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1. A Jeopardy! trivia book containing crossword and word search puzzles with Jeopardy-style clues for anyone who loves watching their favorite game show and shouting the answers at the TV.
2. Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza — an adorably illustrated card game for all ages that's quick to learn and incredibly fun and hilarious to play.
3. An easy-to-use Oculus Quest 2 — it requires only a smartphone, making it perfect for anyone who wants to give virtual reality a try but doesn't wanna have to invest in a PC or console. Whether you're into gaming, exercising, movie-watching, or even just taking a break from the world around you, this wireless VR headset offers a deeply immersive experience with stunningly detailed visuals, intuitive control (thanks to the included touch controllers), 3D cinematic sound, and an expansive content library.
4. The PlayStation Classic — a mini recreation of the OG Playstation with 20 preloaded games — for anyone who wants to relive their '90s glory days or pass them down to the next generation.
5. A Love Lingual card game to bring you and your partner even closer. Whether you've just started dating or have been together for decades, this game will strengthen your connection with questions designed to create fun and powerful convos on topics like family, intimacy, the past, the future, yourself, your relationship, and more <3.
6. A ThinkFun Gravity Maze falling marble logic game that's fun *and* educational for kids eight and up. The range of beginning to expert challenges makes the game quick and easy to get started, while the increasing difficulty helps kids develop useful spatial reasoning and planning skills.
7. A sight word Bingo game that's so fun, your little ones will wanna play it over and over again. Many reviewers were shocked when they saw how much it actually helped their kids learn!
8. Iota — a very fun color, shape, and number-matching game that comes in a super-portable tiny tin!
9. A cool magnetic chess set for the person who likes their decor to double as an activity *or* is just obsessed with The Queen's Gambit.
10. The Game of Things — it'll offer up a variety of humorous topics, and once all the players have written down their equally-hilarious responses, you'll have to guess who said what!
11. Werewolf, a game that will require you to be both devious and suspicious, but in a chill and fun way! Is your BFF an innocent Villager trying to defend their home — or are they secretly a Werewolf trying to infiltrate and destroy the village? They'll be wondering the same thing about you!
12. Otrio for anyone looking for a fun twist on the classic game of tic-tac-toe. Otrio has simple rules, but it invites complex strategy and critical thinking from players of all ages — making it perfect for game night with the fam.
13. Cocktail Cards – a quality deck of playing cards with a cocktail recipe on every card, because why not have a recipe book you can also use to play Texas Hold 'em? Included are a wide variety of delicious drink recipes with clear and simple instructions to make poker night way more fun.
14. Kids Against Maturity card game is full of "age-appropriate toilet humor and funny innuendos" for the whole family, with 600 hilarious fill-in-the-blank questions. If Cards Against Humanity is too raunchy for your fam's age range, this popular game might be just what you were looking for.
15. Throw Throw Burrito — a very fun indoor *or* outdoor card game for kids, teens, and adults that you play while, uh, dodging and throwing squishy foam burritos that also happen to be pretty cute!
16. Zingo — an award-winning twist on bingo that reviewers say helps preschoolers build early reading skills while having lots of fun!
17. Candy Land — a ~sweet~ version of the classic game full of vibrant colors and fun illustrations little ones will love. No reading required!
18. An interactive The Floor is Lava game that'll get your little ones off of their devices for some physical activity, no matter how cold it is outside. They'll have fun jumping and leaping around from one "safety zone" to another, and thankfully, the cushioned, durable, slip-resistant foam stepping stones can be used both indoors and outdoors!
19. Settlers of Catan, the popular strategy game you can play over and over again with family, friends, and even people in different places via video chat! Build roads, settlements, and cities while trading resources with other players and trying to gain an advantage in this game for anyone whose bored with other strategy games like Risk or Monopoly.
20. And a Game of Thrones Catan board game for GOT fans who want to be recognized as a leader by the Brothers of the Night’s Watch.
21. Unstable Unicorns — a strategic card game that pits your unicorns (yes, you have unicorns now) against those of your opponents (aka former friends who can and will choose to betray you at any point). You can even grow your unicorn army with a variety of expansion packs that take the game to new levels!
22. Codenames, a game that will turn you and your opponents into two teams of rival spies trying to figure out which spies belong on their team. But watch out — there's a double agent *and* an assassin in your midst!
23. Taco vs. Burrito is a fun card game that was created by a 7-year-old, but the simple gameplay can be surprisingly strategic and exciting for all ages!
24. A scavenger hunt that'll keep toddlers occupied and engaged as they search for household objects to match the prompt on each page.
25. A two-pack of LED hover balls that glide smoothly like air hockey pucks and have soft foam bumpers so they're safe to play with inside — unlike the soccer ball your little ones would love to destroy all your belongings with.
26. A Mattel Flushin' Frenzy game for any kid or adult who thinks they can handle being doubled over in laughter while plunging a mini toilet and trying to catch the poop that comes flying out in mid-air for extra points.
27. A wooden puzzle that's like a hands-on version of Tetris for little ones who love brain teasers but could use a break from their screens. Reviewers say it's great for ages 3 to 12!
28. A simple but fun magnetic maze that's self-contained, so your toddlers can play it at home or on the road! They'll get practice holding a pencil while guiding the magnetic balls around the cute little town, keeping them occupied while helping develop critical thinking skills they'll thank you for later!
29. A deck of vibrantly colorful playing cards by Brooklyn-based design duo Fredericks & Mae because why shouldn't your playing cards double as a stunning work of art?
30. A "Speak & Spell" electronic game with classic '80s graphics and sounds. It's great for helping kids learning to spell, and *fun fact* the retro-style speech synthesizer has famously been used by musicians like Kraftwerk, Beck, Coldplay, The Cheetah Girls, and Limp Bizkit.
31. A game for couples that'll help you get to know your partner better through meaningful conversations, funny challenges, and fun competitions you can even play with other couples to find out who knows who best.
32. A pocket-sized version of Jenga so you can bring your favorite game with you anywhere!
33. A Pixicade mobile game maker that lets kids and teens easily turn their hand drawings into instantly playable video games! They can create characters, build obstacles, and design goals for up to *2,000* sharable games using their own drawings and ideas as well as the included templates, stickers, and game design concepts to help get them started.
34. Butts in Space — a hilarious game that starts with a serious problem: ~Evil Butt~ has stolen all the toilet paper in the universe and destroyed your toilet space ship! Once you choose which ~butt~ you'll be playing as (that's right, you're a butt now too, sorry), it's your job to gather more toilet paper than your opponents before your space ship is repaired. Don't forget to wear your lucky underwear!
35. And Poop the Game, where all you have to do is get rid of all your poop cards before your opponents — just be careful not to clog the toilet!
36. And finally, an Elf Snowball Showdown card game where you get to "throw" a set of like-colored snowball cards at your opponents and roll the jumbo snowball dice to dodge return fire. Get hit three times and your out — the last elf standing wins!
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