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Punderdome

Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers

by Jo and Fred Firestone

From the daughter-father duo that created Brooklyn’s beloved live pun competition, Punderdome is a lively judge-based card game in the spirit of Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity. One part game, one part conversation starter, you don’t need to be a pun master to master Punderdome: the goal is to make bad jokes and have fun in the process.

Nasty Woman Game

The Nasty Woman Game: A Card Game for Every Feminist

by Amanda Brinkman

You can never have enough feminists on your side when it comes to fighting the patriarchy. In the game of Nasty Woman, you take turns drawing cards, following the prompts, and strategizing your next move. 

Rewordable

Rewordable Card Game: The Uniquely Fragmented Word Game

by Allison Parrish, Adam Simon, and Tim Szetela

A uniquely fragmented word-building card game, designed for making longer, quicker, and more colorful words. Players can build words for rewards and steal each other’s words for added points. 

Deal or Duel Alexander Hamilton Game

Deal or Duel Hamilton Game: An Alexander Hamilton Card Game

by Potter Gift

Pit your survival instincts and spending savvy against all the founding fathers (and mothers) in this historic action card game whose simple objective is as old as Ameritocracy itself: get all the money or die trying.

History of Space Travel Playing Cards

The History of Space Travel Playing Cards: Two Decks of Cards and Game Rules Booklet with Space Trivia

by Pop Chart Lab

This set of real playing cards celebrates Earth’s history of intergalactic travel. Each face card features historical space suits, vessels, missions, and more, and a game rules booklet designed to look like a space shuttle flight manual rounds out the set.

History of Space Travel Puzzle

The History of Space Travel Puzzle: Astronomical 500-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle & Poster

by Pop Chart Lab

From the inaugural space race of Vostok vs. Mercury to the famed Apollo program to the International Space Station, this puzzle celebrates intergalactic travel. An enclosed poster features the puzzle design on the front; printed on the back are the dates, missions, and countries of origin for every space suit and vessel launched into space since 1961.

Women in Science Puzzle

Women in Science Puzzle: Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World, 500-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle & Poster

by Rachel Ignotofsky

Based on the New York Times bestselling book Women in Science, this brightly colored 500-piece puzzle celebrates 15 groundbreaking female scientists and is perfect for the whole family.

Abraham Lincoln Puzzle

Presidential Puzzlemint 500-Piece Puzzle: An Abraham Lincoln Jigsaw Puzzle & Mini-Poster

by Mark Wagner

For puzzlers and history buffs here is a fiendishly difficult 500-piece jigsaw puzzle depicting Abraham Lincoln rendered in deconstructed dollar bills that will provide hours of entrancing (and mind-boggling) entertainment.

Mosaic Mind Bender Puzzle

Mosaic Mind Bender 500-Piece Puzzle: An Ancient Roman Mosaic Jigsaw Puzzle & Mini-Poster

by The Getty

A beautiful 500-piece puzzle featuring a visually compelling geometric floor mosaic from Ancient Rome that is bordered by smaller geometrical fragments that make the puzzle a little more difficult.

A Box of Awesome Things Matching Game

A Box of Awesome Things Matching Game

by Wee Society

Based on Wee Society’s An Incomplete Book of Awesome Things, this matching game is designed to induce giggles, exercise working memory, and spark silly conversations. The game comes with 20 pairs of cards—including one blank pair so kids can draw their own awesome addition.


The Crown Publishing Group