Sometimes you just want to sit down and play a nice light, fun family card game. Well, next time you’re in that mood, you ought to grab the recently released card game by Gamewright – FlipOut.
At the core, FlipOut is a set collection card game. You’re simply trying to collect sets of 4, 5, or 6 similarly colored cards at a time. Sound easy right?
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It’s National Chess Day!
Of course, like many others, we weren’t aware that there even was a National Chess Day until just this week. But now that we do know, we’re spreading the word.
So pull out your chess boards and get playing.
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Have you ever wanted to live on a farm and have a bunch of animals to care for?
My grandparents had a big farm and had all sorts of animals on the farm – from cows and horses, to sheep and chickens. Visiting them was always full of adventure. And I recall one year when one of their sheep gave birth to two baby lambs on my birthday – it was pretty cool.
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Haven’t seen a board game video review for a while?
Don’t worry, we have a bunch on the horizon. But for some reason we’ve been running into software problems recently. It’s curious since it’s the same editing software we’ve used for our more than 80 board game and card game reviews that are posted on the site.
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Are you ready to gather your family around the table for games Wednesday – September 28 for National Family Game Night?
Of course, you may not even know about National Family Game Night. It’s only the third year after all. And it’s promoted by a large American game company – Hasbro. But even still, it has our overwhelming support.
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While I was in Seattle last week, playing Games with Hayden wasn’t the only time I spent around board games. It just so happened that there was a great game store within a block of my hotel in Redmond – Uncles Games.
I first became familiar with Uncles Games when we developed our family board game site in 2009. Around that time we were checking out numerous online stores that sold board games and card games and we can across Unclesgames.com.
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If you were traveling through a city far from home, would you consider stopping to play games with strangers in their home?
I’m not talking about playing online games or video games through internet connections. And I’m not talking about going to a board game convention and playing with others at the convention that you’ve just met. I’m talking about pulling up a chair and playing face-to-face board games in someone’s home that you’ve never been to.
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Are you ready to liven up your board games even more?
Then check out getting custom board game pieces for everyone in your family.
We recently got some custom made player pieces from Meeple Mania so now each of us have our own character piece that we can use with many of our board games.
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Do you have a bin of white elephant gifts in your home?
We do. It’s the basket we turn to when the holidays roll around and we’re invited to a white elephant gift exchange. Some years, we end up a few different parties with these types of gift exchanges. So many years ago we created our “White Elephant Box” and whenever we get something that just seems odd, we toss it in the box. That way, we have an easy resource to turn to when it’s time for a party.
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How frantic do things get at your house right around dinner time? For some reason everything just seems to percolate
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