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It's kind of ironic that fun stuff is often more than pure entertainment. Playing catch is good exercise. Movies can help us understand the world a little better. People like doing what they like to do, and that's why those things are often the best paths to maturity and growth.

Now comes the boring didactic essay about how good games are for us. Okay, maybe not. But don't think there's no benefit to playing games just because that isn't the reason most of us play them. Games help us learn to better interact with others, think strategically and logically, plan our future, and build our wrist muscles through repeated dice-rolling.

At the end of the day, though, games are just super fun. (Yes, super fun—my chess set is a super chess set and runs around in a cape when he's not being played.)

We could get all sentimental here and talk about how playing games lets us be with the people we love, but we won't. At least, not a lot. (Of course, sometimes relationships are jeopardized by playing games, as when dad won't sell mom his Monopoly properties.) Just this: would you rather remember sitting beside your siblings watching TV, or playing Dutch Blitz with them at the kitchen table?

In the end, this: Games get kids unglued from the Cartoon Network. Games require a measure of thought. Games are fun. If these aren't good reasons to play games, the employees and owners of this store are operating under a severe misunderstanding of reality. In other words, we really like games around here and (though we feel no defense is necessary) believe playing them is actually a beneficial activity despite the super fun exterior.

We try to stock a wide variety—card games, strategy games, skill-based games, children's games, classic games. We're working on uploading rules and instructions, artwork, reviews, and samples of what we offer. This is the youngest section of our store, so please be patient during this process, and don't call us names if we don't have enough information on a particular product. That makes us sad, especially Caleb, who's really pretty sensitive despite his tough-as-nails action hero exterior.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
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101 Questions on How to Play Chess
by Fred Wilson
from Dover Publications
for 3rd-Adult
in Game Books (Location: LOG-GAME)
$3.00 (3 in stock)
500 Five Minute Games
by Jackie Silberg
2011 Reprint from Gryphon House
for Nursery-1st grade
7 Wonders: Leaders Expansion
from Asmodee Games
Fast-paced strategy game for 10 and up
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
All About Reading Pre-Reading - Package
from All About Learning Press
for Preschool-kindergarten
in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)
$119.95
ARTributes: Describe & Draw - game
for 1st-6th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Band-in-a-Box
from Melissa & Doug Toys
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Bill of Rights Round-Up Game
from The Good and the Beautiful
for 2nd-6th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Book of Artrageous Projects
from Klutz
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Butterfly Bliss Floor Puzzle
from Melissa & Doug Toys
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Carcassonne
by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede
from Z-Man Games
Family/Strategy game for ages 8 and up
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Carcassonne - Inns & Cathedrals
by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede
from Rio Grande Games
for 4th-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Carcassonne - The Princess & the Dragon
by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede
from Rio Grande Games
for 4th-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Carcassonne - Traders & Builders
by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede
from Z-Man Games
for 4th-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Carcassonne - Winter Edition
by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede
from Z-Man Games
Family/Strategy game for ages 8 and up
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Carcassonne: Gold Rush
by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede
from Z-Man Games
Family/Strategy game for ages 8 and up
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Cat's Cradle
by Anne Akers Johnson
from Klutz
for 3rd-6th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$12.99
Chang Cheng
from Z-Man Games
Historical Strategy Game for Ages 10 and Up
$29.00
Codenames
for 4th-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Create A Story Cards - Mystery in the Forest
from eeBoo
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Writing Instruction (Location: WRI-INS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Creations in Miniature
in Crafts & Hobbies (Location: SS-CRA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Double-Six Dominoes
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Counting & Place Value (Location: MATM-COUN)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Dutch Blitz - Set
from Dutch Blitz
for 2nd-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Dutch Blitz Blue Expansion Pack
from Dutch Blitz
for 2nd-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$12.99
Dutch Blitz Card Game
by Dutch Blitz
from Dutch Blitz
