Snap Dragon by Drumond Park is my sort of game, eh, I mean my grandson’s sort of game. Well he needs someone to play with doesn’t he? And this is such fun.

It centres around a big purple dragon. Each player takes it in turn to throw a die, and then pull on the dragon’s tongue to see if he snaps at them. If he doesn’t, you gain a gold coin, but if he does, you lose one.

Simple, no complicated rules and lots of excitement. I find my adrenaline levels shoot up more than my grandson’s as I pull on that scary tongue, wondering whether those big teeth will snap shut or not.  Recommended ages: fours years old to very big kids.

RSP £22.99  Stockists include; Smyths, Argos, Amazon, Entertainer, John Lewis and Independents

 

 

And for slightly bigger ‘children’ (recommended from five plus years old), Pile Up Pirates has a similar element of raucousness and laughter to Snap Dragons. With all the TV series and films, pirates are as popular today as they were in my childhood and this game is simple and visual – maximum fun with minimum effort – I love it.

It consists of a small pirate boat and a jolly pirate standing on a wobbly deck, holding a plank above his head. The players need to balance more little pirates on more planks one on top of the other, all above the first one. Eventually the inevitable will happen, and they will all come tumbling down. The trick is not to let the boat deck wobble. But who will place the last pirate before disaster strikes?

RSP £12.99  Stockists include; Amazon, Argos, Shop Direct and John Lewis

 

 

By Dr K Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows

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