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Tag Archives: party games
Staff Favorites–Spring Product Launch
If you have been to one of our locations, you know that our BrainCoaches know how to play all of the games. When the new items come in, we have to scramble to learn them so we can explain them Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Products, What's New & Happening at Marbles
Tagged Alzheimer's Association, children, cognitive stimulation, continual learning, Coordination, Creativity, Critical Thinking, family games, fine motor skills, goldieblox, Group Games, kanjam, party games, snake oil, Social Interaction, spirograph, strategy, Visual Perception, Word Skills
Best Seller: Rock Me Archimedes
Rock Me Archimedes has been an instant best seller in Marbles Stores since its release in October. Based on the concept of weight distribution and balancing, the game is beautifully simple, yet very strategic. Rock Me Archimedes was one of Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Products
Tagged Attention, best sellers, Brain Fitness, Coordination, Critical Thinking, fine motor skills, party games, Products, strategy games
It’s All So Trivial
I have always loved playing trivia games and now there are so many different board games and venues in which to play. Have you ever wondered how it all began? The term itself tri-via (three ways) comes from the Latin Read More
Posted in Products, Trivia
Tagged Group Games, Memory, party games, Social Interaction, Trivia, Trivial Pursuit
Under the Radar Gem: Spontuneous
It takes very little to trigger a song in my head. In fact, there’s almost always music playing in there. My day usually has a soundtrack, although it doesn’t necessarily align with what’s happening. Many times it’s an obnoxious song Read More
Posted in Fun, Products, Under the Radar Gems
Tagged cognitive stimulation, family games, Group Games, Memory, Music, party games, Social Interaction
Increase Your Vocabulary With Word Games
The Parietal lobe is one of the areas of the brain that is responsible for interpreting and remembering the spelling and meanings of words. Along with Broca’s Area (in the frontal lobe) and Wernicke’s Areas (in the temporal lobe), the parietal lobe give us the ability to process, understand and speak language. Playing word games can help strengthen these areas. For instance, researchers and educators believe that reading and playing word games are the top two ways to strengthen your vocabulary and other word skills. Read More
Posted in Products, Research
Tagged Brain Fitness, cognitive stimulation, family games, Group Games, party games, Social Interaction, vocabulary, Word Skills
Do You Know How to Play All of These Games?
This is one of the most asked questions our BrainCoaches hear in the stores. And the answer is usually “Yes”. Quite a bit of training is involved in developing product knowledge, which allows us to help you find products that Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Products
Tagged Brain Fitness, Creativity, Critical Thinking, dancing eggs, family games, Group Games, party games, Social Interaction, Word Skills, you've been sentenced
Remember Anomia
Anomia is a brilliant word skill game in which players flip over cards which contain categories and symbols. When two symbols match, the players battle for their cards by naming an example from the other player’s card. The categories are Read More
Posted in General, Products, Random
Tagged Anomia, party games, Word Skills
Doonerism Spay!
In honor of Spoonerism Day, the majority of today’s post is written in spoonerism form (i.e., with initial consonants & vowels transposed). Yesterday, July 22nd, was the anniversary of the dirthbay of Rev. William Archibald Spooner, dean of the Kew Read More
Posted in Brain Workshop, Fun, General, Products, Trivia, What's New & Happening at Marbles
Tagged Creativity, family games, game design, Group Games, Memory, party games, Products, Social Interaction, Trivia, Word Skills
Under the Radar Gem: Spotcha!
From Best Sellers to Featured New Arrivals to Marbles Originals, there are so many great games to choose from. But sometimes a product doesn’t get as much attention as we think it deserves. This post attempts to redress that wrong, Read More
Posted in Fun, General, Products, Under the Radar Gems
Tagged Attention, family games, Group Games, party games, Products, Visual Perception
Draw Something with Sketch It!
Hi, my name is Angie, and I have a secret addiction – doodling. I love games where someone tries to guess what you’ve scribbled for them. So it’s no surprise that Draw Something has become my favorite iPad app. But Read More
Posted in Fun
Tagged doodling, draw something, party games, sketch it