“Who wants to play again?”
That’s a typical question around the table after playing a number of great family board games. And it’s especially great to hear when everyone in the family is playing.
One of the games getting that reaction the most in our house is 7 Wonders.
7 Wonders is a fantastic family card game!
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We’ve played some big board games before – games with a ton of components that sprawl across every inch of a large table. But we’ve never played a game with such huge dice!
While a game with only 16 dice may not sound like much, the size of these dice draws attention. Each chunky die is a 1 ¼ inch cube and has nice brightly colored pips. The game also comes with a game board to hold the dice in a 4×4 grid for play.
But do the high quality components deliver a high quality game?
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If you love games with a lot of luck and randomness, then Fluxx is the card game for you. Or we should say, one of the Fluxx card games is for you. Because Fluxx comes in a variety of themes.
And two of the latest Fluxx games from Looney Labs are Pirate Fluxx and Monster Fluxx – themes with a wide appeal.
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Today while talking to a co-worker, she mentioned that when her family gets together, they love to play Apple to Apples.
When it comes to modern party games, a lot of people are familiar with Apples to Apples and enjoy playing it with family and friend. It’s a simple game of picking the best matches among a set of words.
Well, there’s a new party game about making matches for you to take a look at – Pluckin’ Pairs.
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We love to play board games as a family. It’s a great time to gather around the table, face-to-face and
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I was quite surprised this morning when I saw not 1, but 2 articles about board games in our local newspaper today!
The first headline that caught my eye on the front page of the Entertainment section was “We are living in a board game renaissance“. Which got a hearty “You bet!” from me.
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It’s time to pull out another fun family dice game – Take It Or Leave It!
If your family loves games that involve rolling dice and you’re looking for a simple, light game that has a lot of luck with a bit of strategy mixed in, then Take It Or Leave It might be just what you’re after.
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Modern family board games have come a long way from just “roll-and-move”. With so many fantastic board games to choose from, what are the best?
What family board games should be on everyone’s shelf so no matter the situation, they’ve got a great game ready to play for some fun family time?
The first sure sign that summer’s coming to an end is Back To School night. While it means an end to summer, I always get excited for Back To School night. I love taking our kids to see their classrooms and meeting their new teachers.
Whether your kids are getting back in school this week or next week or next month, chances are they’ll be dusting off their thinking caps pretty soon.
So we thought we’d cover a couple of board games that are well suited for school time.
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Forbidden Desert is a fantastic cooperative family board game!
There you have it. No need to beat around the bush.
We love Forbidden Island and when Gamewright announced last year that they were coming out with a sequel of sorts, we were super excited. And we’re even more excited now that we have the game and find that we enjoy it even more!
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