Happy New Year!
We’re not sure if 2018 flew by for you, but it sure seemed like it did for us. We passed a number of milestones as a family this year. And we ended 2018 with a bang by taking a family vacation over Christmas and into the New Year. It’s so great to all be together again.
But before we dive into the new year, let’s take a look back at 2018.
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Heading into the Christmas holidays, everyone seems to get a little bit nostalgic.
We watch old Christmas movies. We think about the fun of Christmas in our childhood. We reminisce about years gone by with family members. And we often think back to “simpler” times.
Well, for some reason, playing Bridget, by ET Games, is a lot like that.
Perhaps it’s the wooden blocks. Or perhaps it’s the simple rules.
Either way, playing Bridget feels like hearkening back to simpler times. And I love that respite.
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Do your kids love watching Oddbods?
Those wacky cartoon characters can be seen on 25 networks in 105 countries as well as YouTube and other on-demand services. There are over 2 million subscribers to their YouTube channel and have received over a billion views in one year!
Well, what if your kids could play a board game with Oddbods?
Pretty soon they’ll be able to because Oddbods GO-KARDS is going to become a reality!
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In our home, it’s very rare that one game gets played every day for weeks on end. But that’s exactly what’s happened this past month since we started playing NMBR 9!
And it’s not pulled out to play on our game table downstairs, it’s front and center kitchen table play!
Which is also why it gets played multiple times after dinner (and sometimes after breakfast).
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It’s time again for our annual Board Game Gift Guide!
This time of year, most people looking for board games are doing so as gifts for family and friends. And that’s where we’re very happy to help!
This year’s Board Game Gift Guide includes 30 great game ideas!
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At SaltCon earlier this year I met game designer Tucker Smedes as he introduced some friends and I to The Pirate’s Flag.
We had a great time playing the game and enjoyed getting to know Tucker. He’s the owner of publishing company CardLords and they’ve just launched a Kickstarter game for a very family friendly game called Fallen Treasures.
I asked Tucker to tell me a bit more about this latest game. Since it’s very family-focused, I thought you’d be interested in hearing more about the game as well.
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It’s time to rounding our our week of 7 kids board game reviews!
The first is a game for kids learning the alphabet and the second is for kids who think they know it all.
Check out our reviews of Sequence Letters and Kids Know Best and then enter to win a copy for your family.
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Our first set of kids game reviews this week each had some elements of math to them.
Today we’re leaving the math behind and moving on to silly fun.
We’ll first head out to pasture and build some cows, then it’s on to silly faces and sounds.
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Over the coming 7 days we’re reviewing 7 new board games and card games your kids may love.
Since kids games have very simple rules, each review will be a shorter than our typical reviews. As such, we’re also going to review a couple games at a time. And we’ll end with a game giveaway!
We’re starting off with 3 games that can help your kids with math:
* Monster Crunch: The Breakfast Battle Game
* This Game Goes to Eleven
* Make 7
Tom & Jerry was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. Jerry would antagonize Tom to no end in every episode with lots of slapstick antics.
No matter how hard he tried, Tom could never get rid of Jerry.
For some reason, playing Head of Mousehold by FoxMind took me back to those simple, lazy Saturday mornings.
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