If you’ve been a reader of Southern Girl Ramblings a while, you know that my family loves playing games. We have game nights when we can and own a couple video game consoles. I personally love board games because they allow us to spend quality time together. Because of this, I was excited to receive four Marina Games to review.
All of the games we received from Marina Games were entertaining. Two were geared for young children, which made them perfect to play with the kiddo. The other two were more for adults. James and I have been playing them together after our son is in bed, and we plan to play them at our next family game night when my mom and/or sister come over.
Let’s take a look at each game, shall we?
Marina Games Review
Rummino
This game is like the card game, Rummy, combined with Dominos. It involves placing tiles against each other to create sets or runs (making it like the card game). The object of the game is to accumulate the most points and be the one who runs out of tiles first. It took a little referring to the instructions as we played the first time, but now it’s easy and we enjoy playing every few nights.
Crossword Cubes
I really enjoyed playing Crossword Cubes. I love word games like Scrabble and Words with Friends, so I guess there was no doubt that I would like this one! There are 13 lettered die that you roll and then make words from. This game comes in a tiny box so it’s perfect for travel!
Frogs on a Lily Pad
This game is designed for ages 3-7, but since the kiddo already knows how to count to 10, I was sure he’d like it. The game involves a spinner, cards that, when face down, are used as the “pond”, and when flipped over show a random number of frogs. The players take turns spinning the spinner and collecting cards from the pond that correspond to the numbers on the spinner.
In the end, the one with the most frogs wins! It’s definitely a fun game for those learning their numbers and the idea of counting. At just 2 years old, the kiddo enjoyed it and asks to play “Frogs” almost every day!
My Grocery List
My Grocery List is another geared for young children. It’s a memory game taken to another level, as you have to fulfill your shopping list by putting all the items you need in your basket. Sawyer is still getting the hang of this one, but he likes to go shopping for “go-shees” so playing the game at home has been fun for him!
BUY IT: Check out these games, as well as others offered by Marina Games, on their website, marinagames.com.
I would personally like to thank Marina Games for offering these games for review, as well as sponsoring the upcoming “Family Entertainment Extravaganza” giveaway event. If you want to win the four games above for yourself, be sure to check back Sunday to enter!
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I love word games. I bet Crossword Cubes would be right up my ally!
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Rumminos and Crossword Cubes both sound fun! I haven’t heard of this brand before but will have to look for it. Enjoy your weekend!
My son is still a bit young for board games, but I enjoy playing with my niece. I think she would enjoy these!
My family also enjoys a game night. We don’t have these games. They look super fun!
Rummino sounds like a great game. Always looking for new family fun.
Frogs on a Lily Pad would be great for my grandson who is learning how to count. He would have fun playing this game and learning at the same time!
Frogs on a Lilypad would be fun to pkay with my niece and my kindergarten class!
My grandson and the kids I babysit always like to play cards or board games.
I usually let them do them by themselves and sit by in case they need help.
I think board games help them with memory and learning to follow rules skills.
This is a good variety of games for all ages. We surely will have fun family nights with them so hope to win. I have never heard of Marina Games so looking forward to checking more of them out,
I love playing games with my 2 neices ages 4 and 8 yrs old. We play Yahtzee,but I’m trying to win a Millionaire Monoply so I can teach them how to play that. I’ve always loved playing games but since my daughter moved out I have no one to play them. That’s when I go to my sister’s house and play with my neices. We always have so much fun. They showed me how to do the bowling on Wii a couple of months ago and we had so much fun. Thanks for the review!
My kids would love frogs on a lily pad… I love games that involve learning while they’re having fun!
I like that there’s something here for all ages.
i think i might spalit this game up for couple of kids the younger kid like the board game and then i like yahtzz
I think my oldest would like the Crossword Cubes and the youngest loves animals so he would enjoy Frogs On A Lilly Pad. These games sound fun.
These are exactly the type of educational fun games I have been looking for! I love the scrabble so crossword cube would be great
I definitely love to play word games so crossword cubes would be a great game for me. I haven’t heard of Marina Games until this review! Thanks so much for introducing me to this company. It’s neat that there are games for adults and young children. There is something for everybody!
I think I’ve played Rummino before, but I’m definitely going to have to check out crossword cubes. My parents love word games.
The kids games sound perfect for my kids (but how do I get them to not kill the games from overuse?)
These look like great games for the family! So fun
These games look like they would be great for the classroom as well! I love games that can be fun and educational at the same time and I also like that these look simple and rather uncomplicated in the directions! Thanks for the review!