My family have for many years been big players of both traditional boules and horse shoes, and many a family occasion has been spent competing for a winner. Now my parents have sets of both games which have been in the family for years, and being that my partner and I were hosting a barbeque last summer we decided to buy a cheap version to add to the competitiveness. **The Boules** This boules set includes eight boules enabling you to play with up to four people at a time. Traditionally, a set of boules is metal in construction and silver in colour, however these boules differ from the norm and would thus be good for both young and old in my ...  Read the complete review

My Auntie and Uncle quite recently brought a present for my 8 year old son. They brought him a Mookie Boules Set. I have to say that I felt a little sense of nostalgia when I saw what he had been brought as I had an almost identical game myself when I was younger, though I have no idea if mine was a Mookie one or not. Although he has only owned this game for a couple of weeks, we have had their money's worth out of it already. This game is a perfect school holiday game in my opinion as it can be played both indoors and outdoors and on most surfaces. I would be quite cautious when playing indoors, especially if you are playing with younger children as the ...  Read the complete review

This is another one of those fun classic family type games that can remain buried in the back of the shed for ages, suddenly be 're-discovered' during a clean-out, and then become very competitive again for the family. And so it was with this Mookie Boules set and my family. Many years ago, we used to have our own cheap boules set that we bought from a market, which didn't last too long on account of the dogs (then as puppies) having a go at the boules with their 'if it's on the ground, it must be mine, so I'll chew it' mentality. However, last year, when the dogs seemed to have grown up enough to lose their interest in chewing everything, we bought this ...  Read the complete review

Now being an older person, I don't have much truck with anything new fangled. After all, I have a stereotype to live up to. So, not for me these complicated computer games - I'd rather have some good old-fashioned outdoor fun. We have had a set of these boules in our garage for as long as I can remember. In fact, we have two sets, the one under review and another cheaper set, one of which has a yellow ball missing, but that is by the by. We tend to put them in the car when we go to the beach a few times a year and those with us are forced to get out of their blanket huddled in their deckchair and afforded scant protection against the biting wind and enjoy a ...  Read the complete review

In theory, boules is boules right? Well, you'd think so, and I've played with a number of boules sets over the years, living by the beach. Surprisingly, you get to know whether one set is better than another, and a lot of it does have relevance with the design and often the price. Mookie's range of toys have impressed me, though, and despite their affordable prices, I've never had any real issues with their toys. At around the £5.50 price mark, their boules set seems to be another excellent value toy. The set comes with four pairs of different coloured heavy boules, weighted balls. Then there's a much smaller ball called the jack. The idea of the game is to ...  Read the complete review