Board Game Reviews
Below you’ll find a list of all the board game reviews and card games reviews we’ve posted. You can also sort the list to see each of our favorites.
If you want a quick Top 10, then check out our Top 10 “Must Have” Family Board Games and Top 10 “Must Have” Family Card Games lists. If you don’t have these games on your game shelf yet, we’d highly recommend you consider them.
Or if you’d like to find a board game review by Age, # of Players, or Game Time check out our Find a Game page.
| Game | Dad | Mom | Trevor | Jaden | Brooke | Caleb | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Ate 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 7 Wonders | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.4 | |
| 7 Wonders: Cities | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.4 | |
| Abandon Ship | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Alien Frontiers | 4 | 4.25 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| Anomia | 3.5 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Atlantis | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| Backseat Drawing | 3.25 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.0 |
| Backseat Drawing Junior | 3.25 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.0 |
| BANG! | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| BANG! Dodge City | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Befuzzled | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| The Big Fat Tomato Game | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Blokus | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Botswana | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| Bridge Troll | 4.25 | 4 | 4.5 | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| Bubble Talk | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Bug Out | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Can You See What I See? Bingo Link | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Can't Stop | 4 | 4.25 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.25 | |
| Carcassonne | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Carcassonne: Inns & Cathedrals | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Carcassonne: Traders & Builders | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Carcassonne: The River | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Carnival | 3 | 3 | 3.75 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Castle Panic | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.9 | |
| Catch Phrase | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| Circle Out! | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| City Square Off | 4 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 4.87 | 4.4 |
| Cloud 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| Clue | 4.5 | 5 | 4 | 4.75 | 5 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Code 777 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | ||
| Colorio | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.7 | |
| Crappy Birthday | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Curses | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| Defenders of the Realm | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 | |
| Descent: Journeys in the Dark | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.85 | ||
| Descent: Journeys in the Dark Conversion Kit | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.85 | ||
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cheese Touch | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | |
| Dixit Odyssey | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Dominion | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| Dominion: Seaside | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| Duck! Duck! Go! | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.9 | |
| Eruption | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Fandooble | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| Fast Flowing Forest Fellers | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Fastrack | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Faux-Cabulary | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Flash Point: Fire Rescue | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| FlipOut | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Fluxx | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| Forbidden Island | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Fortune and Glory | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.75 | 3.8 | ||
| FURT | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Gold Mine | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Got 'Em | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| Hagoth: Builder of Ships | 3 | 3.75 | 2.5 | 5 | 3.6 | ||
| Hey, That's My Fish | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Hive | 5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.75 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Homesteaders | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.8 | |||
| Incan Gold | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4.1 |
| Ingenious | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.9 |
| iota | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.6 |
| I've Never... | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Killer Bunnies: Magic Carrot | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.8 | |
| King of Tokyo | 4 | 3 | 4.25 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| King of Tokyo: Power Up! | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| Kingdom Builder | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | |
| Knock Your Blocks Off | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 4.75 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Lemming Mafia | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.75 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Letter of Marque | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |||
| Ligretto Dice | 4.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | |
| Lord of the Rings | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | |
| Lord of the Rings - the Confrontation | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||
| Mamma Mia! | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| Martian Dice | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Mastermind | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| Memoir '44 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Monkey Lab | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| Morphology Junior | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.4 |
| My Word! | 3.25 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | |
| Mystery of the Abbey | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| The Name of the Rose | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Ninja: Legend of the Scorpion Clan | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 4.0 | ||
| Ninja versus Ninja | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 | |
| Othello | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Pandemic | 4.25 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Pandemic: On the Brink | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Pentago | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| Pentago Multiplayer | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| Pirate versus Pirate | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | |
| Pizza Theory | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.75 | 4 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Pony Express | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Quarto | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Quoridor | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Qwirkle | 3.5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Repeat Pete | 3.25 | 4 | 3 | 3.4 | |||
| The Resistance | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Reverse Charades | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Reverse Charades Junior | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| RISK: Star Wars the Clone Wars edition | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | |||
| RoboRally | 4.5 | 3.75 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Rock | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Roll Through the Ages | 4.25 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Rollick! | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Rory's Story Cubes | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Run Wild | 3.75 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.4 | |||
| Say Anything Family Edition | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Sequence | 5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Set | 4 | 2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Settlers of Catan | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Shadows Over Camelot | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| Shake 'N Take | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Shrimp Cocktail | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | |||
| Skyline 3000 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||
| Small World | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| Smash Up | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.75 | ||
| Snake Oil | 4.5 | 4.87 | 5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | |
| Sounds Like A Plan | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| Spot It | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.9 | |
| S'Quarrels | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Straw | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Super Circles | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.6 | |
| Survive: Escape from Atlantis! | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| SwashBuckled! | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.4 | ||
| Tell Tale | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Terra Prime | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| Thunderstone | 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin | 4.75 | 4 | 5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Tic Attack Toe | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Ticket to Ride: Europe | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Timeline | 3.4 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Time's Up: Title Recall | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | |
| Tobago | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | |
| Toc Toc Woodman | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | |
| Too Many Monkeys | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Trigger | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| Triplica | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Trollhalla | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Tsuro | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Two by Two | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| Ultimate Mastermind | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| White Elephant | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.2 |
| Who Would Win | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| Wise Alec | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Wits and Wagers Family | 4.25 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Wits and Wagers Party | 4.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Word on the Street | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Word on the Street Junior | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Worm Up! | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2.6 | |
| Yamslam | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| Yinsh | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.75 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
