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[jajdude]

Has "Crazy Cards" completely disappeared from Korea? I bought a pack a year ago (in Hyehwa "Kim and Johnson" I think). Left it behind. Now cannot find another.

Guess it is possible to make another card game similar to it, but I liked that original game with the insects, animals, flowers, sports, transportation, etc...

[discostar23]

I bought my crazy cards at Wal-Mart before I came over. Suprisingly best investment I am made. Its been only six months and the poors things are looking pretty tattered.

As far as games...go to a dollar store and pick up a picture bingo game. They should have several different ones.

I bought Trivial Pursuit before I am came too, another good investment. Its the Canadian edition so when playing against americans you can win every time haha But before we got our computer at home my room mate and I played it religiously.

Also I saw at the english language book store yesterday. Uno-Jenga! is there no god??? hhehe

[Universalis]

Stay away from Uno-Jenga. The pieces are plastic so they tend to grip each other rather than slide out like the wooden bricks in regular Jenga. Trying to pull out a piece on the bottom layer, I ended up dragging the whole tower across the table. We returned our copy the next day.

There is good "uno-jenga" set available under the name of Rainbow Timber. It's wood, but painted. And it comes with a dice. Try mecashop.co.kr... they should have it.

Brian

[OiGirl]

[Dawn]

To get to English Plus in Seoul, take Subway Line #1 to the Jonggak exit and go out exit one. It's about a minute walk (past KFC and an LG mini-store).

Exit 5 or 6 (maybe both) of that same stop will dump you into Youngpoong Bookstore which also has a large selection of English teaching materials, including some games English Plus doesn't have. Oh, and if you really want to make a day of it, hit Youngpoong first, go across to English Plus, then after English Plus, hit the sidewalk and head straight again until you run into Kyobo.

No idea what's in Gwangju these days, but unless it's improved dramatically, my guess is your best bet would be to head toward a bigger city.

[jaebea]

Scattegories is where the party at. I think with the older kids, it'd be pretty handy.

Then again, it's probably just me trying to justify its greatness because I enjoyed it so much. The brats would probably detest it.

"You know what time it is kids?"
"Teacher! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO....."
"That's right. Scattegories."

jae.

[oneiros]

[JacktheCat]

I second the recommendation for The Game of Life; good board game, especially for middle and high schoolers.

If you've got a digital camera, there's a little trick I've come up with to squeeze board games like Life and Monopoly into 30-40 min lessons and extend them out over several weeks.
At the end of the lesson, take digital photos of the board (where everyone's pieces are, etc.) and then put each team\players cards and money in separate, marked evelopes. At the start of the next lesson (or when you choose to restart the game) just boot up your camera, find where the pieces go and re-distribute the teams cards and money.

[Grotto]

I had great success with the Game of Life easy to play fairly quick and up to 8 people can play at one time.

Game of Life lots of reading....make the students read and figure out what each space means...shows the benefits of a college education...all in all a great game.

Clue....once explained it caught on like wildfire only thing I had to watch was the cheating factor.

Pictionary.

Scrabble.

Go fish with picture cards, clothing, food, buildings, etc great way to teach vocabulary and pronunciation.

[JacktheCat]

On a related note, what is with the prices for English language board games here in Korea anyway.

Was in Youngpoon bookstore two weeks ago and say a copy of Scattegories ... for 85k won !!!

Considering I can make my own copy for around 2k won in stationary supplies, that's just plain insane.

[Paji eh Wong]