Trading and game cards

By Staff -- Playthings, 7/12/2006 5:30:00 AM

Les cardes American writers who gathered in Paris in the 1920s and '30s were called?…True or false: Parisians consume an average of 45 pounds of cheese a year? These and other questions are part of the latest card game from San Francisco-based card game company, SmartsCo. ParisSmarts includes 60 question-and-answer cards, score pad and a 24-page Paris Discoveries pocket travel guide with off the beaten path suggestions such as where to go for a literary pilgrimage or finding an Australian pub in France's City of Light. Card categories include: Le Menu (food and wine), History, Off the Beaten Path and Culture. SRP $16.95. www.smartsco.com

	Rockin’ cards There are six editions to the Rock and Roll Triviologies Pocket pack card games from Aleken Games, Genesee Depot, Wisc. The trivia packs, based on the Triviologies board game, contain more than 200 questions, a score pad and instructions and retail for $6.95. Music categories include Women Rockers, Rock 'n Roll Relationships, On The Map, Record Collection and Music Mix and cover rock from the 1950s through the present. www.alekengames.com

The word is… Some may be baffled, but all will gab. The Baffle Gab game from the company by the Seattle-based same name lets players use their word smarts by creating a story out of five words. Each player has a minute to develop their story. If all words can be used, points are doubled. The game retails for $29.95 and is recommended for ages 8 and older. The game includes 300 word cards, 600 bone bucks, an hourglass timer, writing tablets, pencils, rules and example/fast start sheets. www.bafflegab.com

	Get carded This year more trading cards from Inkworks, Morrisville, N.C., hit the shelves, including Lost: Revelations in August, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (September), Hellboy Animated and Supernatural: Season One (October), Lost: Season Two (November) and Smallville: Season Five in December. Each six-card pack retails for $2.49. Various display boxes are available. www.inkworks.com

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