Though the unnaturally hued delicacy isn’t quite delicious, it’s lovely in a kind of alien way. Interoffice a pump-up dessert to anyone who delights in bizarre desk accessories.
Available at blueribbongeneralstore.net, $8.
Barely bigger than a postage stamp, even the Hanged Man looks less intimidating. Desk-bound aspiring psychics can practice in the smallest of spaces with these mini cards.
Available at blueribbongeneralstore.net, $6.
Your dinner party-throwing co-worker will jump for joy over a storytelling challenge that’s guaranteed to get things going. Symbol-stamped dice inspire each player to move the narrative in a new direction.
Available at barstonschildsplay.com, $8.
Get your scholarly research assistant the updated version of the classic board game, which can be played solo or with a group. Electronic tiles flash and beep as words come together in three-to-five-letter challenges.
Available at barstonschildsplay.com, $36.
A quick-fire test of visual and verbal cues, the card game will have your college-age intern using parts of the brain that aren’t typically accessed at the same time. You know, for when she wants to relax.
Available at barstonschildsplay.com, $16.
Your sports-obsessed boss can finally play ball indoors with the handheld toy, which coaches players through six addictive games.
Available at amazon.com, $18.
It’s Japanese poetry in motion when you scatter 63 word blocks and link them together to create haiku. The pretty box is pure coffee-table Zen.
Available at chroniclebooks.com, $25.
Thank your receptionist for screening unwanted calls with spare wooden chessmen, originally designed by modernist Lanier Graham some 40 years ago to reflect their board capabilities (e.g., the L-shaped knight).
Available at abodeon.com, $65.
If your cubicle mate doesn’t stop tapping her fingernails against the shared desk surface, you might put a paperweight through her monitor. Give her digits a distraction with an all-ages toy made of 216 powerful magnetic orbs that can be endlessly reconfigured into various shapes and patterns.
Available at abodeon.com, $30.
The only stars you’ve seen are in the pages of your favorite gossip mag. A telescope in the kitschy set helps scout constellations, and the cute anime tin doubles as a treasure chest.
Available at blueribbongeneralstore.net, $20.
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