Fast-paced card playing fun from Out of the Box
Brooke and Caleb tell what they think of 5 Out of the Box card games:
7 Ate 9, Super Circles, Run Wild, My Word, and Rock
Game Reviews
Backseat Drawing – budding art directors abound
Let your inner artist out. Actually, it’s more like – force your brother’s inner artist out of him.
Since you can’t worry about driving when you’re young, you need to get down to more important things – like drawing.
So bring on Backseat Drawing and Backseat Drawing Jr.
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Repeat Pete – “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence…”
I’m sure you’ve heard that joke before – because with 4 kids, I think I’ve heard it at least 100 times in our house. For those that haven’t, let me enlighten you.
Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Child #2 “Repeat.”
Child #1 “Pete and Repeat were sitting on a fence. Pete fell off. Who’s left?”
Laughter ensues from both Child #1 and Child #2.
Carcassonne – a fun time in the countryside
If you haven’t played Carcassonne yet, then you’ve been missing out.
If the only family board games you’ve played are Monopoly, Life, Battleship, Chutes and Ladders, and the like, then you’ve got a whole new experience waiting for you.
S’Quarrels – Hoard your acorns now!
Winter is coming on fast and those acorns are just calling your name.
Of course, the other pesky squirrels around think those acorns should be theirs.
Too bad for them.
Pandemic – Let’s all save the world together
Pandemic is fantastic family fun!
It’s a cooperative board game that has everyone trying to beat the game – you either all win or all lose. And believe us, there are many ways to lose.
Check out the Pandemic video review to see what it’s all about.
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Worm Up! – On your mark, get set, slow
When you were a kid and it rained, did you ever go out to race boats in the gutter?
We did a bunch. We’d pick up some twigs and race each other while walking along on the sidewalk seeing who gets stuck and who sails to victory. And while we’d walk along we’d have to watch out for all the worms on the sidewalk. We sure didn’t want to step on any.
But not once did we ever think about racing the worms…until now.
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Homesteaders – Build your home on the range
It takes a lot to get your homestead started in the Old West.
Well, at least we think it must have. And it’s great to see the kids start to get a glimpse into what it would have taken to start your homestead and get it growing way back when.
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Bridge Troll – the sound of tasty travelers is music to our ears
Usually when we hear the story of the 3 billy goats gruff, we’re cheering for the goats to trick the troll and get across safely.
Well, now the tables have turned.
Go Trolls!
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Cloud 9 – Stay in or bail out?
Isn’t Cloud 9 supposed to be the pinnacle of joy?
That dreamlike place where we’d all be happy if we could just find it?
So does it sail to high heights or fizzle?
See what the kids think.