No two cities are alike.
That’s as true in life as it is when playing My City by Thames & Kosmos.
That’s because players in My City will end up with a unique city every game. And there will be many games played!
And not just because My City is a “legacy” game, but because it’s so easy and fun to play you’ll want to play over and over.
At least, that’s how it is with us.
Let’s see if it’s a board game your family will enjoy too.
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“Four factions of warriors battle to survive on a doomed land that will be destroyed piece by piece, taking its occupants with it. You must strategize to survive—by fleeing, fighting or sacrificing your weakest members—whatever you must do to be the last one left standing when the land around you has been annihilated.”
Reign is a skirmish battle royale style board game, from PlayMonster, where 2 to 4 try to eliminate all the other players’ troops to be the last one standing.
Players not only have to watch out for each other but also the impending disasters which destroy different sections of the board and with it any troops and Power Stones that have the misfortune of being on that section.
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One of our family’s favorite party games is Telestrations. It’s a hoot every time we play it because things never turn out the way they start.
So when we heard about Sketchy Tales: Disney Edition by Big Potato Games, and that it sounded a lot like Telestrations, we were happy to give it a go.
I mean, why not take a crack at seeing how mixed up our Disney drawings could get?
And we’re happy to report we’ve had plenty of laughs with Sketchy Tales!
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When our oldest two boys were in high school, one of them came home one night telling us about the funnest game he had played at his friends house. It was called Betrayal at House on the Hill and they had a blast playing it.
I had heard about the game before but hadn’t paid attention to it until that day.
About a year later, while he was on his mission, I got a copy of Betrayal at House on the Hill in the game swap at SaltCon and looked forward to playing it with him when he returned. But that didn’t stop us from giving it a try while he was gone either. And it was a hit!
When he returned, we took a family getaway trip and all the kids wanted to bring Betrayal at House on the Hill with us on the trip so we could all play it together — since it plays up to 6 people. We had a great time!
Then in 2018, Avalon Hill published a new version of the game called Betrayal Legacy.
It’s a “legacy” version of the game that sounded awesome. So last year we got it for Christmas and have had a ton of fun playing it!
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What are the chances that two different companies would publish cooperative board games based on Back to the Future in the same year?
Well, it is 2020 – and anything can happen.
Seriously though, we’re big fans of cooperative board games families can play together. So of course we were up for reviewing both Back to the Future: Back in Time by Funko and Back to the Future: Dice Through Time by Ravensburger.
We posted our review of Back in Time in June and posted our review of Dice Through Time this week.
So now it’s time to give you our take on the how the games compare!
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Last Wednesday was Marty McFly Day – October 21 – the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled to the future (the 2015 future) in Back to the Future II.
You may not have even noticed. And that’s okay, because it means the space time continuum hasn’t been disrupted!
And even though we’re just now posting this game review, let’s do a bit of time travel of our own and pretend we’re back to a few days ago, October 21, taking a look at Back to the Future: Dice Through Time by Ravensburger.
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“I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”
If you recognize that statement, then you must be familiar with Scooby-Doo!
The question is, does your family have what it takes to solve the mystery at Lord Fairmont’s haunted mansion?
Of course, you’ll be channeling the skills and hijinks of Mystery Inc. with Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and of course Scooby-Doo!
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Snap Ships – Build to Battle is a clever modular building toy from Play Monster, who is also known for toys like Automoblox and Marbleocity and board games like Island of El Dorado, Farkle, Set, and the classic Stratego.
Snap Ships are similar to LEGO but with beautifully sculpted spacecraft parts. At the core there are square blocks that snap together making up the base structure, you then add the different parts to create the perfect ship. From cockpits to laser cannons to fuel tanks there are all the different components you would expect.
Each model comes with two to three different building instructions, but with your imagination, there’s no limit to the number of different designs you can come up with. Add that to the fact you can mix and match sets and you can keep busy for quite some time.
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Telestrations is one of our favorite party games. It’s like playing the classic game of “telephone” but with pictures.
We always end up laughing a ton because of how the original depiction morphs over the course of the game.
So when we heard about Telestrations: Upside Drawn, we were very excited to get a copy from The Op to play.
Attaching the “Telestrations” brand name to the game is a nice move to get attention. Just don’t be fooled — because Upside Drawn it’s a much different game from regular Telestrations.
The great news is that it’s a lot of fun in its own right!
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There’s been a big meshing of digital and physical board games over the last decade.
Many physical board games have taken on digital form and can be a blast to play with friends at a distance. And other physical board games have incorporated a digital element that we love for extending the gameplay — such as the cooperative games Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition, and Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition that we love using the app to play the bad side.
Well, today we’ve got something quite different from anything we’ve reviewed in the past. It’s actually a digitally-driven complete game system called Blinks!
But it doesn’t use any computers, mobile devices, or apps. All the game data and rules are stored in the hex game pieces themselves!
The cool thing is that each hex game piece, called a Blink, stores the information/rules of one game. And that Blink “teaches” the other Blinks the rules of the game and then they’re all in!
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