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Best Board Games of 2012 – Nominees are in!

Are you ready to find out what the best board games and card games are from 2012?
While we don’t quite have that answer for you yet, we do have the list of nominations. And it’s quite the list!

How on earth can we say which are the best?
There’s no way to play them all. So for that, we turn to game reviews and players around the world. And we’ve found the best compilation comes from The Dice Tower Awards.

Here’s the list of nominations for Best Board Games of 2012.

April 21, 2013July 4, 2015 Trent 0 Comments

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Don’t get Dementia – Play Board Games!

I love it when I’m flipping through the newspaper while I eat breakfast and come across an article on board games! Even when it covers something I know well – like today’s article on the Family Benefits of Board Games – it’s just great to see it published for more people to come to understand.

April 17, 2013April 24, 2013 Trent 0 Comments

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Relic Expedition – Preview of “Awesome” game

According to our 10 year old son, Caleb, Relic Expedition is “awesome!”

We had a chance to play a prototype of the board game Relic Expedition this week and Caleb loved it. Getting a prototype of a board game is something we typically don’t do. There are so many great board games and card games already on the market, that we typically turn down opportunities to play games in the making.

But there was something about Relic Expedition that seemed like it might be a great family board game that we’d enjoy. So I decided to give it a try.

April 13, 2013April 21, 2013 Trent 0 Comments

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Mages – new game by local game designers

This week we heard about a new game company started from a couple of game designers that are local to

April 6, 2013April 13, 2013 Trent 0 Comments

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Set – game of quick visual recognition

Set is a family card game that’s fun for some and frustrating for others. It’s simple to understand but may be hard to execute…Depending on how fast you are at spotting sets.

It gets mixed reviews in our family – some love it, some not so much. Find out why…

March 31, 2013July 4, 2015 Trent 2 Comments

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International Tabletop Day – R U Ready?

Are you ready to play a bunch of board games and card games on International Tabletop Day this Saturday, March 30?

We’re ready to have some fun with family and friends – hanging out and having fun playing all sorts of games.

March 28, 2013April 4, 2013 Trent 1 Comment

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Pentago Multiplayer – Twisting fun for more

Taking a fun 2-player abstract strategy board game and turning it into a similarly fun abstract strategy board game for more players can be difficult. But the folks at Mindtwister managed to make it work well with Pentago Multiplayer.

Just over a year ago we reviewed Pentago and we gave it high marks for a number of reasons. Pentago Multiplayer has all those and more.

March 23, 2013July 4, 2015 Trent 0 Comments

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RoboRally – Fun, Robot Chaos

Let’s just cut to the chase – RoboRally is a fun family board game!
That is, if your family loves board games that combine strategy, luck, and a little chaos!

And what family isn’t familiar with a little chaos?

March 19, 2013November 8, 2016 Trent 5 Comments

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Back to Family Board Game Playing

It was great last night to get back to some good family board game playing!
All 6 of us sitting around the table, eating caramel brownies, playing a board game, relaxing, and laughing.

Not feeling stressed or anxious about looming decisions like we’ve had the last few weeks was nice. Even though I’ve had a game or two with the boys here and there, we haven’t all sat down together for a board game in a while. And it was super nice to take the time to play together again.

March 5, 2013March 28, 2013 Trent 1 Comment

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iota Card Game Review

Many years ago Michelle and I played a card game at a friend’s house that required quick visual recognition to spot sets of 3 cards that were either all the same or all different in each of 4 characteristics. The card game was Set and I loved it while Michelle didn’t care for it.

February 19, 2013July 4, 2015 Trent 5 Comments