Ravensburger

Detective games: spotting the clues…

June 4, 2014 By Ellen

Usually the clues are easy to spot. It’s the moment when the camera holds a seemingly irrelevant shot for a beat longer than necessary, or there’s some chatter about a trivial side issue. That’s the point you know where the answer might lie. If you meet a character who is smoking, admiring themselves in a […]

Review: Asara board game by Ravensburger

May 13, 2013 By Ellen

I’d like to say that we’re the kind of family that loves board games. The truth is I love board games and the Boys occasionally indulge me and sit down to Monopoly or, my favourite, Trivial Pursuit. So it is with great glee that I accept the opportunity to road test some new games, as it […]

Review: Ravensburger’s CSI science kit

March 4, 2013 By Ellen

Question: When is a review not a review? Answer: When your son has done it for you. So there you are… A Blogging Boy gives the kit the thumbs up but says it’s a bit on the fiddly side. That might be because he’s a bit on the impatient side, but there you go. The kit, […]

Review: 3D Eiffel Tower puzzle by Ravensburger

March 18, 2012 By Ellen

When there’s a jigsaw that requires testing, there is really only one boy for the job in our house – Boy One. He likes a jigsaw… a lot. So it fell to him to put the Ravensburger 3D Eiffel Tower puzzle through its paces. The blurb says: “Each jigsaw (there’s also Big Ben and the Empire State […]