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HAWKs has introduced two portable games that bring wildlife themes into family game nights: Dinner Time, a food-chain card game, and That’s Scat!, a token-collecting game. The company lists them at $14.99 and $19.99, respectively; both are available at hawkskids.com and are scheduled to launch on Amazon Oct. 15.
HAWKs has released two nature-themed games for children, bringing wildlife and outdoor-learning topics to indoor play. Dinner Time, a fast-paced card game about animal food chains, and That’s Scat!, a token-collection game about identifying animal scat, are available now at hawkskids.com; the company’s products are scheduled to launch on Amazon on Oct. 15.
Dinner Time is listed for $14.99 and recommended for ages 7 and up. Players discard cards to form predator-prey links, then race to spot a food chain and slap the table while calling “Dinnertime!” The player who finds a chain takes the pile, and the last player with cards remaining wins, according to the product description provided by HAWKs and The Toy Insider.
That’s Scat! is listed for $19.99 and recommended for ages 6 and up. Players draw tokens from a bag to find matching pairs and identify animals, then decide when to stop collecting and bank their findings. The rules say that drawing three or more matching tokens can require a player to return tokens to the bag, giving others a chance to collect them. The player with the most matching pairs at the end wins.
HAWKs and The Toy Insider describe both games as portable options for family game nights, road trips, and camping trips. Their educational aims, including teaching food-chain relationships and pattern recognition, are the company’s stated product goals; the source material does not provide independent testing of learning outcomes.
Wildlife Topics Move Into Game Night
The games give families a screen-free way to play with subjects often encountered outdoors: predator-prey relationships in one game and animal traces in the other. Their compact format and prices below $20 may make them practical to pack for travel, while their age recommendations help shoppers judge whether the rules suit a child.
The release also reflects HAWKs’ stated aim of encouraging children’s curiosity about nature through play. The games turn that aim into two different activities—quick card matching and a risk-and-reward token draw—rather than a single general nature lesson. Whether they improve children’s wildlife knowledge is not established by the information available.
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HAWKs’ Play-Based Nature Focus
HAWKs, short for Hiking Adventures With Kids, was founded in Los Angeles by former retail executive Emma Flanders. The company says it aims to help children reconnect with nature and encourage curiosity through play. The new titles bring that theme into compact tabletop formats instead of requiring a hike or outdoor setting.
The Toy Insider’s report describes Dinner Time as a chain-building game centered on which animals eat other animals. That’s Scat! uses scat as a starting point for wildlife identification, paired with a collecting mechanic in which players weigh whether to keep drawing or bank what they have found. The source lists both as HAWKs products and gives separate suggested age ranges and prices.
“Players race to build food chains, find the connection between predator and prey, all to call “DINNER TIME!” before anyone else does.”
— The Toy Insider’s description of Dinner Time
Sales Reach and Learning Effects
The source material does not specify how many units HAWKs has produced, whether the games will be stocked by retailers beyond the company’s website and Amazon, or whether the Oct. 15 Amazon launch applies to both products in every market. It also does not provide details about shipping, availability by region, or whether the listed prices may change.
The stated educational benefits are product claims and descriptions, not results from independent research included in the report. The exact play time, number of players, and full rules for edge cases are also not given in the supplied information.
Amazon Listing Is the Next Milestone
The next stated sales milestone is the planned Oct. 15 Amazon launch. Until then, the source says both games can be purchased through hawkskids.com. Retail availability and any later distribution announcements have not been specified.
Families considering a purchase can compare each game’s listed age recommendation and price with their needs: Dinner Time is aimed at ages 7 and up, while That’s Scat! is aimed at ages 6 and up. For children’s products, shoppers can also check current safety information and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall database; the supplied report does not mention a recall or safety notice for either game.
Key Questions
What are the two new HAWKs games?
Dinner Time is a card game about building animal food chains. That’s Scat! is a token-collection game in which players match tokens to identify animals.
How much do the games cost?
The listed suggested retail prices are $14.99 for Dinner Time and $19.99 for That’s Scat!. Actual prices may vary by seller.
What ages are the games recommended for?
HAWKs lists Dinner Time for ages 7 and up and That’s Scat! for ages 6 and up. Caregivers should check the packaging and game instructions to judge suitability for an individual child.
Where can families buy the games?
Both are available now at hawkskids.com. The source says they are scheduled to launch on Amazon on Oct. 15.
Do the games have independently verified educational benefits?
The product descriptions say the games are designed to introduce topics such as food chains, pattern recognition, and wildlife identification. The supplied report does not cite independent research measuring their learning effects.
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