Toy Insider Senior Editor Jackie Cucco joined Current on NECN in Boston to show off the best games for families to cozy up and play on cold winter evenings. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


SINK N’ SAND

Players are being challenged against quicksand! Kids roll the die to determine their location on the sand grid and then take turns rolling the die to identify which color stick to remove. If the Redemption Ruby is found, players can use it for an extra chance at survival. The object of the game is to…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $36.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

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RACING HEDGEHOGS

The race is on! Participants play cards from their hand to advance their hedgehogs. When one of the hedgehogs reaches the last space on the board, the race ends, and the players' remaining cards score points. Will kids push one hedgehog to the finish line first or play-the-odds on their favorite runner? Includes four cute…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

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THE MAGICAL WORLD OF DISNEY TRIVIA GAME

Players can travel through 100 years of Disney history with 2,000 trivia questions. The golden game pawns are hand-sculpted, scaled representations of fan-favorite characters.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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CHICKEN VS HOT DOG

Players can split into teams or play one-on-one by bidding with cards and physically flipping the chicken and the hog dot in relay-style challenges. The first team to turn over all of their character cards wins.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $30
  • Age:
  • 8+

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EXIT: THE LORD OF THE RINGS — SHADOWS OVER MIDDLE-EARTH

An all-new EXIT: The Game title follows an exciting storyline in this beloved franchise. Middle-earth is in grave danger. Frodo and the Fellowship are on their way to Mordor to destroy the One Ring, but they need help! Players must make haste and carry out Gandalf's secret assignments in order to buy Frodo enough time…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.95; $28.00 CAD
  • Age:
  • 10+

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SCATTERGORIES STACKAGORIES

In this new twist on the iconic game, each player controls their own set of colored stacking pieces, and whoever has their piece on the top of the stack scores for that card. As players stack higher, they score more points.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $17.95
  • Age:
  • 12+

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SINK N’ SAND

Players are being challenged against quicksand! Kids roll the die to determine their location on the sand grid and then take turns rolling the die to identify which color stick to remove. If the Redemption Ruby is found, players can use it for an extra chance at survival. The object of the game is to…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $36.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 4+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

RACING HEDGEHOGS

The race is on! Participants play cards from their hand to advance their hedgehogs. When one of the hedgehogs reaches the last space on the board, the race ends, and the players' remaining cards score points. Will kids push one hedgehog to the finish line first or play-the-odds on their favorite runner? Includes four cute…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

THE MAGICAL WORLD OF DISNEY TRIVIA GAME

Players can travel through 100 years of Disney history with 2,000 trivia questions. The golden game pawns are hand-sculpted, scaled representations of fan-favorite characters.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

CHICKEN VS HOT DOG

Players can split into teams or play one-on-one by bidding with cards and physically flipping the chicken and the hog dot in relay-style challenges. The first team to turn over all of their character cards wins.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $30
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

EXIT: THE LORD OF THE RINGS — SHADOWS OVER MIDDLE-EARTH

An all-new EXIT: The Game title follows an exciting storyline in this beloved franchise. Middle-earth is in grave danger. Frodo and the Fellowship are on their way to Mordor to destroy the One Ring, but they need help! Players must make haste and carry out Gandalf's secret assignments in order to buy Frodo enough time…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.95; $28.00 CAD
  • Age:
  • 10+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

SCATTERGORIES STACKAGORIES

In this new twist on the iconic game, each player controls their own set of colored stacking pieces, and whoever has their piece on the top of the stack scores for that card. As players stack higher, they score more points.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $17.95
  • Age:
  • 12+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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