This week we’re having a family reunion and I’m in charge of supplying the games.
Of course, supplying board games to play for the occasion isn’t a big surprise. It’s really something I do anyway whenever we get together with family.
The toughest question is which games to take…
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Is one night enough to track down werewolves roaming around the village?
Well, in One Night Ultimate Werewolf that’s all the time you’ve got. So you better make it count.
Just like it’s predecessor, in One Night Ultimate Werewolf each player takes on the role of Villager, Werewolf, or a special Villager Role. The Villager team wants to take down at least one Werewolf to win and the Werewolf team wins if no Werewolves die.
But the biggest differences are that there’s only one night phase and no one dies.
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Boss Monster is a dungeon building card game in 8-bit glory. Like the classic side-scrolling video games of decades past, Boss Monster pits heroes against dungeon bosses. But this time you’re the Boss – not the Hero!
Can you build the best dungeon to attract and capture the toughest heroes?
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Evolution is a strategy board game about creating, adapting, and advancing your species to survive and thrive.
In addition to the variety of traits that can be used to make strong species, we enjoy the way Evolution keeps us thinking throughout the game. Even though there’s a turn order, it doesn’t feel like there’s any downtime because we’re always trying to figure out which cards to play.
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What are the best board games and card games from 2013? We don’t quite have that answer for you yet.
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Board games are all about fun!
That’s why funny themes can make board games a blast.
Here’s some of our favorite funny-themed board games that are great to play with your family.
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Don’t you love it when you know the right answer in a trivia game?
When you hear a question that you actually know the right answer to, do you want to jump right out of your chair shouting out the answer?
Well, what if you played a trivia game where you know ALL the answers?
Would you have as much fun?
What if it were a game where the Right answer may be the Wrong response and cost you a point?
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This weekend was SaltCON – the annual board game convention in Utah, USA – and it was a blast!
Although the event runs for 3 days, I just attended on Friday and Saturday. And even though I ended up leaving earlier than I had anticipated Saturday evening, I left feeling very full.
Full from a lot of great game playing and full from meeting a bunch of new friends.
Overall, I played 16 different board games!
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Fluxx The Board Game is a light, fun family board game with similar randomness to the Fluxx card games, but with a bit a strategy to boot. Who would have thought that Looney Labs could throw some strategy into their Fluxx games?
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Our family loves BANG!
In fact BANG! is the card game that started us on this journey of reviewing fun family board games and card games in the fist place. This year will mark 5 years of reviewing games and BANG! is still one of our favorites.
So when BANG! The Dice Game came out, we immediately put it on our game wish list.
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