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Hurry and enter to win the free family board game giveaway contest before it’s too late.
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Game Reviews
Straw – enjoy breaking the camel’s back
Are you looking for a fun, quick game to play with your kids that can also develop their math skills along the way? Then take a look at our review of Straw. It’s a simple game full of adding and subtracting, but with a fun theme that keeps our kids wanting to play again and again.
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Ingenious – Addicting family fun
Did you ever think placing colored tiles on a board could be addicting?
Well, with Ingenious it sure can be.
When you first see Ingenious you may think it’s just a simple children’s game. Sure it’s a simple tile placement game, and kids will have fun just matching tiles from what they draw, but by throwing in a unique scoring element and game winning condition, you’ll find yourself putting a lot of thought into each move to get the best result.
With his thinking cap tightly on, Jaden’s the perfect person to explain why our family likes Ingenious.
Read moreGame Giveaway Contest!
With the launch of our newly updated website, we’re excited to offer our first game giveaway contest – courtesy of Boardgame Revolution.
There are many ways to enter the contest, so take a look and you could win a fun new game for your family.
Read moreNew Website for The Board Game Family!
We’re super excited to roll out our new website today!
We’ve been working on this for a while so it feels really go to finally launch it. We really like the look and feel of the new site and hope you do to. So for the thousands that have come to our site and watched our board and card game video reviews, we first say “Thanks” and we secondly say “Welcome to the new site!”
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Shadows Over Camelot – A noble quest for all
We’re excited to post our 50th game review!
And we think we’ve picked a fantastic game to be dubbed with the honor of being our 50th family game review.
Shadows Over Camelot is a game that I (dad) first saw in 2006 and immediately got excited about it. It was the first cooperative board game that I had come across – which in and of itself sounded like a great thing for family gaming and a good reason to pick up a copy. Then you add the fact that it’s about being knights of the round table and heading off on quests – and I was sold.
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Too Many Monkeys – Mama, call the doctor
Are there too many monkeys jumping on your bed?
Well, let’s see what we can do about that.
Duck! Duck! Go! – Bathtub racing at its finest
Are you ready for racing rubber duckies?
Who would have thought that rubber ducky racing could be fun outside of a bathtub?
Tsuro – simple family fun
If you’re looking for a game that’s simple to play, can handle up to 8 players of any age, and doesn’t take too long then Tsuro might be what you’re after.
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Forbidden Island – lead on, brave souls
Are you ready to venture to Forbidden Island, snag the treasure and get off the island before it sinks?
Don’t worry – you won’t have to venture out alone. Grab your family and gather around for another great cooperative game designed by Matt Leacock (designer of Pandemic) and published by Gamewright.
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