What is the name of a popular dish of bratwurst and mashed potato often served in English pubs? What is the name of the typical bottle shape for Franconian wines? And which alcoholic mixture is the national drink of Madeira? These and other entertaining questions can be found in the Bon appétit culinary quiz. There are 4 possible answers to choose from...
Similar to Balderdash or Call My Bluff, except focusing on words that are (or sound like they could be) "naughty" - generally relating to reproduction, fidelity, anatomy, and amorous activities. Three options are given, but unlike the two aforementioned games, in Bonk! players do not elaborate or make up definitions. For example, which of the following...
Cards come in four categories: fill-in-the-blank, add-ons, rhyme time, and letter perfect. In the first three, a 'keyword' is announced, and an opposing player or team tries to name the four additional words on the card that are related to the 'keyword' in the same way. That is, all four i) can fill in the blank to form a two-word phrase with the keyword...
An instructional game, designed to increase familiarity with books and interest in reading them. Intended for teachers and librarians. Players take turns drawing Question cards, which have trivia questions based on children's literature. Depending on their answer, they may advance or retreat on a track, and may draw another card. If questions and answers...
"The Book Game" consists of 4000 questions and answers (1000 designed especially for children) taken from "The Book" (a version of the Bible). A "Question & Answer" game (ala Trivial Pursuit). Correctly answer a question and advance your pawn one space. Be the first to reach the "Finish" space by advancing your pawn seven spaces. On your turn, instead of...
The Book Game for Kids is a game based on The Book and The Book for Children paraphrasing the Bible. The game itself starts by players picking what level of questions that they want to answer; Easy, Medium, or Hard. The players have pawns that they move around the board from a Start point to a Finish line. First player to cross the Finish line is the...
Based on the 1970's best seller The Book of Lists. One player takes a card with several partial lists from the book (such as States with highest per capita income (1976), Largest Labor Unions, 7 most popular US Presidents based on a poll, etc.) He rolls dice to choose which item to read. He and the players then bet chips on where the item appeared on the...
A sister game to Bible Quest, this one uses a different game mechanic and is aimed Latter-day Saint (Mormon) families, drawing on knowledge of the Book of Mormon. It includes a somewhat Pacheesi/Sorry-like board, rules/questions booklet, 12-sided die, 4 pawn, 4 Celestial Markers (colored tokens), 10 white bonus tokens. In a turn, a player is first asked a...
Bookchase is a new desktop family game based on books. Suitable for players from 5 years upwards. Each player has a small bookshelf which they must fill with six small books. Books can be claimed by visits to the Library space, by answering multiple-choice category questions and by chance events on the turn of special Award/Sentence cards. Each small book...
Booktastic! presents itself as "The first board game for book lovers, their friends, and families!". Players walk around a small town by rolling a die. When stopping by a bookstore, players can buy (and in some places, sell) books to try improve their collection or earn money. Each round a player also gets a question to answer. There are three levels of...
The object of Bookworm is to be the first player or team to move your playing piece around the board from A to Z. However, it requires that you correctly answer questions based on children's literature from many different periods. While some of the questions seem rather obscure, for a literature lover, this game is a fun test of knowledge. But it primarily...