Cootie games

sohmageek thought this was worth mentioning said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 7:55am ET

Where the fuck have they gone??? My son is 2. And incredibly bored with things that are deemed for age 2 on boxes… he really wants to play cards with daddy, still a little over his head. But we got a version of kerplunk that has plastic monkeys instead of marbles (tumbling monkeys) he loves it. Granted the object of the game is to NOT get monkeys but he wants monkeys. It’s great though. He’s learning to roll a die, find a color, and count the monkeys that fall out.
So break the ice- a cootie brand game. I can find a frozen branded (no cootie on the box) but not the original with the purple thing on the front and it was really a red thing… what other games were in the cootie series? I’ve actually reached out to Hasbro to find out where they are (as they own them, they also own Milton Bradley which is who owned the cootie series when I was growing up)
Any suggestions that aren’t $30-60 versions on amazon/eBay?

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sohmageek said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 7:56am ET:

Awesome that the original cootie above is the image. My father’s copy of that I used to play with as a kid. Many tiny tiny parts not kid appropriate now… now it’s cute and cuddly cootie before it was an anatomically correct (enlarged) bug.

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CaptAmehrican said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 8:00am ET:

Try the game Spot it with him. https://www.amazon.com/Asmodee-00411-Spot-It/dp/B0039S7NO6

Also i see the cootie game i knew on amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-4782-Cootie/dp/B00000IWDO

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- @CaptAmehrican I have spot it around here somewhere. I didn’t particularly like it. But I think that may be a good birthday present when he can treat his toys better (I give him some of my cards {magic} and he destroys them). Awesome suggestion!
  
  sohmageek said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 8:04am ET
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CaptAmehrican said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 8:03am ET:

Also try connect 4.

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Smitty2525 said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 8:21am ET:

cootie is not a good game for very little ones too many small parts. Connect 4 is better. barrel of monkeys may work for you too. An indoor version of corn hole might be good too. A Simon may also work for you.

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- @cranky1950 There’s a game called “corn hole”?
  
  lisaviolet said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 10:19am ET
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- @lisaviolet You’re not from the South are you?
  
  Smitty2525 said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 10:30am ET
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- @cranky1950 Well, I spent a couple of years in Wichita Falls, but, I’m not really from anywhere. Lots of childhood moving, dad was in the air force.
  
  lisaviolet said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 10:32am ET
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- @lisaviolet corn hole is the same thing as beanbag toss
  
  CaptAmehrican said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 10:34am ET
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- @lisaviolet
  
  Smitty2525 said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 10:38am ET
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- @cranky1950 It’s taken on a life of it’s own for tailgating.
  
  Smitty2525 said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 10:39am ET
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- @cranky1950 You’re cranky.
  
  hems79 said Mon, Jan 30th 2017 at 4:06am ET
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pitamuffin said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 10:45am ET:

Don’t forget Ants in the Pants!

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Seeds said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 1:28pm ET:

I never used to play cooties correctly either- my sister and I would always just take the parts and make monsters with them.

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mikibell said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 6:31pm ET:

Is he too young for chutes and ladders?
Or something like this:

https://www.fatbraintoys.com/toy_companies/mindware/seek_a_boo.cfm?source=google_pla&kwid=MI214&gclid=CID0zdjA6NECFchWDQodkKMDAQ

If you are talking about magic cards, i.e. mtg, I have a bunch you could make into a memory like game. Kid is getting into it so I bought a fatpack of lands and he has a ton of dupes!

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- @mikibell thank you! I have tons of mtg cards. I’ve been playing for about 10 years… it’s true. Get your kids into magic and they won’t have money for drugs… if you guys need older cards that are modern legal let me know. I have a ton of commons that I’ve been looking to bulk out but would prefer to give them to someone that would use them.
  
  (I save 4 of every card. You never know when it’ll come back or be valuable --I’ve had .25 cards go up to around $10. And cards that I bought at $35 go to $100… also cards that I’ve bought at $20 go to $3… so it’s a lot of fun can be expensive, but gotta keep the fun in it. )
  
  sohmageek said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 7:11pm ET
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medz said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 7:17pm ET:

Did those have choking hazards though? Is that what you want for your child?!
/giphy parent shaming

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medz said Sun, Jan 29th 2017 at 7:19pm ET:

/image TIDDLEDY-WINKS

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shop6d6ky said Mon, Jan 30th 2017 at 11:01am ET:
Playing cards with two year olds: We played a game - either number match or suit match. And by the nature of the rules - you stay very close to each other - with the leader changing frequently.
Suit match is first:
1. Draw a card.
2. Your first turn, you obviously won’t have another card of that suit - so put it face up in front of you. It’s the other person’s turn.
3. On your second or third turn: If you have a match of that suit (numbers don’t matter) - you’ve got a set! Take both cards, turn them over, and line them up, cross hatch in front of you - just like when you’re taking tricks in Spades or whatever.
4. Also - since you got a match - you get an extra turn! Take another card. Keep taking cards until you don’t get a match.
5. Keep track of how many tricks you’ve taken.
Number match is the same - the numbers matter, not the suit. We also played with a Skip-bo deck
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shop6d6ky said Mon, Jan 30th 2017 at 11:13am ET:
Another game that worked well with a deck of cards - you’ll also need a die and a marker for each person. We usually used plastic dinosaurs…
1. Deal the whole deck out in a line, face down - bending as you want. Start the game at one end - you win when you pass the other.
2. Roll the die, and move your marker that many places/cards forward. If the card you land on is face down, turn it over.
3. Follow the rules for that card:
- 7 or less: If it’s black - move forward that many spaces. If it’s red, move backwards that many spaces.
- 8: your turn is over, and you miss your next turn. We usually played that you ‘died’, and had to lay the marker on it’s side. Your next turn you resurrected, and stood back up (but didn’t roll).
- 9,T,J: Your turn is over.
- Q: trade the queen with any face down card, and follow the rules of the new card.
- K: roll again, and go forward the die.
When you get a loop - like landing on a red 7 - which takes you to a black 3 - which takes you to a black 4: put your marker on the front card of the loop, and your turn is over.
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