Circle Out! goes the rounds
Circle Out! is what I like to refer to as a dessert game.
How long does it take you to eat a bowl of ice cream or a piece of cake? Circle Out! is kind of like that – a short, sweet, light snack.
Author: Trent
SwashBuckled! – Get your pirate game on!
SwashBuckled! struck gold with The Board Game Family.
What’s not to love about sailing the seven seas from port to port around this large world of ours attacking ships as you go to steal their treasure?
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Pony Express – Grab your saddlebags!
Pony Express was an immediate board game hit with our family!
Maybe it was the cool artwork and board layout that first caught our eye. Or just maybe it’s all the crazy elements within – rolling card symbol dice to determine your move, or rolling the dice to hit the other player’s piece in a duel, or rolling the dice to take out the Indians, or bluffing about the dice you roll to move farther ahead. Any way you slice it, it still adds up to fun for our family.
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Letter of Marque – you can mark it "no thanks"
How would you like to play a fun family card game that involves intrigue on the high seas – full of treasure, attacking, and bluffing?
We’d love to play one like that in our family too. So when you find one, please let us know because Letter of Marque certainly isn’t it.
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Atlantis – an out to sea Candyland?
When you think of Atlantis, you immediately think of a legendary fantasy world that’s full of mystery. But when we first played Atlantis, it felt more like Candyland.
Why? Because you move your piece along a path based on the color of card you play.
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The Name of the Rose – an involved deduction game
Are you good at deducing who your opponents are while at the same time throwing them off your track? If you can – or if you’d like to try – then The Name of the Rose would be a good board game for you.
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Castle Panic – Bring on the panic!
Castle Panic is a board game where the name says it all. In this board game you’re trying to defend your Castle from the onslaught of goblins, orcs, and trolls. And at the rate they come at you, you’ll find yourself in Panic mode pretty much right from the start.
But it’s a healthy, fun kind of panic of course. The kind of panic that you share with your closest friends and family – because Castle Panic is a co-operative board game.
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The Lord of the Rings – Join Frodo for a quest
Since we love The Lord of the Rings how can we not take up a board game that lets us try our hand at destroying The Ring in Mount Doom?
What is great about The Lord of the Rings board game is that it’s a cooperative game. You and your mates take an epic journey as little hobbits toward the dark land of Mordor to destroy the ring. Along the way you pass through famous lands while trying to stay clear of Sauron.
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Curses! – Curse your friends at party time
Have you ever wondered what your brother would speak like if he were an Irish pirate ventriloquist?
Well, thanks to Curses you can find out.
Curses is a great party game that you can play with family and friends alike. Of course you better be ready to act silly and like to laugh a lot.
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