The Easter Bunny’s Bringing GAMES!
I’m one of those “picky candy” people and frankly, some of the easter classics just don’t do it for me.  I’m not a fan of jelly beans, peanut butter eggs, malted milk balls,  — even chocolate bunnies meet a slow demise as little bits are chopped off and eaten over a period of weeks or even months.  I’d much rather find only a chocolate egg or two keeping a game company in my Easter basket!  Can you guess where this is going?  YES!  Let’s talk about …

 
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m a big fan of dice games.  Therefore, when I saw Farkle Frenzy at the Patch booth at Toy Fair I was excited to get my hands on a copy!  (It was mentioned in my 2011 Toy Fair article, part 2.  See HERE) This time it wasn’t just because it’s a dice game that looks fun, but because it took away one of the things I dislike about classic Farkle – the waiting.  You see, Farkle Frenzy is an all-play game, so you no longer have time to …

Part 1 of this article is a reprint from an article I wrote for Global Toy News; Part 2 reviews the two games.
Every holiday season at some point I end up raiding the game shelves at my father’s house looking for something to play.  I’ll admit that over the years, I’ve “liberated” many of my favorites and they now reside in one of my game cabinets, but there are some that I’ve left for sentimental reasons (and there are others that haven’t made the cross-town journey simply because I’m afraid …

A couple weeks ago, I was watching a PBS special on people’s memories of Chicago and one sweet-looking old lady recalled how you used to be able to walk into a store, grab some sheet music, hand it to the piano player and he’d play it from sight so you would know that it was the song you wanted and that you liked the arrangement.  Essentially you could try it before buying it and you don’t see that often anymore.   Maybe if you’re lucky you’ll have a neighborhood game store …