ALEX BRANDS’ Plunge It is a silly game in which players quickly pass the plungers around until they hear the fart noise. Then, players race to be the first to plunge the poop. Designed for kids ages 4 and up, the game will be available in the fall.
LEARNING RESOURCES’ Code & Go Mouse Mania Board Game is an analog coding game that teaches digital skills. Building on the success of Code & Go Robot Mouse, the board game pairs hands-on play with strategies based on fundamental coding concepts. Players take on the roles of rival mice in the hunt for blocks of cheese scattered around the game board. On each turn, players draw coding cards that they string together into sequences of commands to “compute” their way toward the cheese. They’ll have to navigate around maze walls that block their paths, and toward tunnels that speed up their journeys. The player who collects the most cheese wedges at the end of the game wins. Designed for kids ages 5 and up, the game is available now.
Sculptapalooza, from EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS,, is a party game designed for kids ages 10 and up. Players are divided into two teams, and use the squishy Playfoam to sculpt the command on the card. Some cards may challenge a player to sculpt with his or her eyes closed, use his or her sculpture as a charades prop, or tag team with another player to complete the command. If a team guesses what their teammate sculpted before time runs out, they score a point. The first team to earn 20 points wins the game.
Chomp-Itz Crocodile Dinner, from Identity Games, is an action game in which players wear a crocodile mask and try to collect fish using the snout. The first player to collect all of his or her fish and the gold fish wins the game. Designed for kids ages 5 and up, the game launched this summer.
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SPIN MASTER’s Croc ‘n’ Roll is a fastpaced game that gets kids up and moving. Players place the colored lily pads inside the swamp ring, then turn the crocodile loose. Once the crocodile starts moving, players jump from lily pad to lily pad. If a player jumps onto the wrong color, steps outside the swamp ring, or bumps into the Crazy Croc, he or she loses a lily pad. The last player standing on their lily pad wins. Designed for kids ages 3 and up, it will launch this summer.