Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Good Day Chicago to talk about some great games the whole family can play together. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and don’t forget to join Toy Insider’s #FunAtHomeChallenge.

TRAPPER KEEPER GAME

Players strategically stash cards in their Trapper Keeper folders. Collect Homework, Quizzes, Signatures, Report Cards, Notes from Classmates, and Field Trip Slips to score the most points. Choose from one of three different Trapper Keeper designs.Players strategically stash cards in their Trapper Keeper folders. Collect Homework, Quizzes, Signatures, Report Cards, Notes from Classmates, and Field…

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  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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FLYING PIGS

Kids use the wands to catch as many multicolored, foam pigs as they can to score points. The person with the most points wins the game. The pigs fly within an enclosed dome using a safe, motorized fan. Kids use the wands to catch as many multicolored, foam pigs as they can to score points.…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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DOUBLE TROUBLE

In this ‘80s board game, players pop two Pop-O-Matic dice rollers and move around the board toward the finish space. If a player lands on another player's piece, the two engage in avPop-Off. In this ‘80s board game, players pop two Pop-O-Matic dice rollers and move around the board toward the finish space. If a…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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PAC-MAN THE BOARD GAME

Bring the classic arcade game to your game table. Each player takes a turn as Pac-Man. The remaining players work together and play as the ghosts trying to catch Pac-Man. Gobble up as many pellets, power pellets, fruit, and blue ghosts as you can! Move strategically and elude capture. You have three lives. The player…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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STACKTOPUS

Designed for 1-3 players, this game challenges kids to grip cups and quickly position them like they see on the card, but they have to do it while wearing Silly Sea Fingers, which look like octopus tentacles. Designed for 1-3 players, this game challenges kids to grip cups and quickly position them like they see…

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  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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HEIST

Players must work cooperatively to crack a safe full of gold in five minutes or less and steal $50 million. Each player has a different role in this fast-paced game with five challenging levels. Players must work cooperatively to crack a safe full of gold in five minutes or less and steal $50 million. Each…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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PENCIL NOSE

Party game of drawing pictures with your nose while your teammates guess what you're drawing. Encourages family bonding, cooperative play, coordination, creativity, quick thinking, communication skills. Pick a card, fit it into the slot on the board, put on the Pencil Nose, and try drawing the picture. Teammates try to guess what you're drawing -…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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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