Games & Puzzles
Big Potato 07472 824 526 Colourbrain is a super-simple family trivia game where all the answers are colours. Players split into teams, and each team is given 11 different coloured cards. The game begins with a colour-related question. Teams choose which card (or cards) to play and put them face down on the table. The first team to do so shouts “Colourbrain”. The other teams now have 10 seconds to follow suit. All teams flip over their cards and the Question Card is turned over to reveal the answer. Questions cover a mixture of topics and vary in difficulty. For ages 14 and upwards, it’s the perfect easy-to-join-in quiz for the whole family. The Colourbrain expansion pack contains 120 brand new question cards. Be prepared to scrub up on your Disney knowledge with Disney Colourbrain. The game features 300 different questions that cover over 20 different Disney classics, from Peter Pan and Hercules, all the way through to Monster's University, Cars, and more. This is the ultimate game to flex those memory muscles and recall all of your favourite Disney characters and moments from years past. And finally, brand new for 2020 is Junior Colourbrain. Whilst the original Colourbrain is for ages 14 and upwards, Colourbrain Junior is suitable for kids above the age of six. It’s only fair that they get to have a go too. There are 120 questions suitable for youngsters and they cover a range of topics like Mario Kart, Harry Potter and wild animals. If any of these games from the Colourbrain range take your fancy, simply get in touch with Emily Bond at emily@bigpotato.co.uk or on 07472 824 526.
Ravensburger 01869 363800 Strong results in the games category in 2019 pave the way for a number of major new launches for the coming year. Toy Fair saw Big Money named a Toy Fair Hero Toy ahead of its launch this summer, while the classic game Labyrinth is joined by 3D Labyrinth in which players are challenged to find their way through the 3D style maze. For younger children, the action game Slimey Joe combines edge-of-the-seat fun with kids’ favourite, slime as they take turns to pick flutterbies from inside the plant’s mouth. Meanwhile, Minecraft: Builders & Biomes offers an authentic tabletop translation of the hit video game, while the recently launched Horrified showcases Universal Studios’ classic monsters in a co-operative strategy game. A fourth title in the ever-popular Disney Villainous range, Perfectly Wretched, introduces three new characters to the line-up including Cruella De Vil. Played as a stand-alone or in combination with other Disney Villainous titles this game will be available from late spring. The company will expand its presence at events throughout 2020, offering more opportunity than ever for games fans to get hands-on with new launches including recently announced Marvel Villainous: Infinite Power, the next chapter in the Villainous line. This game will see players take on the role of an iconic comic book villain. Five Villains feature in total, with the three already announced being Thanos, Hela and Ultron.
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