Games and Puzzles

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Five Crowns is a card game a bit like Rummy but with five suits, Stars being the extra suit. The idea is to be the first to lay down your hand by assembling sequences (6,7,8,9 for example) or sets (three Jacks) for example. It takes skill and a good dose of luck  Each game takes about 45 minutes.

1-7 players

Age suitability: 8+

Here is a good explanatory video from the Board Game Museum:

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Two long socks, two collections of items inside them.  You have to be the first to pull the correct item out of your sock, purely by sense of touch, no peeping.

2+ players or two teams.

Age suitability: 8 years onwards.