Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My family is one one a dying breed that eats dinner at the table together every night. Throughout the years, I've used various conversation-starting techniques ("How was your day starting with the letter M?" or "How was your day ending with '... and then I had a delicious dinner!'?) When I came across this cube of cards on Amazon, it seemed like it was made for my family. The price was a little steep, but I decided to give it to myself as a Christmas gift. The cards arrived in good condition; my plastic cube was in perfect shape, not damaged at all as some other reviewers have experienced. Each card has one question printed on it. The questions aren't anything groundbreaking or earth shattering - you could have probably thought of all of them yourself, if you had the time and inclination. The cards include questions such as: what's your favorite dessert who is one of your heroes and why do they inspire you would you keep a secret if you knew someone would get hurt if you did if you were showing a foreigner around your town where would you take them what's your favorite family tradition what do you say when someone gives you a gift you already have if you could speak another language which would you choose how does a person become courageous what would you like to change about your school Overall Impressions Pros: - My kids (ages 12 and 9) LOVE these cards. They really look forward to answering the questions every day. - The plastic cube is thick and sturdy. The overall design is very attractive. - The cards are thick cardstock and seem durable enough. - These are a fun and simple way to get people talking and thinking at the table Cons: - You may have noticed that the questions listed above have no capitalization and almost no punctuation. I typed them out just as they are written on the cards. Really. This drives me absolutely crazy. I get that it's probably supposed to be "stylistic," and I'm as big a fan of ee cummings as the next gal, but my 9 year old really struggles with writing skills. I would have liked it better if these cards provided more of a model of good mechanics. Would it have killed the people at Tabletopics to at LEAST throw in a comma here and there?? (I won't even bring up the fact that the plurality of the noun and pronoun in the foreigner question doesn't match. Argh!) - The cards are supposed to be used at the table, and ours are. Unfortunately, kids, spaghetti, and white-edged cards do not really mix. After 2 months, our cards look pretty grubby. You could either look at the visible grunge as a design flaw (darker colored cards wouldn't show as much dirt), or you could view it as a testament to how much and often we really do use the cards. :-) - The price was pretty steep (especially considering all the ink they must be saving by skipping the punctuation!) I don't regret the purchase, but if these had been $12 instead of $25, I would really love them! All in all, I like these cards, but I have to remove stars for the atrocious grammar and punctuation.