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The single downside to this game is that it only plays 3 players; a strange choice given that Loopin’ Louie plays 4. Never fear, it’s so cheap that you can buy two sets and mash them together by 3d printing pieces which can be glued to the base. Now you can play with up to 6 players! This might sound silly but I was actually kind of surprised by how much of a cult following Loopin’ Louie has developed among adults. I am guessing this is partially due to people who grew up with the game being adults now, but the game has really developed a following for what most people would assume is a children’s game. People have enjoyed playing the game so much that they have figured out ways of making the game more difficult. This includes people adding more powerful motors to the game to speed it up or altering the gameboard to support eight players. I don’t have the skills to alter my own copy of the game, but I think it would be really cool trying out one of these altered versions of Loopin’ Louie.
On your turn you’ll take your tile, rotating it in any way you desire, and place it into one of the open lanes indicated by the yellow triangles around the outside of the board. You’ll accomplish your purpose, but in doing so you’ll push one tile out the other side, which is the tile that the next player begins with. Teaches: Teamwork, coordination, pattern matching, color recognition, shape recognition, basic strategy. The problem is that I don’t want to play those games. To an adult who has, arguably, mastered pattern and color recognition (I’m still working on the taking turns thing), I find them incredibly boring. So as a parent, what are some games that I can play with my kids that I’ll enjoy as well? Note that this list focuses on games that younger kids (anywhere from 3-7) may enjoy. Your kids might not be ready for them, or your little Einstein might find them too easy, but they’re all worth a shot! Let’s go! We are playing games as a family aswell, but those games are fast and I don't believe that they should count toward my TOP 5 plays of the month. I will mention them in this separate category The first player to call that they have a matching shape gets to place that tile on their card. Cards are double sided and are comprised of a 3 x 3 grid of animals, vegetables, toys, and other very common shapes.
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Parents note: For an even simpler game, skip dealing cards to each player and have each child simply draw one card from the top of the pile. This reduces choice down to how the card should be rotated, and can prevent your child with being overloaded by decision. You can even skip the player elimination aspect if you wish and have them start on an unoccupied white line should they run off the board, or into another player.
At first glance some might dismiss Zingo as a mere Bingo clone, but that would be doing it a disservice. In Zingo one player reveals 2 tiles at a time using a really cool machine, then calls out their name (or shape if your child can’t read).Zingo is a Bingo style game in which players call out, and place, tiles with common shapes, onto their card. The first player to fill their card is the winner. It might just be nostalgia talking but I was surprised by how well Loopin’ Louie holds up over 25 years later. Of all of the games that I enjoyed when I was a child, Loopin’ Louie is arguably the game that has held up the best. The game is far from deep but there is something really satisfying about launching Louie into the air with your flipper. As you are doing the same thing over and over throughout the entire game, it can get a little repetitive after a while. Loopin’ Louie is not going to be the type of game that you play for long periods of time but it is the type of game that is fun to bring out every so often. The game works really well as a filler game that you play for fifteen minutes or so and then bring out another day. In Loopin’ Chewie, each player is given an arm with a lever on it, and 3 blue stormtroopers discs. Chewbacca and the Millennium Falcon are attached to a central hub which, when turned on, causes Chewbacca to go zooming around in circles. As Chewbacca approaches your base you simply press a button to fend him off and cause him to skip over your base…or at least you hope that’s what happens. So there is a bit of skill in the pressure you apply to the level too, not just the timing aspect. (I’m overthinking this game? That’s how youknow I like it :)) Teaches: It’s co-op so you can play it with your kids and guide them towards making good choices. Players roll a die at the beginning of their turn and place a new zombie on the colored space matching the die, so it also teaches color matching.
Speaking of the components I think that at least the original version of Loopin’ Louie has pretty good components. I have to say that when I got my original copy of Loopin’ Louie out of storage, I didn’t expect the game to still work. We played the game quite a bit when we were kids and the game is 27 years old at this point. We even stupidly left a battery in the game which was obviously corroded after so many years. I was pleasantly surprised that our copy still worked though. This is not going to be the case for all copies of the game but I think this is pretty impressive. The components are all plastic but they are quite durable which is important for a children’s game. I also love the game’s design as it screams early 1990s children’s game.But I don’t know of many other dexterity games that also require timing. Fantastic Gymnastics (and others I played at HandyCon3 is one, but it also requires batteries.
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