Do your kids enjoy throwing/flicking/flinging things around?
What if they had a monkey to fling rubber coconuts around?
Would they enjoy that?
Because that’s exactly what the Coconuts board game is – a dexterity game that kids will love.
After all, they get to use monkeys to fling rubber coconuts.
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Tetris was the only video game that my wife was ever hooked on. When she was younger, she got hooked on Tetris and played it a ton. When passing symbols on signs along the road, her mind would immediately imagine how the shapes would fit into place in Tetris.
So when I first saw the board game FITS a few years ago, I had a big hunch that it would be a game that my wife would enjoy playing.
And I was right!
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Board games are a great escape. They can take us away to distant times and places and throw us in
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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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Today we go back in time to review a game that I, dad, absolutely love from my childhood – Careers!
After all these years, I still love the Careers board game! It’s a game from my childhood that opened my mind to the many possibilities in board games. And it still holds up as a great game!
Episodes #349 and #350 of The Dice Tower podcast that are out this week include segments from contributors where we were asked “What game from your childhood do you remember the most?”
I didn’t hesitate at all.
Careers!
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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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Jungle Ascent is a fun family board game that young and old can enjoy together.
Like many jungle games, players compete to claim treasure. But unlike other jungle games where players have to find and uncover the treasure, in Jungle Ascent the treasure is out in the open.
It just happens to be perched at the top of a steep cliff.
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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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