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Crossing is a fun game for families

If you’re looking for a light and quick game your whole family can enjoy playing together, we’ve got a game for you — Crossing.

While the name of the game may sound very generic and non-descript, the game play is rather fun.

Actually, even the objective of the game is a very common goal for games: Collect sets of valuable gems to get the most points by the end of the game.

However, the fun of the game is the way in which players go about snagging the gems — or “life stones” as they’re called in this board game.

April 30, 2016May 7, 2016 Trent 1 Comment

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How awesome is Awesome Kingdom?

“If I’m going to rule a kingdom, you bet it’s going to be Awesome!”

Of course that’s what we all thought when we dove into Awesome Kingdom: The Tower of Hateskull.

After all, the game title is pretty compelling for a bunch of boys.

Just seeing the game title, the boys were intrigued. But they were also a bit skeptical. (Because they’re sure they know what it takes be to super awesome.) And they were ready to see if the game fit the bill.

April 19, 2016April 27, 2016 Trent 0 Comments

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The Last Spike board game review

The Last Spike is a pretty straight forward and easy to learn game.

In the game, players cooperate to build a continuous railway from St. Louis to Sacramento.

Yet this isn’t a cooperative board game where everyone works together to beat the game. Instead players are competing against each other to earn the most money by the end of the game.

April 14, 2016April 19, 2016 Trent 0 Comments

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The Little Prince: Rising to the Stars game review

Are you kids familiar with the story of The Little Prince?

If so, here’s a great game for you to check out — The Little Prince: Rising to the Stars.

The modular game board allows players to reconfigure the route among the clouds differently each game. And kids will enjoy moving their plane from cloud to cloud on their way to The Little Prince’s planet.

April 9, 2016April 19, 2016 Trent 0 Comments

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Steampunk Rally building & racing fun!

Playing Steampunk Rally reminds me of building crazy contraptions with LEGOs as a kid and racing them around the room.

Sure they could have some wheels hooked on like you’d expect in a race car. But wheels weren’t required because I’d just imagine they were rocket-propelled and could fly instead.

And I could lose a part here or there and it wouldn’t really matter because I’d adjust and keep on flying.

If you’ve ever done such imaginary races, then you’ll have a good feel for what it’s like to play Steampunk Rally.

March 28, 2016April 3, 2016 Trent 2 Comments

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The Game Canopy = best game bag!

How do you carry your board games when you’re heading out somewhere else to play?

We’ve used a variety of options when going away for a family vacation, extended family gathering, or off to game night — such as plastic totes, cloth bags, and standard duffle bags.

Some of those options severely limit the amount of games we can take and don’t protect the games very well.

But recently we found out about The Game Canopy, by Level 3B, and now the issue is solved!

March 25, 2016May 13, 2019 Trent 2 Comments

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Last day of fun at SaltCon 2016 – Day 3

After a couple great days at SaltCon, I was looking forward to one final day of fun.

So with just a few hours of sleep, I was happily diving back into action before the main gaming hall opened.

Knowing it was the final day of SaltCon, I had to make the most of the day playing games at the top of my want-to-play list. And there were still many people I was hoping to meeting up with before the end of the con. It would be a busy and fun day!

March 20, 2016October 4, 2019 Trent 3 Comments

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Fun at SaltCon 2016 continued – Day 2

After a full Day 1 at SaltCon 2016 into the wee hours, I headed to my hotel room for a few hours of sleep before diving back into many more tabletop games on Day 2.

Of course, in addition to playing games, I took more time on Friday to visit with the exhibitors in the game hall and talk to publishers and game designers. I also perused the Game Swap area every now and then for a hidden game gem.

After the main game hall opened that morning, I once again found a couple friends and we headed for the Hot Games area.

Now on to mini game reviews of the 11 games I played on Day 2!

March 14, 2016July 1, 2016 Trent 1 Comment

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Had a Lot of Fun at SaltCon 2016

This past weekend I joined in with 1,124 others to play a ton of board games at SaltCon 2016.

The board game convention, SaltCon was held this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and I was happy I could attend all 3 days this year. I made sure to get the time off work as well as the time away from home. That way I could completely immerse myself in the fun and play as late as I wanted every night.

Now that I’ve rested up a bit, it’s time to look back on all the fun.

March 9, 2016July 21, 2016 Trent 2 Comments

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Sheriff of Nottingham – Please let me pass

What do you do when your sweet little daughter looks you in the face and declares that she’s just trying to take 4 baskets of apple to market?

You open and inspect her bag of course!

Especially when you believe she may be trying to sneak some illegal silk or other contraband past you.

Of course, after you inspect her bag and find 4 baskets of apples, you’ll have to pay her 8 coins as a penalty and you’ll think twice about inspecting her bag next time. Because you can rest assured that there will be a next time.

March 2, 2016March 9, 2016 Trent 3 Comments