Best of Rhode Island 2009 Editors' Picks

Dressed in short shorts and fishnet stockings and sporting monikers like Craisy Dukes and Rhode Kill, we thought these were the kind of women we should keep away from our im-pressionable young daughters. We were wrong. Our preschool testers love the friendliness, fast-paced action and easy-to-grasp rules, while we swoon for the athletic prowess and sheer guts on display. At $10 a ticket, it's a bargain for the whole family.