GM Shelby Studer

Sleeping Queens

Ages 8 and Up

2 to 5 Players

Imagine a place where there's a queen of all pancakes, a king of cookies and a pack of over-protective dragons. If this sounds like something out of a dream, it actually is Sleeping Queens was invented by 6-year-old Miranda Evarts, who thought up the game one night when she couldn't fall asleep. She awoke the next morning and with help from her older sister, Madeleine and her parents, Denise and Max created this wonderfully whimsical world of napping nobles.

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza

Ages 7 and Up

3 to 8 Players

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is a card game where players take turns placing cards face up in a community pile while saying "taco/cat/goat/cheese/pizza" in sequence. When a player places a card that matches the mantra, all players must slap their hands on the deck, with the last one to slap picking up the cards. The objective of the game is to be the first person with no cards in hand to slap a match. The game is played clockwise.