Pick-up-Sticks is a traditional game. 'Boring' is the exclamation you might expect from a child. When my cousin came to a family party and I thought we adults were going to lose him to his mobile phone with his social networking and virtual games. I raided the old childhood drawer full of games that hadn't seen the light of day for a couple of decades. The first thing I pulled out was this tube of Pick-Up-Sticks. I needed something uncomplicated. There was no time to read the rules and I could tell that I would lose his interest before we had begun but I recalled how to play well enough to begin immediately. There is no laborious rule book reading or explaining to do. ..  Read the complete review

Pick Up Sticks, also known as Mikado, used to be one of my favourite games as a child. I don't know why, really. Maybe it was the simplicity of the game, that you could play with anyone really because even if they didn't know the rules you could teach them within a few seconds. Toyday have released a set of this game, which you can pick up for under three pounds - not a bad price at all. For those of you who don't know the game - it's pretty simple. You start by dropping the sticks from their stack so they become one random assortment on the table. The aim of the game is to, as the title suggests, pick up the sticks but do so without making others ...  Read the complete review