This article discusses how math skills, teamwork and higher-level thinking come together when students create strategic board games. In this article, the authors provide a glimpse of what it was like to be part of "To the Sun!," a game designed by students in the fifth-grade class at Olive Martin School in Lake Villa, IL. Students combined a math concept of fractions and a science theme of space exploration to create a unique, life-size game that reinforced content learned throughout the year. Their goal was to capture student interest and generate enthusiastic participation during the last weeks of school. They wanted to create an activity that reviewed major academic concepts introduced during the school year and reinforced teamwork, strategic planning and higher- level thinking. They discuss the details of the project as well as two of six innovative, creative games such as "Kilometers to Kalifornia" and "The War of the States."