Dry Spell

Due to the demands and needs of both my children and the utility companies we have had a gaming dry spell in this house.
It makes me sad because in some ways the games help keep me sane.  But i'm keeping my head above water with what games i can manage.

The latest in this house has been 'Rory's Story Cubes'
Miss (now) 5 got it for her birthday and she LOVES it!
The box says 8+ but my 5 year old loves it.

The premise is simple.
Roll the dice, tell a story involving the elements that the dice rolled for you.
They all have picture son them so it's language independent and so it's simply a  matter of sit back and watch their imagination get a work out.

There are a couple of game play variants written on the box, this one which is most suitable, the other which i believe will have to wait till shes older would be to roll the dice and tell a story including one dice and then the next person includes another and together you build one story.

I"m not sure it warrants and age down conversion, the variant we're using is clearly listed on the box and works well with my younger than 8 year old.  However i will not that my 3.5 year old doesn't get it.
The stories are a little wandering and usually involve a toy she has nearby as the main character but it's still a success and she still loves it.
Great for working the imagination
encouraging imagination
also from a 'therapy' point of view, recurring themes in a child's mind come to be obvious.  For instance lately miss 5 was allowed to watch 'The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, she loved it, and in both stories she told during this game her fairy, and later a fish both died and came back from the dead.

At $15 i think this particular game has immeasurable value for a number of reasons, there are three versions and there are expansions to the original as well, i imagine all would work all together.

Again i don't usually do reviews but this was well worth putting out there.