John Lasseter (Pixar) loves to play board games!
We all know that John Lasseter is a great big kid. He has to be a giant kid to keep
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Author: Trent
Why do you play games?
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why you play games?
Have you really ever wondered what your motivations are?
Maybe you love the competition…the imagination…or the analysis.
SaltCON was Gaming Goodness
There was a lot of board gaming goodness in Salt Lake City last weekend. With attendance double from the previous year, hundreds of people – old and young alike – came to SaltCON on Friday and Saturday to play a ton of board games and card games.
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Mystery of the Abbey is a hidden gem
Mystery of the Abbey is a fantastic family deduction board game and is quite the step up from Clue. Don’t get us wrong – in our family we love Clue. My wife and I grew up playing Clue in our families and have continued playing it as a family as our children have grown. But Mystery of the Abbey adds a lot more strategic elements and thoughtful deduction.
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Valentine’s Day is a perfect day for expressing love to those around you. And in particular, we hope you take the time to express your love to your family – wherever they may be. Yes, this will include telling them that you love them. But more importantly we hope your expressions of love are found in the things you do and the way you interact with your family.
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The World of Imagination
We recently returned from a trip to Florida and would like to introduce you to a web-based board game reseller in South Florida www.meeplemania.com. They often host game night events throughout the community and promote and support the world of strategy/euro games. They also have a board game blog called The Board Game Society with a number of good board game articles.
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Save The Animals – Two by Two
When you’re talking about saving animals “two by two” there’s really only one thing that comes to mind – Noahs’ Ark. That’s right, the board game Two by Two is all about saving animals before the flood by getting them on to your ark – just like Noah in the Old Testament of the Bible. However, in Noah’s time, we’re sure that his family all worked together to get the animals on the ark. Not so with Two by Two. In Two by Two everyone has their own ark and they compete to get the most animals on to their ark.
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Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
Survive: Escape from Atlantis! is a fantastic family board game! It has a great theme, terrific components, and fun game play. In Survive you’re trying to save as many of your people as you can by getting them safely to the surrounding islands, by boat or by swimming, before the volcano destroys everything.
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Game Giveaway on Father Geek
A game giveaway contest just began on Father Geek that we wanted to tell you about. First though, we better tell you about Father Geek. Father Geek is another game website that strongly promotes family game time. And we’re all about promoting spending time with your family playing board games.
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