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
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Family Games
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…
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Teach kids how to work
As much as we like to promote family board games, we also realize that life isn’t all fun and games. Spending your time just playing games all day won’t amount to a very fulfilling life. And as parents, our job is to help our kids lead a productive and fulfilling life.
That’s why one of our most important roles as parents is to teach our kids to value work.
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Set Sail with Dominion Seaside
As you can see from many of our Top Game lists, we think Dominion is a fantastic card game. The Dominion card game that has taken the world by storm since it was published 5 years ago (2008), starting a whole new card game genre – Deck Building – and spawning many copy-cat games. Publishers everywhere have been trying to mimic the success of Dominion.
If you’re not yet familiar with Dominion, there’s no time like the present. Go check out our original Dominion video and written review to discover the basics of this super addicting game.
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Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition – a board game the boys can’t get enough of!
I don’t think we’ve had a board game that our boys have begged me to play as much as Descent: Journeys in the Dark (2nd edition). It has been such a hit at our house that I have many praises for the game!
But the biggest praise is that my boys are eager to spend time with me playing the game. They’re chomping at the bit to play as soon as I get home from work or the instant we finish dinner.
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