Fun is the goal of every family during the summer months. Whether you are at home or on the road, fun keeps the good times going. Games are a great way to have summer fun for your family. Mattel Games and Asmodee want families to anywhere this summer with their collection of games! They asked my family if we would play with a selection of games to see if we would have fun playing games this summer, and we were on board to try them out!
Play Anywhere this Summer with Mattel Games and Asmodee
These are the games we received to play games anywhere this summer:
- Bounce-Off
- Ticket to Ride: First Journey
- Azul
- Balderdash
- Get Packing
Bounce off the competition
2 players + 16 balls + 1 grid = a ton of fast competitive fun with Bounce-Off! With pattern suggestions on each card, each player races to recreate that pattern by bouncing a ball onto the grid. The first player to collect 3 cards is the winner.
My daughter was ready to go head-to-head with me to test this game. It was so simple to jump into and to have fun. Yes, balls went flying EVERYWHERE, but it was so much fun to try to recreate the patterns on the cards. My son eventually bounced his way into playing and now the both of them love trying to win this game.
Chugging our way across the tracks
Travelling across North America is made into a chugging adventure with Ticket to Ride: First Journey. It is a kid-friendly introduction to the Alan R. Moon train adventure series. Little engineers have to play matching coloured Train (or Locomotive) cards to claim routes across the map board. The winner is the first player who completes six Tickets and claims the Golden Ticket.
Ticket to Ride: First Journey put a big smile on my daughter’s face when she found out we were playing this game. She played this game at school and was happy to now have it at home to enjoy. We chugged along the tracks as we picked up the cards we needed to complete each route. My little also got a better idea of how far away some of these destinations are from where we live.
Drafting coloured tiles to win
Azul is a game where tiles combos are the name of the game. Each player takes a turn to draft coloured tiles to their board. At the end of each round, players score points based on how their tiles help to decorate the palace. For extra points, players can complete specific patterns and compete sets. The layer with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.
For me family, Azul is not a favourite of ours to play. The instructions were a bit difficult to follow. I feel as though the rules were not written for first-time players. We tried playing this game but could not really jump into it. Azul is a gorgeous game to look at, but sadly, we were not thrilled to play it.
Guessing made a whole lot of fun
Phoney definitions can lead to players having a lot of fun with Balderdash. Players draw cards that has various categories. Once the question for the category has been read, players then guess what the definition or answer is. The fun part is that players also write down a false definition to try to trick other players. Points are scored and players move across the boards with each round. The first player to reach the Finish Line is the winner.
We love playing guessing games where we try to trick each other. Balderdash is a great game to allow us to do this! Since my littles were younger than the recommended age for this game, some of the definitions were difficult to understand. My kids didn’t give up and came up with their own hilarious answers. Balderdash is also simple to start playing and we have a great time playing it whenever we set up on our deck!
A race to get ready for a getaway
Do you find it hard to fit all of your things in your suitcase when getting away for a vacation? Get Packing is a great game to help you get it right! Each player has a suitcase and a number of items. The game cards have sunny destinations and an image of the items you would need to bring with you. Players race to be able to fit all of the items on the card into the suitcase without the lid cracking open and collect that card. The first player to get three cards wins.
Get Packing is hands-down my favourite game to play! This game is great to have around if you want to keep your kids occupied while making dinner for a few minutes or if you want to draw it out and try all of the cards. One of the best takeaways of this game is that players learn spatial awareness in order to be successful.
There is also a one-player mode where you time yourself for 30 seconds to complete the challenge on the card. My kids also loved seeing all of the destinations on the rules booklet to get a better idea of where they are around the world. Finally, Get Packing has given me some ideas as to how actually pack better for our next big adventure!
Having fun playing anywhere this summer with games
My family is having a lot of fun playing anywhere with the games we received from Mattel Games and Asmodee! From fast-paced competitions to strategic fun, these games had our family spending time together and enjoying the summer with a lot of laughter. We can’t wait to take these games with us when we visit family and go camping this year. Keeping the family entertained is key for having summer fun, and these games will be on hand to help keep the smiles and laughter happening!
Curious to see what other fun games Mattel Games Canada has for families play anywhere this summer? We checked out their website and followed them on their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages!
You can also see other games Asmodee has to offer by visiting their website and sneaking a peek at their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram @asmodeedigital, and YouTube channels!
