Pretending to Grownup

By Golden Bell Studios
Price $29.95
Age 14+

This audaciously conceived game is loaded with humor, variety, and more than a little insight into the comic (and cosmic) frailties of being an adult. The playful illustrations and hilarious verbiage that grace every card are so varied and prolific as to constitute a graphic novel's worth of reading pleasure. The meat of the action occurs during Squabbles, battles that often involve bluffing and bluster as to who has the most time, money or energy and the outcomes of which earn points for the victor of each skirmish. The first player to achieve 12 Grownup Points wins the game! There's plenty more: a wooden Daydream Token that enhances resource scores when in your possession, Unipegasaurus Cards that allow you to bend the rules as if by magic, and 32 Bonus Cards that, when included in play, make for a wilder, crazier game. Pretending to Grownup is lighthearted fun with a madcap quality that yields ample and often surprising pleasures at every turn.