' Remember when you played cards or knucklebones or noughts & crosses? Or what about charades, murder in the dark, I spy or hide & seek? Or made chatterboxes, those devices made from a square of paper that you flipped open between thumbs & forefingers with wishes & dreams under the flaps. This book has the lot. It may even ween you off the telly. Remember blind man's buff? What about conversations, in which players discuss a topic by starting each sentence with a consecutive letter of the alphabet? Written by two young mums, Parlour Games for Modern Families sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games. This book is bursting with games of logic & memory, wordplay, card games, role-play, & rough & tumble. No game requires any equipment beyond a pack of cards, a dictionary, dice, paper, & pen. Games are organised thematically & referenced for age-appropriateness. All are set out with clear rules & instructions. There are games that will challenge & stimulate you, & games that will have you in fits; games that can last all night, & games to fill that empty half-hour before tea; games for adults & older children, & games to keep all the kids at a four-year-old's birthday party happy. Every family & every home needs a copy.