Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Around the Table Games: Review and Giveaway!

Contest now closed! Thank you everyone who participated! The winner is Ribbon Rock Star! Congratulations!
I really enjoying playing the type of games where you can really get to know other people! I wish that I would have had something like this when I was young. As I get older the more I crave history from my parents and grandparents. I would love to know tidbits like, how did they meet? What is a fear they have? What was their favorite family tradition? It is fun to have this game: Family Talk. It is fun to hear what Nathaniel and Caleb respond with to the questions. Some of the questions they can't answer yet, but one day they will. It is fun to learn more about Terry with these questions, too. Family Talk is a series of games that is from the Around the Table games collection. In the Family Talk set, there are 100 cards with questions on them. Family Talk is so uncomplicated that you can play it almost anywhere-around the dinner table, in the car or anyplace your family or friends congregates. Just draw a card, read the question and let the fun begin! Diverse topics reveal surprising answers - even from hard-to-talk-to teens. And with Family Talk, everyone is a winner!Family Talk makes a great gift for family, friends, co-workers...just about anyone. Ideal for ages 4+ Cost: $12.95.
Creator and owner of Around the Table games, Beth Daniels was blessed to have her grandparents and great-grandparents in her life for decades. Over the years, she realized that the more she learned about them, the better she understood herself. As a result, she treats the stories they shared as priceless gifts that she is determined to pass on to her own children. As an Occupational Therapist, wife and mother of two, Beth understands all too well how active lives and busy schedules can prevent families from sharing the anecdotes and folklore that make a family a family. That’s why she created Family Talk and Grandparent Talk games as a fun way for families to reconnect. She also came out with Family Talk 2.
Would you like to win a game from the Around the Table games? You can chose Family Talk,Grandparent Talk, or Family Talk 2! This contest is open to bloggers and non-bloggers of the United States. This contest is open until May 31st, at 7:00 PM CST. Please go to the Around the Table Games website and pick out which game interests you most. Come back and let me know. If you want more chances to win, you can (1)blog this contest and link to me, (2) add my button to your site, and (3) subscribe to my feed. That is 3 extra chances to win! Just let me know you did the extra work in separate comments.
If you want to order a set, two, or all three...Beth has given my readers a special discount to receive free shipping on your orders! Just use the code: SSYFMT upon check out.

101 comments:

  1. Family Talk sounds wonderful. That's my choice, and I hope I win!

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  2. I would want just the regular Family Talk. My family LOVES games. This would be a great one to add to the collection. thanks!

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  3. What a great idea! I'd love the Family Talk game - it'd be a great one to play with my kids. :)

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  4. I already subscribe, and have your contests listed on my Contests page at my review site (http://momstakeonthings.com/?page_id=6) and am adding your button there right now as well! :)

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  5. I would love to win the family talk game, what a great idea!
    This would be fun to play.
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    ann dot guns at mac dot com

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  6. Grandparent talk would be great for our family reunion this summer!

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  7. family talk two has some great questions..I like what holidays do your friends celebrate that you dont
    3beez at bellsouth dot net

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  8. I've blogged about your contest!
    ~Tami
    mymadakaja AT gmail DOT com
    http://psalm37v4.blogspot.com/2008/05/family-talk-contest-entry-deadline-is.html

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  9. I've added your button to my sidebar!
    ~Tami
    mymadakaja AT gmail DOT com
    http://psalm37v4.blogspot.com/

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  10. I've subscribed to your blog using google reader!
    ~Tami
    mymadakaja AT gmail DOT com
    http://psalm37v4.blogspot.com/

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  11. Hello, I would want to begin with
    "Family Talk!" I have read many good things about these games. I like how portable they are! Please enter me in your delightful drawing. Thanks,Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  12. Hi, I subscribed to you with my
    Yahoo reader. Take care, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  13. The original Family Talk game would be a great one to start with. Sounds like fun!

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  14. The family talk game;what a great idea.

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  15. The Family Talk game looks fun... great game!

    ticole96(at)msn(dot)com

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  16. Family Talk also sounds good for couples, too. Great conversation starters for the whole family.

    iluv2pray@gmail.com

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  17. I like the idea of sharing around the dinner table. Too often we just watch T.V. or a movie and don't even communicate with each other.

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  18. I'd love the Family Talk game, might make the kids stop trying to leave for the tv during dinner.

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  19. I like the original family talk game. Thanks so much for the opoortunity.

    mistchlo[at]hughes[dot]net

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  20. I love this idea. If I won, I'd love the original family talk game. Thanks so much for this giveaway.

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  21. FAMILY TALK> I have never seen this before but what a great idea!

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  22. I live with my Grandparents so I would really like the Grandparents Talk game! thanks :)

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  23. I'd love to win the Family Talk game. I blogged your giveaway at http://acontestblog.com/index.php/2008/sassyfrazz-around-the-table-games-giveaway/
    Thanks

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  24. Id Love to have the family talk jar!

