Usborne Picture Word Lotto (Farmyard Tales Board Games)

I have a huge love for this game as it was the first board game we ever played properly with our youngest son. We started to play it when he was about 2 and half years old but it could be used for children much older. Based on the ever popular Usborne Farmyard Tales, illustrated by the sadly deceased Stephen Cartwright, Picture Word Lotto is a game that can be played with the whole family on equal terms. The game was devised in association with Nottingham University's Child Development Unit. The game consists of 4 durable playing boards (we have wiped ours clean too with babywipes!) each with nine Farmyard Tale related pictures to match. You ...  Read the complete review

I discovered lotto can be traced back to the year 1530 a lottery game” Lo Giuco de Lotto“originated in Italy. The game still played every Saturday. Now a form of this game is played in many countries. One form is often called bingo. Basically lotto is a game where a group of people play together each has a card with numbers or pictures on, there is a person who acts as caller and that person calls out a number and the person who has that number on his card covers it up and the first person to get all the numbers on his card is the winner. The lotto game I am going to talk about is the farmyard tales picture lotto made by Usbourne toys. The illustrations by ...  Read the complete review