Disclaimer: I received items from Mattel Games Canada and Asmodee in order to write this review. The views I shared army own.
Bounce-off would be fun!
Balderdash would be a lot of fun to play
Get packing looks like a lot of fun!🧳
I would love to try Azul.
I would like to play Azul with my family this summer.
Azul sounds like an interesting game I have not heard of before and would love to try.
Pictionary is always fun to play. Great game for summer.
Asmodee’s game Little Big Fish sounds like a fun game.
I would love to play the Get Packing game this summer with the kids.
Get Packing would be fun and also perhaps teach children more about packing for a vacation.
Thank You I would like to play Azul this summer.
I didn’t realise that there were so very many different UNO games. I’m sure my grandchildren would love to have the Disney Pixar Coco UNO for our camping trips.
Jurrasic Snack sounds like an interesting game for my grandchildren.
I would like to try Azul
Kerplunk would be a great game to play for summertime fun.
The Asmodee Takenoko Board Game looks like a lot of fun.
I think the Get Packing game would be fun!
We would love to play Azul
I think Balderdash would be a great game to bring more fun to summer.
I would like to play the game UNO this summer.
I keep hearing good things of Azul, that’s the one I’d like to try!
Bounce off looks like fun!
We would love to play Balderdash.
Would love to try Azul with the family this summer.
I would love to try Azul. Our family loves the regular version of ticket to ride. 🙂
Get packing!
The game from Asmodee’s website I would like to play is Ticket to Ride.
The game from Mattel Games’ website I would like to try is Bounce Off.
Love to try the Get Packing game
First Travel
Azul looks like a lot of fun.
All of the games look like fun but I’d really like to try Get Packing with my kids. I think they would really enjoy it.
We would love Balderdash!
My kids would love playing Flushin’ Frenzy from Mattel.
I have always wanted to try playing Balderdash, so that would be the one I’d pick first!
I like having a good storage solution for games so I’d love to have the UNO Deluxe Tin from Mattel.
I would like to play Wheel of Fortune Bingo this summer.
I know the kids and grandkids would love to play … Minecraft
I think we would play Balderdash
I think the grandchildren would love to try the Get Packing game. thanks for the chance.
My favorite game to play would have to be Balderdash.
I’d like to try Balderdash
Blink Bold from Mattel sounds like a fast and entertaining game.
We would love to play Azul it looks fun
I’ve always wanted to play Balderdash! I think it’d be great to bring camping this summer.
I would like to play the game KerPlunk.
Balderdash, would be my first choice
Get Packing is my fave of the game you listed above!
We love to play uno and bring it everywhere!
Asmodee’s game Little Big Fish would be fun to play everywhere.
I know the kids would like kerplunk .
Get Packing! Azul is pretty to look at but your description makes me think it might not be the game for us – so many great choices though!
Handimonium: The Tiny Hands Game would be a fun game
Bounce off
Azul
I think Balderdash would be fun game to play!
We’re big Balderdash fans around here.
My kids and I would love to play Ticket to Ride
we would love playing Balderdash
Azul sounds like fun!
Card N’ Go Seek would definitely be fun to play with my grandkids this summer.
My kids would love Ticket To Ride as they’ve seen us play the adult version before!
Balderdash!
Apples to Apples looks like a cute game
We love playing Balderdash at our trailer
we would love to play Phase 10 …..games at the lake with our granddaughter are a favorite for everyone in the evening!
Jeopardy sounds like a fun card game too and I know that my grandkids love card games so this would be great for us.
Balderdash sounds like a fun game to play this summer.
Kerplunk sounds like a lot of fun!
Noisy Neighbors looks like a fun family game to play over the summer.
I would love to try Azul.
I’d bring Azul – looks like something my family would like!
the kids and I would love to play Pictionary
balderdash looks so fun! we love uno and clue in our household, would love to try some of these new games
My kids would love Bounce Off
I think we would love SKIP BO
I would love to play Balderdash with my family.
I would like to try get packing.
Lowdown would be very entertaining and you can easily take card games anywhere to have fun.
I really want to try azul
The Gas Out game looks hilarious!
Balderdash would be a fun game to play this summer!
I think the game Get Packing sounds like a great family game to play this summer.
I think my kids would love to play Bounce Off when we go camping!
I would like to play the game Snap Shouts.
We’d play Apples to Apples
Azul looks like so much fun!
