Is the Hedbanz Kids Guessing Game worth buying?

Skip it — just act out the same premise with sticky notes on your forehead and save yourself the headache, literally. Look, family game night doesn’t have to be a production. The best games we own are the ones that take five minutes to explain, fit back in their box without a twenty-minute Tetris session, and leave everyone in a good mood at the end — or at least not a worse mood than when they started. If I had to pick one piece of advice from all our trial and error, it’s this: buy one cooperative game and one competitive one, because some nights your family wants to work together and some nights someone needs a safe outlet for their competitive energy. Rosie and I have pretty much settled on Outfoxed when we want teamwork and Ticket to Ride when we want chaos. If you’ve found a game that your family keeps coming back to, drop it in the comments — I’m always looking for the next thing to add to the rotation. Rosie has already started a wish list, so I’ll take all the help I can get.

Note W000411. Filed.