Here’s a refreshingly simple new action game for tinies, from Drumond Park Games. The vibrant and characterful Barbecue Party (rrp £19.99, age 4+) is a truly delightful game of anticipation, nerve and dexterity which will have the younger members of the family begging to play – time and time again! And it’s completely portable – so easily packed for play dates, holidays and visits to the grandparents.
In the box you get a smiley red BBQ grill, a pile of playing cards, colourful pieces of bug-eyed "food" and BBQ tongs. Each child takes it in turn to oh-so-carefully remove or place different foods on the grill, depending on the card they have picked. It could show a colourful, smiley chicken drumstick, fish, cob of corn, tomato, mushroom, red pepper or broccoli spear.
If the relevant piece of food is on the grill already, they take it off (using the tongs or their fingers) and put it on the matching card. If the piece of food isn’t on the grill, the fun really begins – and the player has to ever-so-gently position it there.
Sounds simple? Maybe… but when the grill is inadvertently shaken or the load just gets too heavy, all the assembled food dramatically catapults into the air, causing gasps and giggles all round – and that player loses a card!
The first player to collect three or four matching cards and pieces of food (agreed at the beginning of the game and depending on age) wins the game and is crowned the official Barbecue Party Master Chef!
To be in with a chance of winning a Barbecue Party just answer this question:
How many matching cards and foods do you need to win Barbecue Party?
Please write Barbercue Party in the subject line of your email and include all your contact details.
This competition is now closed.
The winners will be the senders of the first five correct emails opened at random after 1pm on Monday 31 August, 2015. Only one entry per household. Senders of multiple entries will be disqualified
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