This was one of the presents that I got my boyfriend for his birthday.

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The game’s simplicity makes it easy to learn – you have to compare four things (color, shape, shading, and number) on each card independently. When you compare the cards, each of the four things either has to be completely the same or completely different. The rules are really that simple but the game gives your brain a workout! You really have to scan the cards and try to quickly ascertain if there is a “set” on the board or not.

This game got five stars on Amazon and it is no wonder. I was looking for a game that could be as good for two players or a group of people so that we could play it alone or when we had friends over and I did …read more

A reader was searching for gifts for volunteers and I thought this was a nice challenge for Sleuthing Sunday.

The difficult thing about getting gifts for volunteers is that you want the gift to be meaningful for a group of people and still be budget friendly. I think the most difficult aspect of this equation is definitely finding a gift that pleases a group of people instead of each individual personality – and you certainly don’t want to single people out and give people different gifts because it could lead to all sorts of problems nor does it make the group feel like a whole, which is what you really want.

I think the best way to find the perfect gift for a group is to focus on the commonality – what does this group of volunteers do? Think about gifts related to the work they …read more