50% off Board Games Today Only!
We just saw that Amazon’s Deal of the Day today (Tuesday 12/16) is on Board Games! That means for today
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Cooperative Games
1 Million YouTube Views!!
Last month our board game videos reviews surpassed 1 Million total views!
We’re only getting around to writing about it now because of the other reviews and articles that we’ve been posting about the last few week.
But now it’s time to celebrate!
Hitting 1 million total video views is an amazing accomplishment that we’re super excited about. And of course it’s not stopping now. Since the day we hit the mark we’ve had another 30,000 views.
As of this writing, our total views are at 1,034,452!
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Game Night Games Top 5 Board Game Recommendations
Last week we received the annual Holiday Gift Guide mailer from a great board game store in our area – Game Night Games.
I always love seeing what they include in their mailer and this year they included a number of Top 5 Games lists. So I thought it would be great to share their recommendations.
Why? Because this is their “day job”.
They’re dealing with customers every day, all day and they know what people are most interested in buying and playing. So it’s always a fun activity to see what they list.
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Board Game Gift Guide 2014!
Hip, hip, hooray – it’s time for our annual Board Game Gift Guide!
It’s time to start your game buying for Christmas and we’re here to help.
With the Christmas shopping rush upon us, it’s best to be prepared with fantastic board game and card game gift ideas for your friends and family.
And that’s where our Board Game Gift Guide can help!
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Game of the Year – from 1979 to 2014
But rather than just take our word for it, this year we thought it would be a great idea to list out the games that have won Game Of The Year!
There are a few sources we could point to for Game of the Year. We often share the Game of the Year as voted on by game reviewers around the world through The Dice Tower Awards.
But there’s also another reliable source for Game of the Year each year and that’s the Spiel des Jahres.
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6 more Digital Board Games to play
There are a zillion digital games available to give us a break from time to time. The big caution is that we don’t let the ease and availability of so many fun diversions take us away from what truly matters – human relationships.
Don’t let all your time be sucked up in single-player digital games.
Share the enjoyment and play the games with others!
Here are 6 ‘new-to-us’ digital board game implementations we’ve recently played that are fun to play with others.
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Great 5-Player Board Games
“We are looking for fun, quick games to play as part of family home evening. Like everyone, we have a lot of commitments so sometimes we don’t start until late. But I would like to end it with a fun game. Our children are 2 boys, 12 and 15, and a 14 year old girl. What is your favorite, QUICK (15-20 min or less), board or card game?”
While responding to her request, I realized it would make a great list for readers worldwide.
There are many great card games and board games that are well suited for 4 players.
But what about 5 players?
100 Best Board Games – What’s your vote?
“What’s your favorite board game?” When people find out that we review family board games, this is the first question
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Scotland Yard is a great family board game
A couple months ago we had a family reunion where, amongst other things, we played a ton of board games.
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Back to School Board Games
While we may be down 1 board game player, 1 board game reviewer, and our board game reviews video editor, that won’t stop our drive to tell everyone how great family game time can be.
Regardless of what grade your kids are heading into this year, there are plenty of fantastic board games and card games for you to play with them. Check out our short list of great games for different age ranges.
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