Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined NBC 5 in Dallas to show off the best holiday gifts that are sure to make family game night the best night of the week. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.
POP IT PRO
This electronic Pop It game features LED lights in the bubbles. Players can race to pop the light-up bubbles as fast as they can.
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THE MAGICAL WORLD OF DISNEY TRIVIA GAME
Players can travel through 100 years of Disney history with 2,000 trivia questions. The golden game pawns are hand-sculpted, scaled representations of fan-favorite characters.
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SLAM WORDS
In this game, players shake the cup and slam it shut to reveal three letters, then quickly find a word that uses the three letters. Pass the cup to the next player who has to find a new word or they are out.
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SCATTERGORIES STACKAGORIES
In this new twist on the iconic game, each player controls their own set of colored stacking pieces, and whoever has their piece on the top of the stack scores for that card. As players stack higher, they score more points.
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TRESTLE TRACKS
Families can build an impressive marble run by stacking hollow cubes and a variety of perfectly flat tracks. The paths cut out of each track widen almost imperceptibly from one end to the other, creating an invisible slope that propels the marbles forward.