WHETHER you’re planning a visit to Grandma’s house or an escape to the beach, travelling with a family during the holiday season can be challenging.
Think: limited packing space, long hours in the car, queues at airports, impatient children and holiday traffic.
Nevertheless, holidays are the perfect time to visit friends or just to get away for a few days to spend some quality family time together. Hasbro, one of the world’s largest toy, game and entertainment experience companies, offers a variety of great board games that are perfect for travelling. They are easy to pack and will keep the children (and the whole family) busy and engaged, wherever you are.
Hasbro’s holiday selection includes:
Fantastic Gymnastics
Get into the swing of things with the newly-launched compelling and unique Fantastic Gymnastics game. Players time their speed and rhythm to gain momentum to flip the gymnast figure around the high bar. At the right moment, hit the release button to let him fly, and try to stick the perfect landing. Get him to land on the mat on his feet to win. Play solo, head-to-head, or challenge friends to a tournament.
Pie Face:
One of the most popular games for kids, Pie Face is filled with fun and suspense, and somebody’s bound to get splatted! Just add some whipped cream or place a wet sponge on the ‘hand’ of this hilarious game unit and start turning the handles. It could go off at any time, so keep your fingers crossed and hope you’re not the one who gets a splat in the face. You score a point for every time you turn the handle without getting pie-faced, and the one who scores 25 points wins. Take some risks and hope for the best in this hilarious game.
Monopoly Grab & Go
Perfect for playing while on the road, Monopoly Grab & Go lets you trade your way to success while you roll with whatever comes your way from the chance and community chest cards. It’s the perfect, compact way to have Monopoly fun any time, anywhere.
Monopoly Mzansi
Enjoy some quality family time this holiday with Monopoly Mzansi. In this localised version of the classic game of buying, selling, wheeling and dealing – players strive to buy their favourite places in South Africa before their opponents do and try to avoid paying rent on already-owned slots.
Monopoly Junior
Monopoly Junior, the first Monopoly game for kids, allows kids to earn money in a fun way. Kids will learn how to pass Go, buy fun properties like an ice cream parlour, and collect rent while single banknotes keep the transactions fast and easy.
Cluedo Grab & Go
There’s a mystery that needs solving, and you’re just the detective to solve it on the go with Cluedo Grab & Go. Who killed the host of the fancy party? Where were they, and what weapon did they use? The game board has rooms to move into and secret passages to navigate and if you’re a super sleuth you can keep track of the clues in your Detective notebook and solve the case. When the case is solved, you can store all the cards and parts in the all-in-one game unit – until the next murder.
Guess Who? Grab and Go
Perfect for long car journeys, Guess Who challenges the question: Who is the champion guesser? Maybe it’s you in this portable version of the classic game. Every time you ask your opponent a question, the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer gets you closer to whoever is on their mystery card. But you had better watch out because they’ll be asking you questions too.
Connect 4
Challenge a friend to disc-dropping fun with the classic game of Connect 4. Drop your red or yellow discs in the grid and be the first to get four in a row to win. If your opponent is getting too close to four in a row, block them with your own disc. Whoever wins can pull out the slider bar to release all the discs and start the fun all over again.
Risk
Take over the world with Risk. In this game of strategy conquest, the goal is simple: players aim to conquer their enemies’ territories by building an army, moving their troops in, and engaging in battle. Depending on the roll of the dice, a player will either defeat the enemy or be defeated. This exciting game is filled with betrayal, alliances and surprise attacks. This holiday, when it comes to taking over the world, it’s all about who is willing to take the biggest Risk.
Twister & JENGA
Add a twist of fun this holiday with Twister, the game that ties you up in knots and gets everyone moving or play the fun block-stacking, stack-crashing game of JENGA that questions how you will stack up against the law of gravity.
With all of these great options to choose from, holiday times will always be fun.
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