Would love to give it a shot.
I like to play Balderdash this summer.
I would love Azul – it’s actually on my wishlist already.
The Noisy Neighbours game from mattel looks fun!
The ticket to ride games also look very cool from asmodee
The Minecraft Card Game would no doubt be popular with my grandkids. 🙂
my kids would love to play Little Big Fish
Pictionary Air looks like it could be a lot of laughs!
Azul looks like a hott!
Skip-Bo is a great game to play this summer because card games can be played anywhere.
We would like to play Sail Away.
I would try Blokus
lowdown looks interesting…will have to check it out
Phase 10 we could play anywhere too.
I would love to play Azul with my family
The Phase 10 Card Game sounds like it would be great fun.
So many good games to play, but Balderdash would be good to play this summer at the campsite.
I would love to play Azul with my family if I win.
the grandkids would really enjoy the Rock Em Sock Em this summer!
We would play Skip-bo
TURNSPELL looks interesting.
The Phase 10 Card Game looks like fun
Skip-Bo sounds like another entertaining game to play with my grandkids.
I like Pictionary so Pictionary Air looks like the family would enjoy playing it.
The game Silicon Valley Startups looks like a fun game to play this summer.
Snappy Dressers sounds like a fun game.
Pictionary would be a fun family game
UNO Moo sounds like a great game for pre-schoolers.
Bounce Off sound like a fun game to play this summer.
We would enjoy playing the game Baby Face Charades.
Wheel of Fortune for family game night.
Blink Fast & Furious must be fun too.
Pictionary card game looks interesting
Bounce off looks like fun
Azul looks fun
Minecraft Card Game would be a big hit with the grandkids!
Bounce Off looks like a riot that my sons would love!!
Bounce off for sure!! Looks like so much fun!
Pictionary Air is a new game for me so I would like to play that with friends.
The card game Blink would be one of the games we would like.
phase 10 looks like a good game night game
Get Packing for the grand kids
We want to play Mattel UNO this summer!
We want to play Asmodee Ticket To Ride London this summer!
We would love Apples to Apples
Balderdash looks like a fun family game
pictionary is always great family fun
Wheel of Fortune would be fun with the older grandkids!
The game Get Packing looks like a fun game to play with the grandkids.
Of the Mattel games, I’d love to play Pictionary with my granddaughter. I used to play it with my kids, and at parties. Is such a hilarious game!
Card N’ Go Seek looks like a fun game to play anywhere.
We’d love to play Balderdash this summer.
Snappy Dressers looks like a fun challenging fun
Card N go seek would probably be a blast with my granddaughter !
The Kerplunk game looks like it would be a lot of fun.
Mad Gab would be fun to play anywhere this summer
Rock Em Sock Em Robots Retro would be a fun game to play this summer.
We love card games and Uno Deluxe sounds like fun.
Phase 10 card game looks good
Apples to Apples would be fun and entertaining game t o play anywhere!
The UNO card game is a big hit in our household.
I’d love to play Balderdash.
After going to the Mattel site, I remember how much fun Kerplunk was!
I think my son would like the minecraft card game!
The Minecraft Card game would be fun to play anywhere.
The Phase 10 Card Game looks like a fun family game
There are a lot of these games that I’ve never played. Today I’d choose Splash, we’d all have fun with that.
We’d play wheel of fortune
I would love to play Ticket to Ride
I would like to play Pictionary Air.
I believe Skip-Bo Junior would be a lot of fun with my grandchildren and since it’s a card game it can be played even while camping.
Balderdash would be a big hit in our home.
Baby Face charades sounds like a fun family game.
my grand kids would love to play wheel of fortune for sure, sounds like fun
The card game Gas Out sounds like a hoot to play with the family.
I think we would have fun playing Noisy Neighbours
Pictionary would be fun for the family
Snappy Dressers is another one where there’d be lots of laughter with my grandchildren.
I would like to play the get packing game.
Bounce Off!
The card game Snappy Dresser is a game I would enjoy playing with my grandchildren.
The charade game noisy neighbors sounds good. I love playing charades with family and friends.
My kiddos love playing Kerplunk!
Pictionary Card Game another game that would be a lot of fun.
We would enjoy playing the card game Jeopardy.
ticket to ride
DOS sounds like another good game that can be played anywhere
The game Bounce Off sounds good for family night.
