Board game, 3-5 players, ages 8+

Once upon a time, in far-off China, there lived a mandarin duck. This duck was very sad because he wanted to give his sweetheart a special gift, but didn't know what would please her. One night, when the moon was full, the frogs that shared his pond decided to help him by gathering a beautiful bouquet of water lily blossoms for him to give his beloved. The frogs divided into teams of 3, and hopped frantically from lily pad to lily pad, each team trying to gather the most beautiful lotus blossom bouquet. Relive this loony leapfrog race and lead your team to victory by aiding your opponents' frogs - who can't help but do the same for you. Well, let's hope so, anyway!

 

Price:   £13.99

Board game, 2-4 players.

Driven by their lust for invaluable Mithril and precious gemstones, the Dwarves dug deeper and deeper under the mountain. Yet, to their horror, one day they had dug too deep and had opened the ancient vault of the sleeping demon Magdar in his primordial prison of lava and shadow. Yet, even as the Demon advanced towards the Dwarves, they were amazed by the gemstones that, driven by Magdars heat, sprung from the rocks before him. They may have dug too deep, but a greedy and daring dwarf could still have a chance to make good on a bad day! In MAGDAR, each player controls a team of dwarves prospecting for riches on a board that is slowly destroyed over the course of play. Do you run back to safety with what few gems you have? Or do you risk Magdar's wrath and dig deeper in search of more? 

Price:   £5.00

Board Game, 3-5 Players by Atlas Games

A board game of pain and loss in a rough parochial school . .

Growing up is never easy ... especially in a rough parochial school where scores are settled on the playground. Between bullies stealing your lunch money, fights breaking out left and right, and schoolmates tattling to the ever-present nuns, a kid just can't catch a break ... or a kiss, as the case may be. Because you're a lover as well as a fighter, and all you really want is to steal a kiss from your sweetheart across the blacktop before the school bell rings and recess is over. The fact that you've bet the last of your lunch money on being the first do it makes it all the more risky. Of course, might makes right here on the playground. If you can't win your money back from the other kids, you can always beat it out of them.

Recess is a strategy board game for three to five players. Players each start with two boy figures and two girl figures on opposite sides of the grid-marked modular board, which is dotted with playground-themed obstacles. Children move like a rook in chess, while nuns move like a queen. A child that lands on a space occupied by another child starts a fight and takes a coin from him. Other children can break up a fight by landing on that same space, or tattle by landing on a nun's space. If a nun moves onto the fight space, the attacker is sent back to the entrance for detention. Finishing thirty of the minute-long turns marks the end of the game, or it ends immediately when one player's boy and girl figures meet on the same space while out of sight of the nuns. The resulting kiss earns two coins from each player, but to win you still have to end up with the most coins.

3 to 5 players - 10 to 30 minutes - ages 8 and up 

Price:   £10.00