Category: Toys

[Ad- gifted product] We are a big gaming family, possibly due to the fact that Dann and I both work in games so are always playing games anyway. Robin and Kai are both very much gamers themselves, with Amelia being more into art than games. Robin is our big Xbox Gamer and with her absolute love of SpongeBob SquarePants, we were excited to see SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star game, which is a new SpongeBob game! Previously, another gaming company released a “rehydrated” version of a SpongeBob game I had as a kid, and to be honest, I was disappointed – so there was high hopes for this one!

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[Ad- gifted product] We tend to play board games on our bi-weekly Girls Night on Mondays at our local Geek Retreat, but this week we decided to go with something a little different. Instead of setting up a board game, we set up Riddle Pics Foodcourt Frenzy – one of the food riddle maps in Big Potato Games’ series of them. They’ve created a puzzle series where you build puzzles then find the riddles, but the Riddle Pics have a giant picture that you can then use to find lots of riddles.

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[Ad- gifted product] Our bi-weekly, family board game session, after school, at Geek Retreat featured Good Face Bad Face this time! Kai was already all settled into his Kids DnD session before Amelia, Dann, Robin and I started playing our game. Good Face Bad Face is pretty simple in concept – just containing a deck of cards. All you need to do is collect four Good Face cards to win the entire game. But, you don’t have much control on what you get!

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[Ad- gifted product] Robin and Amelia have been very interested in magic tricks since seeing a magician at Blog On earlier this year. Since then, we have been trying out various magic kits including the Dynamic Coins from Marvin’s Magic. Marvin’s Magic has a fantastic app that you can use to teach you the tricks in the various kits you are looking to play with, and also gives you a free trick library full of magic you can do with everyday objects. As Robin doesn’t really like reading and following directions like that, having a video option is a really big help!

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[Ad- gifted product] When it comes to Christmas Gifts, sometimes items that have a little bit of flash about them is the best way to go. This Aqua Bluetooth Speaker is one that we have been using in our house for a few years now, so when Wicked Uncle reached out about doing a review and giveaway, we were onboard. Dann spends some of his evenings at our dining room table, planning out DnD campaigns and listening to music. Looking for something to project his music beyond his cell phone, he went with this flashy Aqua Bluetooth Speaker due to it’s general look and appeal.

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