Thanks Miss Kathy and Anarose. I ended up buying a doll for a family with one little girl and after they had all finished eating a meal, the mother got up and started walking toward the bedroom. I clicked on her and it said, "Playing a board game" so I watched and she went to the doll, bent down then stood up with a board game which she proceeded to carry back into the kitchen and set down right on top of the plates, lol!
Anarose, I figured I was probably just having a spell of bad luck in the "having kids" department but wasn't sure if my putting the game on pause might have messed things up. I figured probably not, but wanted to make sure.
Thanks for letting me no about the collectibles and that it also works with the adults -- yay! I wonder what happens if it's a new collectible. Does one go into the collection and the other gets sold?