Does your family play board games? - My Husband Ate All My Ice ...

'Round these parts, we love board games. But it's really hard to find ones that all of us can play, without the adults feeling bored by a kid game, or the younger kids feeling left out because they can't figure out a game that is geared towards older kids.?

When I saw that Morphology Junior was suggested for ages 8+, I was a little skeptical about how much the younger kids would be able to participate, considering they are 2 and 3.5 years old. So, as always, I sat down and read the instructions first, so that I could continue to act like the all-knowing mother when we sat down to play the game.?

It comes with these pieces, and the game board, and 480 word cards:

Since the game comes with the instruction manual, I'm not going to give you a whole step-by-step, but basically, this is how it works:

You play on teams, and when it's your turn you become the 'morphologist'. You draw a card, and decide if you are going to use the easy or hard word on it, and whether or not you are going to use the clue on the card. Then, you have to use some of the game pieces to create an illustration of that word, so that your team can guess it before the time runs out. Sometimes, there are twists thrown in, like these:

Then, if your team guesses the word, you get to move your little frog further on the board. Our 9 and ?8 year old didn't have any problem with being able to play the game, although we sometimes had a little trouble guessing their interpretations. We just let our 3 year old be on whatever time he decided to be on at that moment, and try and help guess the words, and he was perfectly fine with that. Him and our 2 year old also sat and played with the pieces that we weren't using at the time.

Does your family play board games? What are some of your favorites? Morphology is one of the sponsors of the Better Than Black Friday Bash. Throughout October and November, I'm going to be doing reviews on some of this season's most awesome toy brands. Then, right before Black Friday, I'm having a huge giveaway event where you can win some things from the sponsors! Because nothing is better than Black Friday... except for getting things for free!

I received compensation for this post, in the form of merchandise. All opinions expressed here are 100% mine, and not affected by any outside source.

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