people.  I work at home, with a dog that snores …

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[19 Jan 2011 | 9 Comments]
Solitaire Chess: Recess for your Brain

I mentioned the ThinkFun game Solitaire Chess in my 2010 Picks article and said I needed to play it some more.  Well I got to play it some more during the holidays and I really enjoy it….to the point I leave it on my desk in case I have some down time.  (which I don’t ever, but it motivates me to try to make some!)  Before I tell you about Solitaire Chess, we’re going to do a little flashback to the late 1980s…
When I was in grammar school I was …

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[6 Dec 2010 | 6 Comments]
Scattergories Categories: Best $20 You’ll Ever Spend! (plus reviews from other people)

I know that there are plenty of toy and game inventors that read this site so and I’m sure they’ve had similar experiences – but there’s no feeling in the world quite like seeing your game on the shelf!  It makes all of the hard work and late nights worth it, and dulls the pain of all of the rejection letters that go with being in the business.  My big game this year is Scattergories Categories manufactured by Winning Moves.  Now, I don’t entirely think it’s fair that I review …