Excellent multi-age card game
588510
This is an excellent game for mixed ages.  It requires very basic adding and subtracting skills that even a 1st grader may be able to handle.  However, it is also fun for an adult playing with children.  It is quick, requires a little strategic thinking and can have many winners in a short period of time.  My grandchildren, ages 6 through 13, love it.
937486
Touted as a high-speed game, Fast Flip will be speedy as soon as my six year old grandson's number skills catch up to the game! He's just starting kindergarten and is still below the recommended age for this game. We like it a lot, and we just play at his pace.

Fast Flip is really three games in one, so it's a great value. It is extremely well designed, from the neat storage tin (which makes it great for travel) to the cleverly designed cards which serve multiple purposes. The instructions are very clear and well-illustrated. Truly well conceived!

Game #1, "Flip It!", is great for a few reasons. It allows a learner to gradually acquire the skills of both counting with one-to-one correspondence, and an additional, valuable skill of being able to count by group - that is, to recognize a given number of a particular fruit element when it is clustered with various distracting fruit elements. My grandson was very weak in that group-counting skill, but as we played, he caught on beautifully and became moderately proficient. It's a different way to think about counting and this game teaches it well. The player who identifies the correct answer calls it out.

Game #2, "Token Grab," plays off the skills from #1 but adds a layer of identification and movement because the player must visually identify an element present in a certain number on upturned cards, then reach for and secure the token bearing a number or fruit that solves the problem presented by the upturned cards. There is no calling out, just observing and grabbing a token. For the active child who is all verbally hyped up after a round of Game #1, it's a good way to switch gears mentally to enhance learning.

Game #3, "Token Line," is just a variation of the flip and match gameplay of the first two, with the tokens in a configuration that dictates what is being looked for on each flip.

The cards are really cute and have a lot of fruits depicted on their group side, making the challenge level high enough to engage older children and even adults. But the youngest number learners can profit greatly from exercising their counting skills in a new, fun, and helpful way. We haven't progressed to the point where we can really play the game fast, and I acquiesce to my grandson's slower skills enough to keep him from feeling defeated.
1641523
I've been playing this with my 7 year old and we love it!  It is much more fun (and less frustrating) than regular Yahtzee.  The game is about rolling dice to try to get a card (e.g., 4 of a kind, 2s, etc.).  Or to steal a card that an opponent just won a previous turn. If no card is stolen/rolled, then you use chips to add up (they add up fast on harder cards such as 4 of a kind - making it a trump if you roll a 4 of a kind on your turn!).  What makes this fun is that with each roll (and each player gets 3 rolls on their turn), you can go for one of the three cards on the board or try to steal an opponent's card.  So there are very few 'wasted' turns as there are with regular yahtzee.

Also of note is the beautiful presentation of this game.  It has a fancy fold up board that turns into the box bottom.  The top is lined in flocked paper so you have a rolling surface that is contained.  The board has special 'holders' for your dice from each turn, and the storage box is flocked also.  Even the instructions are beautifully presented in a special die cut fold out.  It's ironic you can't see just how interesting this is from the outside of the box.

In all, I've never really liked yahtzee but I greatly enjoyed this game.  The presentation and play are first rate, fun, and it is something that is good for a wide range of ages (e.g., if you have a family of 4 of different ages, they can all play together equally with no advantage for someone being older).
4010417
My husband bought this for our five year old.  He is just learning to read, so when we first played the game, we had to read all the cards for him, but he quickly memorized each one and what they do by the pictures and by playing them.  The object and rules are fairly simple:  try to win by being the first to get to 20 points or eliminating all the other players,  its not hard to learn, but can be hard to master because there are many paths to victory and it's as much about strategy as it is about chance.  My son especially likes the variety of power cards one can "purchase" with "energy points" during the game that can cause one to gain extra victory points, or heal faster, or deal extra damage or get extra re-rolls or steal other monster's powers, and a whole host of other factors that make the game different every time you play it..  Some days I am thoroughly trounced by my five year old (and I'm fighting tooth and nail to win).  We haven't played with any of the expansion cards yet, which give specific monsters specific powers, but they look like they will add even more to the game.
3429794
I've been regularly playing this game with my kids (ages 7 and 4) for about six months now. They both love it and I find it fun myself.

While it's obviously intended for kids a little older, the game is simple enough where my 4 y.o. son was able to pick up on the basic rules of how the kings, queens, knights, dragons, etc. work after playing on a team with me the first couple of dozen times. He lays out his cards face up so I can help him figure out the math equations (his older sister and I just otherwise try to pretend we don't see the rest of his cards).

We've also modified the rules to reinforce the arithmetic my 7 y.o. daughter is learning in school to include not just the straight addition that the rules say, but to also include combos of addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Basically, if she can make a valid equation using the numbers in her hand, she can trade in the cards.

As for keeping adults interested, the game is well designed so that each game is different and, while not necessarily requiring deep strategic thinking, mentally stimulating enough to keep adults engaged and actually wanting to play it not just because it's something to do with the kids (a worthy enough reason) but because the game is genuinely fun in its own right.