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  25. I blogged you on Prize-a-Tron!
    http://www.prizeatron.com

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  26. I like the plain old family talk. Very cool.

    Mommie
    http://www.mommieshome.net

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  27. family talk looks like a fun game to play in the car, camping or we go fishing, i think that would be a fun think to play with the kids to keep their attention while fishing, without running around.

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  28. The Family Talk or Family Talk 2 both look great to me! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  29. This would be a great way to get our "moody" adolescent to express himself.

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  30. I would love to bring this game to the family reunion this summer

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  31. I'd love the family talk game! Thank you!

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  32. Granparent Talk looks like fun!

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  33. Family Talk Clip would be great for the car.

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  34. Family Talk! This would be great, we love to play games!

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  35. What a great idea. We do something similar with trivia cards but we'd love to try Family Talk 2.

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  36. I would LOVE to win Family Talk. This is such a great idea! Thanks.
    gomeggo@gmail.com

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  37. Family Talk is such a great idea!

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  38. Since I'm sitting here with my granddaughter on my lap, I think Grandparent Talk might be neat!

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  39. Family Talk sounds like it would be wonderful. My family grew up talking but my husband's didn't so I need to retrain him and also show the kids how wonderful dinnertime conversation can be.

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  40. family talk if i were to choose, But my favorite game ever is UNO... but no one ever wants to play with me :(
    kadia3 at yahoo dot com

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  41. the family talks game would be great for family gatherings!
    thanks!
    moore.g at insideconnect.net

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  42. i also added your button :)
    thanks!
    moore.g at insideconnect.net

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  43. Family Talk is such a great idea!

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  44. I think I would like Family Talk 2. This sounds like such a great game.

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  45. I would chose the Family Talk game. This is a wonderful idea. Thank you for offering this prize. Take care and God bless, Cory

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  46. orignal looks like the best one

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  47. I would love to win the Grandparent Talk!
    this is a great idea :)

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  48. Family Talk 2 sounds great. Great Games

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  49. Either Family Talk or Family Talk 2 sounds great! My family tries to do this "best thing worst thing of the day" around the table when we can, but it would be cool to have a new game we could play at any time or at any meal, not just at the end of the day!
    BTW I'm also blogging the contest and subscribing to your feed!

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  50. Separate Comment #1... I added your button to my blog (look on the Buttons And Other Cool Things page)

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  51. SEPARATE COMMENT #2... I subscribed to your feed!

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  52. Separate Comment #3... I blogged about the contest and linked to your blog.

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  53. I would love to win FAMILY TALK!

    Thanks for the contest.

    Linda

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  54. love to win the family talk game

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  55. the family talk clip seems the most appropraiet at this juncture in my life

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  56. i'd love to mix it up with Family Talk 2

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  57. I would love to win family talk. Thank you for the contest.

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  58. Please count our family in.

    risanjax(at)metrocast(dot)net

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  59. Family Talk is my favorite and I'd love to hear all the answers that my family had in response to the questions offered.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  60. We'd love Family Talk but Family Talk 2 would be fun too! I love that they have more than one option since we'd go through them pretty quickly.

    miranda_e19[at]yahoo[dot]com

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  61. They all look awesome, but family talk would be a blast for us!

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  62. I would like the regular family talk for our fam...
    thanks!

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  63. i want to win the regular family talk!

    angelica_02_08@yahoo.com

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  64. The family Talk sounds like a great game for our family!

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  65. What a great way to keep the family talking. I love the idea and would definitely like the Family Talk

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  66. Family Talk Clip sounds like a fun game.

    I'm a subscriber.

    carissaad at aol dot com

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  67. I would love to sin the Family Talk. Looks so fun!

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  68. I also blogged about your contest here: double sided charm bracelet

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  69. I would love the Family Talk game!

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  70. Family Talk2 interests me. garrettsambo@aol.com

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  71. I like the Family Talk Clip because we could take it in the car

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  72. Family Talk looks very interesting!

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  73. Family Talk sounds like such a fun game. I'd love to win this for my family!

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  74. Grandparent Talk would be perfect for me to play with the grandkids. They love to play games.

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  75. I'd like to win the original Family Talk. It isn't easy to get my family started talking, but once they do, I love the insight obtained.

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  76. Family talk. But I think that Grandparent talk would be a really good game to have next time I go visit my grandparents :)

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  77. Family Talk is my choice. Great idea!

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  78. I like the Grandparent talk
    rosans4@comcast.net

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  79. I like the Grandparent Talk. We have some movies and audio recordings of my 92 year young mother tell things about her life, but this would be wonderful to open up new areas for her "conversations". Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this fun giveaway!

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  80. Family Talk sounds great. TY4 the contest!:)

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