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Dice, Dice, and More Dice – Photo Quiz!

Modern board games have come a long way in their use of dice.

While many games still come with standard D6 (6-sided dice with numbers 1 through 6), new game designers are now more likely to include custom dice to bring their game to life.

Why?

Because a lucky die roll can add a lot of fun to a game.

But it’s even more fun to roll dice with cool designs on them that tie into the game theme.

So we’ve pulled out dice from 25 games sitting in our game closet to make this new photo quiz.

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Roll for the Galaxy dice game
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Roll For The Galaxy is dice rolling goodness

With 111 custom dice, you can expect to do a lot of dice-rolling in Roll For The Galaxy.

However, mountains of dice aren’t all that’s included in the game.

While dice rolling may be the centerpiece of the game, the game wouldn’t be complete without all the 55 double-sided tiles. Because it’s those tiles that you’ll be working with to explore, develop, and settle throughout the game on your way to galactic victory!

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Dimension puzzle game
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Dimension puzzle game review

In Dimension, players must build their own pyramid using colored spheres before the timer runs out. It isn’t a race to see who can build their pyramid the fastest.

Instead, the crux of the game is making sure your pyramid complies with the 6 placement rules each round.

It can be a bit tricky. But each round goes by so quickly, it’s easy to play over and over while enjoying one another’s company.

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Codenames party game review

Codenames is an engaging word party game where 2 teams compete to locate their agents amidst a 5 x 5 grid of words on the table.

Each team has one Spymaster who can give a 1-word clue each round for their teammates to locate their agents. Spymasters need to think creatively and their teammates need to decipher the clues well to find their agents first.

With 200 double-sided cards, the possible mix of words in the grid are endless – creating a game with a ton of replay value. It’s a game that anyone can join in having fun playing.

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Christmas board games to play
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Enjoying new games this week

With the kids out of school for two weeks and myself having time off from work during the holidays, it’s a fantastic time for playing board games!

To add to the holiday fun, we’ve had a very white Christmas. Aside from shoveling the driveway and walks many times over the last week, we love having thick blankets of snow everywhere.

The deep snow also makes for a great time to cozy up inside near the fireplace and watch movies and play games. We’ve had our Star Wars run (watching episodes 1-6 over the last month in prep for The Force Awakens last week), as well as a handful of Harry Potter movies. And we’ve had some great laughs playing Just Dance, Mario Party 9, and Rayman Raving Rabbids.

We also took advantage of the fresh snow on some good sledding hills nearby. And of course, we’ve played a bunch of board games.

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Be Ready For Your New Games

If your family finds new board games under your Christmas tree this week, you’re in for a treat.

You’re also in for some learning time. Because in order to know how to play those shiny new games, you’ll first have to learn how to play them.

Your kids won’t want to wait while you to read all the rules. They’ll just want to play.

You’re in luck because we’ve got some tips for you.

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Super Dungeon Forgotten King board game
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Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King board game review

One of the things we like best about Forgotten King is that it contains two play modes:

Classic Mode, in which someone controls the dungeon and its monsters while everyone else takes the roles of the heroes.
Arcade Mode, which allows for a fully co-operative game for up to five players.

Since it’s sometimes tiring to get beat by my hero boys, I really like the Arcade Mode where we’re all on the same team against the onslaught of monsters.

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