We've probably played at least a couple of hundred hands already and the game still seems to have life in it for all of us. A suggestion to play Sleeping Queens is usually greeted with cheers and running to get the deck. If you're looking for a reasonably priced game that has a chance of being played more than a couple of times, definitely give Sleeping Queens a look.
1039194
A good set collection card game that's works well with children during the holidays!
2458066
I am a huge Magic the Gathering fan. Of course, this is a board game and not the traditional collectible card game, but overall, my kids and I enjoy this quite a bit. My son is a player of the CCG as well - my daughters are not. They've always had a passing interest in the artwork and the worlds, so this board game is a really solid middle ground between the two. Fairly easy to learn, good variety in the mechanics and one we roll out to play a couple of times every few weeks or so.
2109612
I have a 6 and 8yr old, and they LOVE this game.  Great speed, fun pictures, and not to many cards to hold.  They love playing this game and it's easy to pack for travel.  They have even created deep back stories for each of the Kings and Queens.

Excellent game, can't recommend high enough!
981336
I just learned and played this card game at a weekend gaming convention yesterday. I liked it so much that here I am buying it the next day. It's quick to learn, quick to play, and appeals to a wide age range.
3290768
This game has been so much fun. Our kids are 11, 9, and 8 (we have a 4 year old as well) and the three oldest can play this and request to pull it out night after night. I love the fact that there are adult cards and kids cards - the cards have been just the right challenge level for BOTH age groups and we are thoroughly enjoying adding this to our game collection.
2751787
Spot It is a very nice cardgame for all the family. My three years old already loves to play it.
3394070
Very fun game. The great number of different cards offer a great deal of diversity. The booklet explains the game thoroughly and also explains many different ways of playing the game and give tips to spark the creativity of the game master to think of even other ways to do it. It is nice (especially for beginners) that the character cards has an explanation of the character's ability on them and it's great that each card has a score on it, indicating to the game master the strength of that card.
746466
Fun card building game that plays differently every time due to the Nobles and randomness of the cards.  Kids of all ages seem to enjoy this game and it is a game we can play with regularity without it feeling mundane
3578361
This is definitely one of the best card games we've bought--including several from Gameright. It tests one's memory, strategies, a good poker face, and of course, above all one must have good luck with each round. My 4 year old son and my older daughter both play this game. Believe it or not, my husband and I also enjoy playing the game with them. The cards are made of durable material. It is worth every penny. Highly recommend it.
1489880
"Apples to Apples" is one of the best family games that I have had the pleasure of playing in a long time. We tried it with five players, ranging from 16 to 73, and played five rounds in roughly four hours, with everyone having a shot at actually winning.

Basic game play is fairly straight forward, with each player being dealt a set of "red" noun cards and then trying to match one of the cards to the Judge's "green" descriptive card. Since the "Judge" rotates from player to player each time, everyone gets a chance to influence the outcome of the game. This is definitely a lively game if you allow lobbying and it certainly helps to know the sense of humor of the Judging player. The instructions also suggest several variations and we quickly adopted "House Rules" that work for us.

I like that there are a lot of each type of card to keep the replay value high but some of the famous names or newer pop culture references were lost on the younger and older players, respectively.

This is an enjoyable and reasonably fast-paced game that just about anyone over the age of 12 can play.

Highly Recommended!

CFH
691621
I somehow mixed this up with other games I was looking at and purchased it as a birthday gift for my 8-year-old niece. I played it with her and her two older sisters (ages 10 and 11), and she was able to keep up with the rest of us, so I think the age level on the game could be lowered a little, especially if an adult is playing with the kids. There were a couple of cards all of the girls struggled with--in some cases I explained what a word meant, and we were able to play the card; in other cases we just agreed to skip the card and pick a different one. I think we played three rounds of the game (each of us filling three score sheets)--it moved along quickly, and none of us got bored. All four of us are looking forward to playing it again, and the 8-year old said it was the "best game ever."

The 15-second time limit players have to write down their 2 answers goes by pretty quickly; that might be one of the challenges for someone as young as 8.  We just allowed for a little looseness on that timing. In addition to having fun for 30 or 40 minutes, there were small opportunities for a little learning while playing the game. Each player needed to do some simple addition to get her score, and there might have been a couple of words added to some of the girls' vocabularies. There was also a lot of laughter.
4515683
Highly recommended, especially for ages 8 and up. First off, the game is beautiful and well constructed. Everything is made of wood, and the colors are very attractive. I find this game to be much more enjoyable than the original sudoko that is played by filling in numbers in a newspaper or book. It is much easier to quickly survey the game board when looking at different colors as opposed to different numerals. Also, you may look at the remaining spheres yet to be placed, something that is not easy to do in standard sudoko. The game contains 100 or so game cards telling you how to set up the board to play 100 games of varying levels of difficulty. But once you finish these, you can use the included 'translation card' to map games you see in the newspaper, books or online onto the Colorku game board. (1=green, 2=red, 3=blue, etc.)

I hope that replacements are available for the individual game pieces, as I would hate to lose one. My only complaint is that some of the colors can be a bit hard to distinguish when reading the cards. Is that light blue or dark blue? Although once you play a few games, you will learn the colors well.