Are you ready for a new game or games for your family fun night? As I have mentioned before, the kids and I love to play games! For this review, we jumped up and down at the chance to receive two very fun games, Wonky: The Crazy Cubes Card Game and Tapple: Fast Word Fun for Everyone, from USAopoly.
USAopoly is a leading manufacturer of board games and puzzles. Their company values include: bringing a smile, playing fair, doing it right, honoring your word and giving it your best. According to the company they “strive to represent [these values] in our products.” I can assure you that these two games have brought many smiles to the faces in our house!
Tapple
Tapple is a fast-paced game designed for 2 or more players ages 8 and above. (However, it is possible for some children younger than 8 to play.)
The goal of Tapple is to think of a word that fits the current category card and “tap” the first letter of that word within 10 seconds. Some examples of Tapple categories include:
- Utensils & Appliances
- Bugs & Insects
- Cheeses
- Historical Figures
- Flowers
- Hobbies
- Villains and many, many more.
If the time runs out before you tap a letter you are out for the rest of that round. The winner is the first person to collect three category cards. Tapple requires two AA batteries for the timer. It is very easy to transport since the cards are stored in the bottom of the game.
The kids rave that Tapple is AWESOME! I love watching them concentrate so hard to think of a word and then once they tap the letter a big smile crosses their faces.
Wonky
Wonky is for 2 or more players and is recommended for those 8 and up; however even Quinton, age 4, has picked up on it and absolutely loves it!! Each player receives 7 cards initially. These cards have various actions such as stacking a certain color or size block, reversing the direction of play, passing a turn to the next player etc. The winner is the person who uses all the cards in his/her hand or is able to stack the 9th block on the tower.
Although this sounds easy enough, watch out for those blocks, they are “Wonky!” Some of the sides of the blocks are straight but others are cut at an angle or a curve. This makes stacking them very tricky. Then to add to the difficulty, the blocks don’t always get stacked smallest to largest. You end up with a fun, challenging game that our family has LOVED!
What Did We Think About Tapple and Wonky?
The kids and I have really, really had fun playing both games from USAopoly!! It looks like Tapple and Wonky will be favorite family fun night games for a long time. Both games would make excellent gifts for your family.
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Jennifer
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