for 2nd-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$12.99
Dutch Blitz Purple Expansion Pack
from Dutch Blitz
for 2nd-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$12.99
FischerTechnik Advanced Universal 4
for 2nd-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$50.00 (1 in stock)
GeoBrix 3-D Puzzle
from Gamewright Games
for 3rd-6th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Guess Who? game
from Hasbro
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Hot Peas & Barley-O - Book & CD
by Susan Brumfield
from Hal Leonard Corp
for 1st-6th grade
in Europe (Location: HISMC-EUR)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
In a Pickle Deluxe - game
from Gamewright Games
for 4th-8th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Incredible Lego Technic Cars, Trucks, Robots & More!
by Pawel "Sariel" Kmiec with technical advisor Eric "Blackbird" Albrecht
from No Starch Press
for 3rd-Adult
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
Kate Greenaway's Book of Games
by Kate Greenaway
from Viking Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Game Books (Location: LOG-GAME)
Kids Travel: A Backseat Survival Kit
from Klutz
for 3rd-6th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Klutz Book of Knots
from Klutz
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
LEGO Architect
by Tom Alphin
from No Starch Press
for 8th-Adult
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
Lego Awesome Ideas
by Daniel Lipkowitz
from DK Publishing
for 4th-7th grade
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Lego Gear Bots
from Klutz
for 2nd-6th grade
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
$24.99
Lego Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions
by Yoshihito Isogawa
1st edition from No Starch Press
for 4th-9th grade
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
Lego Technic Idea Book: Simple Machines
by Yoshihito Isogawa
1st edition from No Starch Press
for 4th-9th grade
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
Lego Technic Idea Book: Wheeled Wonders
by Yoshihito Isogawa
1st edition from No Starch Press
for 4th-9th grade
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
Let's Jet - geography board game
for 3rd-6th grade
in Geography Activities & Games (Location: GEO-ACT)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Mobi Math Game
for 1st-8th grade
in Math Games & Activities (Location: MATR-GAM)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
My First Carcassonne
by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede
from Z-Man Games
Family/Strategy game for Preschool-3rd grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
My First Chess Book
by Katie Daynes, chess consultant Sarah Hegarty, illustrated by The Boy Fitz Hammond
from Usborne
Chess Instruction for 2nd-6th grade
in Game Books (Location: LOG-GAME)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Pound & Roll Tower
from Melissa & Doug Toys
for 1st-4th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Real Book of Games
by Joseph Leeming, illustrated by Ida Scheib
from Garden City Books
for 3rd-8th grade
in Real Books series (Location: VIN-RBA)
Rory's Story Cubes - Clues
from Gamewright Games
Adicting game for agaes 6 and up
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$3.99
She Series: Pop Culture Edition - Puzzle
by Karen Hallion
from Lucky Puzzles
for 4th-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Snap It Up! Card Games—Math: Addition & Subtraction
from Learning Resources
for 1st-3rd grade
in Addition (Location: MATR-AR1AD)
$10.99 $6.50 (1 in stock)
Starting Chess
by Harriet Castor, Rebecca Treays
from Usborne
for 4th-8th grade
in Game Books (Location: LOG-GAME)
$3.00 (3 in stock)
Survive Game Collection
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Take a Stand - History Flashcards
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for 6th-12th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
Teaching Ancient History with Games
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
Teaching Medieval History with Games
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
Teaching the Constitution with Games
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
The Adventure Challenge: Friends Edition
from theadventurechallenge.com
for 10th-Adult
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$13.00 (1 in stock)
Tiny Science! 20 Enormously Fun Experiments!
from Smart Lab
for 3rd-8th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Tips for Kids: Transformer
by Alexander Jones, Joachim Klang, translated from German by Laila Friese
from HEEL Verlag GmbH
for 2nd-6th grade
in LEGO Sets (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Treehouse Town - Parts of Speech Game
Level 2
from The Good and the Beautiful
for 1st-2nd grade
in GATB Language Arts & Reading (Location: CUR-GABELA)
Ultimate Teddy Bear Book
by Pauline Cockrill
from DK Publishing
for 4th-6th grade
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Wooden Animal Nesting Blocks
from Melissa & Doug Toys
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Games & Toys (Location: FUN-GAME)
Wooden World Puzzle
from Quokka
for Preschool-1st grade
in Geography Activities & Games (Location: GEO-ACT)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Wuthering Heights - Tote
from Gibbs M. Smith
for 5th-Adult
$16.00
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