Family Game Night where no one dies.
Posted on November 2, 2009 by Miss Britt in Gift Guides, Media
Our household consists of one grown woman, one grown man, one four year old girl, and one nine year old boy.
Finding something that the four of us can do together is… let’s say… tricky.
My son, for example, loves the Monopoly board game. My daughter can’t add or subtract or sit still for a four hour board game. My daughter loves to color, and my son is so. over. coloring. *eye roll*
We watch a lot of movies as a family (and Lord knows even finding a movie we can all agree on can be agonizing), but once in a while it’d be nice to do something together where talking is allowed.
Enter Hasboro’s Family Game Night for the Wii, which we’ve apparently had forever but never played before.
We played this together for the first time last Friday night, and it was a big hit with everyone.
My son likes it because his little sister can’t cheat. My daughter likes it because she gets to take her own turn and the game will keep score for her and pretty much make her follow the rules whether she understands them or not. My husband and I like it because OMG NO ONE IS FIGHTING! FOR TWO WHOLE HOURS!
The game features several “classic” board games from Hasboro, including Yahtzee, Battleship, Connect 4, Sorry and Sorry Sliders. Our favorite game was Sorry Sliders, mainly because we got a kick out of knocking each other off the board. The game Boggle is also included, and I am dying to kick my husband’s ass play this with my husband one night after the kids go to bed.
If you have a family on your Christmas list, this is a great gift idea. (Tell me I’m not the only one who saves money at Christmas by giving to the unit instead of to each member individually.)
If you have my family on your Christmas list, there is a Family Game Night 2 out.
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Posted on November 2, 2009 by Miss Britt in Gift Guides, Media
If my boyfriend’s little brother gets a Wii for xmas — and I am so asking his mom later this afternoon if that’s what she’s planning on doing — I am totally getting this for all of them. Either that, or I am buying it for myself and bringing my Wii over there.
i think we are finally getting a wii… so this will go on the game list!
Lil’ M is always wanting a family game night and this would be a great twist on that. I’m adding it our list.
Oh, WANT! The only bad thing is that I can’t find this version for sale online in Canada (only FGN 2).
Gonna put them both on my Christmas list and let someone else worry about finding them… mua ha haaa
that’s a free download on xbox too.
Another good family game for the Wii is Toy Story Mania. It is like the ride in WDW.
Really fantastic,I truely like this.
My daughters really don’t care a lot for electronic games but we often sit down as a family and play Monopoly and it amazing the fun we get from such a relatively simple and 75 year old board game. I always thought that it was a game of luck so I have no idea why they always win. Beware though as it can be seriously addictive!