Angry Birds Go! Jenga Pirate Pig Attack Game Puts a New Twist on a Classic Game

Thank you to Hasbro for providing a complimentary Hasbro game sample for us to base this review upon and for providing an additional product for our contest prize.  All opinions expressed are my own.

Angry Birds has long been a favorite of most kids and even adults, and they have come out with a new game that will certainly become a treasured game in most houses. Angry Birds Go! Jenga Pirate Pig Attack takes the Angry Birds craze and mixes it with a well-known and loved game, Jenga, to create an adventuresome game that kids are sure to love.

In this game, the pirate ship is set up in a very Jenga-like way and those ornery pigs are defending their fortress. The two players each have their own car (either the red birds or king pig) along with slingshot launcher that they launch at the ship and try to knock down the pieces and pigs. You earn points based on what you knock down and the highest points wins! This is a fast-paced game and is over pretty quickly so they can play again and again.

Setting up the pirate ship is difficult, I won’t lie there, because it has to be very carefully set up and falls apart fairly easy because it’s supposed to at game time. My 12 year old can do it (if he musters all his patience), but my 6 year old cannot. This game is recommended for children ages 8 and up, so bear in mind that, if you buy it for young children, you will be doing most of the set up yourself. My kids really love launching the cars and knocking the ship down; they really couldn’t care less about points. They enjoy playing the game and it’s quickly become a favorite of theirs.

Angry Birds Go! Jenga Pirate Pig Attack Game can be purchased at the Hasbro Toy Shop and at many major retailers nationwide for approximately $29.99.  Right in time for the Holidays, this game is currently promotionally priced at $12.99 on Amazon.

Also look for ANGRY BIRDS GO! from Rovio Entertainment, a recently released mobile game app for Android, iOS, and Windows devices.

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Holiday Gift Idea: FarmVille Zynga Hungry Hungry Herd Game

For those FarmVille fans out there, Zynga has teamed up with Hasbro to introduce Hungry Hungry Herd; a Hungry Hungry Hippos game of the FarmVille variety. Nearly every child I’ve ever known has loved playing the hippo version of this game, so this one is sure to be a hit as well. In addition to being fun for children, Hungry Hungry Herd comes with a bonus for parents: 50 Farm Cash. My kids love playing this game and, being a FarmVille player myself, really enjoyed the farm cash. It’s a win/win!


Checkout this video of Hungry Hungry Herd in action . . . 


Hungry Hungry Herd can be found at most major retailers nationwide such as Walmart, Toys R Us, and Amazon.com. It retails for approximately $24.99, but is currently selling on Amazon for $21.99 with Free Super Saver Shipping.


Thank you to Hasbro for providing a complimentary product sample for us to base this review upon.

How to Plan a #DipDipHooray Family Game Night Dinner (#CBias)

I have always wanted to schedule a regular Hasbro Game Night for our family because spending time together and creating happy childhood memories is extremely important to me.  The problem is that our household is a less than leisurely one.  Our weekends are always filled with chores, errands, and events.  A typical weekday for our children would be school, homework, dinner, bath, and bedtime.  We also manage to squeeze taekwondo classes in there twice a week after school.

I am a little disappointed in myself for not putting my multi-tasking skills to work before now, but it only recently occurred to me that the solution for being too busy to fit in a Family Game Night regularly is to combine dinnertime with game time!  Our children are 5.5, 5.5, and 8.5 years old, so they have not yet reached the age when they will be missing family dinners for other activities.  I need to take advantage of the time we spend together during dinnertime now.

The first step to planning a Family Game Night Dinner would be to make sure you have several board games that can be played by the number of people in your family.  In our case, we needed a game that would allow at least 5 people to play at once.  I really only had a couple that were easy enough for our kindergartners to play, so I decided that I should pick up a new game when I went shopping for the other things I needed for dinner.

The next step would be to pick up some easy no-mess kid-friendly food for dinner.  Tyson Chicken Nuggets, Ore-Ida French Fries, and Heinz Ketchup for dipping seemed like the perfect meal solution.  They are all things I know my children love and the key to a fun Family Game Night Dinner is to have zero fussing about the food, so that we can focus on the fun!  This includes minimizing your time preparing dinner and cleaning up afterwards.  If you do not have a dishwasher, then go ahead and use paper plates and cups, so there will be more time for playing.  The only "extra" thing I did was sprinkle garlic salt and a little pepper on the fries before I put them in the oven.

I was able to find everything I needed in one shopping trip to Walmart, except for the extra fries.  I already had a partial bag of Golden Crinkle French Fries in the freezer, but wanted some extra in case what I had on hand was not enough.  I ended up picking up a bag of Hash Browns instead, but it turned out we did not even need them.

To get the fun started, ask your children to break the rule about not playing with their food by building something cool with their fries and chicken nuggets.  One of the adults will choose the winner, who will then be able to pick which game the family will be playing during dinner.

Our youngest son won the building contest!  He built several small things rather than trying to use all his food to build one structure.  My favorite concoction is his french fry sandwich, which used two chicken nuggets as the bread.

I was hoping our son would choose the new Pictureka game I had picked up, but he opted for the Star Wars Operation game instead.  I really did not mind his choice because I rule at Operation!  (What? No, none of this let the children win nonsense for me.)


I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ Tyson and Heinz #CBias #SocialFabric #DipDipHooray.  All opinions expressed are my own.

Review: Hasbro Play-Doh Smashed Potatoes Board Game

Like most kids, mine love to create things with Play-Doh. When we were offered the Play-Doh Smashed Potatoes game, I knew my family would love to be able to play it and give our opinion. This is not the first Play-Doh item we’ve reviewed, and this one lived up to our expectations as all Play-Doh products have.

The object of Smashed Potatoes is simple: get your Play-Doh character from the beginning to end, through the "Smash Factory", without being squished. It’s a simple but fun game for all ages. My sons, 9 and 4, loved playing it and even my husband and I found ourselves enjoying the game.

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You can buy many Play-Doh products, including Smashed Potatoes, on HasbroToyShop.com, Amazon.com, and other major retailers of Hasbro products. The Smashed Potatoes board game retails for approximately $19.99.


Thank you to Play-Doh for providing a complimentary product sample for us to base this review upon.

Holiday 2010 Review: Hasbro's Pictureka! Disney Edition Board Game

It’s a picture hunt with Pictureka! Disney Edition. Race to beat your opponent to find specified pictures or themes in this Disney board game which follows in the original Pictureka!’s theme. This game is fun for all ages, though designed for six and up, and is sure to entertain everyone for hours. My two boys, Avery(9) and Quinn(3), were in love with this game very quickly and continued to play for over an hour after I stopped. They loved that every turn gave them something new to do and it never got boring. Quinn absolutely loved that it was Disney-themed and kept waiting for his turn to seek out Buzz, Woody, Wall-E, and more of his favorites. The game is simple enough for even little ones to play but can be made more complicated with more rules for older kids. This version of Pictureka! can also be combined with the original version to make a more complex, complicated game.

Currently you can find Disney Edition Pictureka! on Amazon.com for just $9.99 with Free Super Saver Shipping. It normally retails for approximately $15.99. You can also find this game on ToysRUs.com and Walmart.com .

Thank you to Hasbro Games for sending us a complimentary product sample to base this review upon.