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Kcab: Can you give more details about the rocket kit? My DS8 has been obsessed with making rockets for about 6 months now. He started with building some of the easy snap-together models from the local hobby store, and then progressed to the build-them-yourself from kits. He is now into cutting out his own designs for tail fins from balsa wood and substituting those for the kit tail fins. We launch rockets every few weeks, and I would love to find something for him for xmas. Note: We are using the engines from the hobby store, such as A's, B's and sometimes a few C engines.

Also, does anyone have any strategic board games suggestions for an 8 year old boy who loves strategy and conquest. We gave him Risk for his 8th birthday, and he found it fairly easy. We just received Axis and Allies as a present from a grandmother who likes to dote , and that was pretty easy too. (although it has inspired a love of WW II history!) Can anyone think of other games that your kids have enjoyed that he might find challenging?

How about the hydrogen powered cars people bought last year? Were they a success?

http://www.discoverthis.com/young-scientists.html

These are very cool. I bought kit 1 - 13 for my girls and they LOVE them!!! They come with everything you need to do the experiments and a sheet to record observations etc just like a real scientist. My favorite is the kit that lets you grow bacteria and then kill it with Neosporin :-) We also have the Sciology Card game which is fabulous! It is the Scientist version of Go Fish.

Ooopss!!

This is the proper link for buying the group of kits that I bought. You can buy from the other site but this is the original.

http://www.theyoungscientistsclub.com/

I like Fatbraintoys.com. This year Santa is bringing Qwirkle, Amazing Labyrinth and plasma cars.

Settlers of Catan isn't so much conquest, but there is quite a bit of strategy in it. My almost 7 yo son loves it, and it's good for parents, too.

http://www.amazon.com/MayFair-Games...-and-games&qid=1226803920&sr=8-1

Yes! We like Settlers of Catan too! In fact, my DH and I used to play it to pass the time away while I was on bedrest. Good game!

I found this website and ordered a couple of beginning robot kits for MrWiggly:
www.electronickits.com

Great stuff!

You can go to Hoagies and click through to this website and others. I think then the website gets a bit back for being the linking site.

Anyone else tried the muggins games? They are pricey, but they look like that were made for my DS4. He would LOVE it probably for years to come. What are other's experiences with it?

My kids enjoy playing Stare and Stare Jr with their friends. It is essentially like playing memory but is much harder. Several of the pictures are from the world of both modern and fine art. Stare game Also, Apples to Apples is a hit (comes in Jr version too). Board games can be lots of fun!

I love that!