Here's another product review for you, stemming from one of our Christmas gifts : the Hedbanz Game.

The game can be played with two to four players, and involves each player having to guess the contents of a card that they cannot be see (through deductive reasoning, if you want to sound really fancy-schmansy). 

The game begins with each player receiving a card, a plastic headband, and three chips. On their turn, a player places the card, without looking at it, on their respective headband. The one minute timer begins, and the player may than ask a series of yes/no questions, until they have enough information to make a guess, for example :

Am I a food?
Am I a vegetable?
Am I red?
Tomatoe?

If correct, the player gives back one of their three chips. The player that 'loses' all of their chips first, wins.

Why did I like the game? First, I was interested in playing. Second, and this might be why I was interested in playing, it didn't involve batteries, princesses, or screen time. Third, it did involve thinking.

This proved a little more challenging for the younger set, who just wanted to throw the cards around to see where they fell, much to the dismay of the older siblings. But, I would say it would be suitable for those age 6 and over, and would interest both genders.

Here's a screen shot of the game from Amazon, but I've seen it in almost every store that carries board games.

http://www.amazon.com/Spin-Master-Games-6014346-Hedbanz/dp/B003AIM52A