I wrote recently about how playing games united family members of all ages and built many memories. Who doesnt remeber the games they played with their grandparents?
Well recently I was sent Brainbox: my first pictures ro review from the green board game company
BrainBox my first pictures is a fast and fun memory game that does not require any pens, pencils,
paper, playing board or even a table! Each round takes 10 seconds so all players
are involved. A game lasts as long as you want it to, The first player looks at a card with a picture on then passes the card to the next player to read the question from on the back. Player 1 rolls a dice to determine which question gets asked. If they get it right they keep it. This is a great game for all the family because knowledge and age carry no weight her it is all about observing so even a little 4 year old has a good chance.
We thought this was lots of fun and had a really good time playing it. It costs about £7.
Green board Games use a high content of recycled materials and ethically sourced materials. they make lots of fun eductaional games.
Competition
To win your own green board game Brainbites: Myths and Legends which is a fab questions andsanswer game all about…well myths and legends!
Simply tell me who your favourite mythical or legendary hero was. The winer will bre drawn at random on January 13th at 6 pm. Good luck
T&C: UK entrants only please and one entry per person.
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Hi! My fave mythical hero was Ulysses (I read the Odysee from Homere when I was 11, loved it)
@Dorothee77
Oh and me it is brilliant isnt it
David & Goliath
suprman is mine, I love watching all the movies and think he’s fab, such a hero
Hercules he is strong and invincible.
Mine is Merlin!
Aeneas, the Greek states destroyed a great civilisation so I side with the trojans
Since this is a green board game, I ‘d like to suggest a local hero Robin Hood.
Loved by all and sundry, when he wasn’t out robbing the rich and giving to the poor – or as I prefer to think of it… recycling – he lived an eco-friendly existence in a forest surrounded by loads of merry men – and let’s be honest…. who wouldn’t want to do that ??
Achilles The Greek warrier I love that story about how he was invincible apart from his heel.
sinbad
Since a young girl my favourite legendary hero has been Tarzan.
Jason from Jason and the Argonauts because it reminds me of the 1963 movie
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robin hood
atlas is mine heard this at school once and ive always remembered it
Arthur and the round table.
I love these games and am delighted whenever we get new ones for me to use with the kids at school. my favourite hero has to be Robin Hood
my fave character would be madussa
Cleopatra, the original pioneer of girl power!
Hercules – yum yum
Medusa!!! i used to wish my hair would turn into serpents, when I was a little girl… OK i still do!
A bit left field here, but it has become a classic over the years, my favourite is Princess Zelda.
@phyllgerry
King Alfred, who burned the cakes!
Zena, a great powerful woman
My favourite is Cuchulainn, The Hound Of Ulster
Robin Hood because he takes from the rich and gives to the poor, so perhaps Robin could give me a Green Board Game!!
David for killing Goliath
I’ve always liked the idea of the Yeti.
Beowulf I’m here to slay your monshter!
Captain Scarlet – I loved his invincibility.
* I think I might be a bit younger than the rest of you 8-))
My fave would be Poseidon, Greek God of the Sea as I love swimming and I got married in Cyprus. This is quite special to me.
Saint Cristopher for the animals
skipy the bush kangeroo, every week he saved someone
Hi my absolute favourite would have to be King Arthur, all of the associated Legends that go with him especially camalot and the knights of the round Table.
I am off to cut the corners off of the dinning table, my son will love it, hope my wife doesn’t mind.
My favourite legendary is Hector, the champion of Troy because towards the end of the battle he knew he was fated by the Gods to die, but he still fought galliantly … making him in my book, a very brave and noble soldier!
Beautiful goddesses of Olympos–Aphrodite x
Lancelot du Lac – he always seems to be a lot more fun than King Arthur.
tinkerbell, to believe in childhood magic !!
Jason from the argonauts I was a big fan of the movie. Thanks for the great giveaway
Bigfoot!!
Definitely King Arthur, but as a child when he pulled the sword from the stone….it all went a bit wrong for him at the end didn’t it!
He-man. My husband and I both had all the figures as children.
I may have had a small crush on him at one point.
Mine is Buffy the Vampire Slayer – she is a modern legend and a mythic character with awesome power and great clothes!! Such an inspiration to women
Medussa, with her snake like hair
Conan The Barbarian x
Odysseus
Apollo
peter pan – the boy who never grow up
Popeye
hercules !
Hercules
I’ve always loved merlin and thanks to the BBc I love him even more now.
Medusa! When I was younger I used to wish I was her – why? well my brother was so mean to me I’d lay in bed at night wishing I were Medusa and that I could turn him to stone!
Conan The Barbarian
Perseus – defeated Medusa and the Kraken!
Hercules – so strong
my fave character is robin hood
The lochness monster!
Medea
My favourite has always been Achilles. I love the movie Troy and have many books on Greek mythology. I hope to read The Iliad someday soon!
Mine is the Yeti
King Arthur & the knights of the round table.
Medusa
Shes even tattooed to me!
Favourite hero was jason from jason and the argonauts, facing down achilles, a skeleton army and the dreaded hydra!
Perseus because he’s so heroic
Helen of Troy
Achilles as he’s so strong
Jason who recovered the Golden Fleece
It’s got to be Wonder Woman
robin hood
mine was Robin Hood
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