McNeill Designs Games Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to commentor #15: angi!

Tired of the same old games you play?  Meet the newest member of the game development world: McNeill Designs.  I had never heard of them, but I must be out of the loop since they’ve won numerous awards in the last few years including Dr. Toy’s “Best Products” and FAO Schwartz’ “Toy Audition”.

Right now McNeill Designs has two games for sale: Twisted Fish and You’ve Been Sentenced.  They also have a Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge game.

Twisted Fish is a very unique “twist” on Go Fish.  There are 13 sets of fish characters you need to collect in 5 colors to create a full basket.  Then there are the “zinger” cards that let you steal from the other players, look at their cards, or take another turn among others.  The game can be played as a more regular Go Fish for younger players by simply removing the zingers from the deck.

My son is only 2 1/2, but he enjoyed the wacky graphic fish on the cards and was even starting to get the hang of asking for a mate to one he had.  This is definitely a game he can grow into!

You’ve Been Sentenced reminds me slightly of Apples to Apples in that it would make an awesome party game.  But other than the fact that both have word cards that’s where the similarities end. You get 10 cards with a related set of 5 words on each and you have to make a grammatically correct sentence.  If you think it’s easy, think again!  From 2 random draws here are the sentences I got: Really moody gangs punched necks soundly.  Flies ran during the bombing.

Totally wacky and that was the best I could do!  Now, if anyone else playing thinks your sentence doesn’t make sense you have to defend it and the rest of the players get to decide if it works as a sentence.

I haven’t decided yet if I’ll keep this game for myself or share it with my mom (a 6th grade teacher) since, shhh, it’s actually educational in that you have to think about sentence structure!

You can also get add-on packs for this game to suit your particular crowd.  They have everything from sports highlights to gourmet cuisine to sci-fi/fantasy.  A little something for everyone!

WIN IT!

McNeill Designs has generously donated a set of both these games plus the add-on decks for one lucky winner. To enter:

• Just stop by McNeill Designs before midnight, Feb 6th and check out their site.
• Then come back and mention one thing you learned about the company. That’s it!
• A random winner will be selected and notified via email shortly thereafter.
• The winner will then have 2 days to claim their prize.

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This giveaway is open to US addresses. Good luck!

This post was written for McNeill Designs who provided the items for review and giveaway. I was not compensated in any way except for the complimentary product. By entering this giveaway, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood, and agree to our disclosure policy.