After having read and heard about Dominion for a long time, we’ve been anxious to pick up a copy for ourselves for a while. So with such high expectations riding on it, how does Dominion stand up as a family game?
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It’s nice when a deck of cards allows for many ways to use them in a game.
Just think of how many ways you can use a standard deck of playing cards for various family games. Of course the most played card game with a standard deck of playing cards in our family is still War. But I digress.
When we saw that the family card game Triplica had multiple ways to play, we knew there should be something to strike our fancy.
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Brooke and Caleb tell what they think of 5 Out of the Box card games:
7 Ate 9, Super Circles, Run Wild, My Word, and Rock
Let your inner artist out. Actually, it’s more like – force your brother’s inner artist out of him.
Since you can’t worry about driving when you’re young, you need to get down to more important things – like drawing.
So bring on Backseat Drawing and Backseat Drawing Jr.
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I’m sure you’ve heard that joke before – because with 4 kids, I think I’ve heard it at least 100 times in our house. For those that haven’t, let me enlighten you.
Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Child #2 “Repeat.”
Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Laughter ensues from both Child #1 and Child #2.
What characteristics do the members of your family exhibit when playing board games together?
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If you haven’t played Carcassonne yet, then you’ve been missing out.
If the only family board games you’ve played are Monopoly, Life, Battleship, Chutes and Ladders, and the like, then you’ve got a whole new experience waiting for you.
Winter is coming on fast and those acorns are just calling your name.
Of course, the other pesky squirrels around think those acorns should be theirs.
Too bad for them.
Pandemic is fantastic family fun!
It’s a cooperative board game that has everyone trying to beat the game – you either all win or all lose. And believe us, there are many ways to lose.
Check out the Pandemic video review to see what it’s all about.
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When you were a kid and it rained, did you ever go out to race boats in the gutter?
We did a bunch. We’d pick up some twigs and race each other while walking along on the sidewalk seeing who gets stuck and who sails to victory. And while we’d walk along we’d have to watch out for all the worms on the sidewalk. We sure didn’t want to step on any.
But not once did we ever think about racing the worms…until now.
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