I would enjoy playing Batman vs.Superman Rock Em Sock Em Robots with my grandchildren anywhere this summer.
Blokus Trigon seems like fun and the original is a good game.
Pictionary is a whole lot of fun.
Baldardash would be a lot of laughs I think!
The get packing game looks like a fun game
SKIP-BO – 50th Anniversary sounds like a nice special edition that my grandkids and I would have a lot of fun with.
I like playing card games so Blink looks good
The Azul game looks real fun! Thanks 🙂
UNO is a great game to play on road trips. The game you can play anywhere.
Wizards Wanted looks like a game my older grandchildren would love to play with me.
Get Packing looks like a lot of fun
Apples to Apples looks like a lot of fun to play
BOUNCE OFF looks like fun!!
UNO Finding Dory would be a game that my grandkids would enjoy, they love card games.
Balderdash would be fun to play
I think we would have fun playing Baby Face Charades.
The Gas Out game sounds like quite the fun game.
I think Balderdash would be tons of fun to play this summer with family and friends
the Get Packing game would be fun!
I think my kids would like the game Bounce Off
I would like to bring Bounce-Off with us this summer
Phase 10 looks like a fun game
Common Threads, four easy-to-learn card games with the same deck would keep us occupied anywhere for sure.
We would enjoy playing Snap Shouts this summer.
Baby Face seems like a really fun family game of charades.
Getting Pack sounds like fun.
we all love a good card game and Lowdown looks fun!
Wheel of fortune is a fun game to play this summer.
Balderdash looks like fun
UNO Minecraft would appeal to my grandson I’m sure. 🙂
Kerplunk would be fun
We would like to play Phase 10 anywhere this summer.
Phase 10 looks like a fun card game.
apples to apples looks fun
Pictionary looks like a fun game
Ticket to Ride I hear is a great game
My granddaughters would love playing UNO DC Super Hero Girls. 🙂
Pictionary Team Relay because I love playing games in teams.
Kerplunk is a fun game to play anywhere.
I would love to play Sale away with my son.
Magic 8 Ball Toy Story 4 would be a lot of fun for my grandkids, for me too.
Apples to Apples looks like a fun game
Uno sounds like fun
We would enjoy playing Pictionary Junior with the younger grandchildren.
Get Packing sounds fun and adventurous!
Azul would be a great game to bring to have fun anywhere this summer!
Balderdash looks like a lot of fun
Rock Em Sock Em Robots Retro is another fun sounding board game.
The game Ghost Fightin’ Treasure Hunters sounds like a good family game.
UNO Attack would be fun to enjoy anywhere.
I don’t own Mad Gab but I have played it and it was a lot of fun.
I would love to play Balderdash.
We would like to try Bounce Off.
UNO Wild Jackpot would be a fun game to play.
Get packing looks like a fun game
My grandsons would enjoy playing Batman v Superman RESE Robots.
I would like to play Rock Em Sock Em Robots Retro.
Junior Pictionary would be a good game for my younger nieces and nephews to play.
Balderdash would be fun.
Sail Away looks like it might be fun
Phase 10 Card Game would be a lot of fun to play
What a fun theme that Toy Story fans will love – they’re my grandkids. 🙂
I would love to play Phase 10 with my son.
Since my grandchildren love everything Disney I think they would enjoy playing
Apples to Apples Disney.
Rebound would be fun
Squawk would be a lot of fun
My nephew loves Toy Story so he would like to play Toss Across Toy Story 4
Another good one is Kerplunk Toy Story 4, my grandkids loved Toy Story.
I would enjoy playing Tip It with my grandchildren.
Pictionary would be fun to play with my family.
I would love to play Rock Em Sock Em Robots Retro with my family! A blast from my past!
I would like to play UNO this summer.
My daughter would love to play the Minecraft card game.
Noisy Neighbors would be fun
I would love to play Squawk with my kids this summer.
Bounce-off would be a play anywhere game, and easy to set up!
Phase 10 Card Game looks like a fun game
Balderdash is a game I always wanted to play!
I had never heard of Noisy Neighbors but I think we could have a blast with it.
This one, Balderdash, must be lots of fun too.
We would enjoy playing the game Jersey Shore Family Vacation.
Wheel of Fortune Bingo could be fun.
Exploding Kittens is a fun game
Tip It looks like a good game to test your balancing skills.