I don’t think I’ve anticipated working on a merit badge with as much enthusiasm as I have for the one we began tonight – Game Design!
Boy are these scouts in for a treat!
The Boy Scouts of America added the Game Design merit badge to the mix in March 2013. And I’ve been waiting for the chance to work on it with our scouts ever since.
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As we draw to the close of summer, many families are fondly looking back on their fun family vacations. Others
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When we heard the game publisher, iello, was going to make King of New York, it was immediately added to our “games we can’t wait for” list.
The details on the release of King of New York are hush-hush for another week. The big promotion starts next week at GenCon (the largest board game convention in the US). So we’re really looking forward to hearing more soon.
But prior to that, we’ve got something special to share – an exclusive sneak peek at one of the cards: Broadway Star
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As you can see in the video, it’s a very quick playing game with simple choices. The most basic choice is simply – do you reveal and play another card or stash what you’ve played so far?
Press your luck too much and you’ll be saying goodbye to the treasure.
And in our experience, everyone in the family enjoys press-your-luck type games.
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It’s not often you see a family board game blog with “Appendix” in the title. But our board game family of 6 is now short 1 appendix.
Let’s just say it was quite the memorable 4th of July this year.
But let’s start at the beginning.
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The best board games, card games, dice games, family games, and party games of 2013 have now been awarded!
With more than 3,000+ new games published in 2013, there were a ton to choose from.
But the 40+ top board game reviewers around the world were up to the challenge.
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This week we’re having a family reunion and I’m in charge of supplying the games.
Of course, supplying board games to play for the occasion isn’t a big surprise. It’s really something I do anyway whenever we get together with family.
The toughest question is which games to take…
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With family trips on our mind, we’ve got a great family board game series suggestion for you – the “10 Days” series – by Out of the Box.
There are currently 5 games in the series:
10 Days in the USA
10 Days in Africa
10 Days in Europe
10 Days in Asia
10 Days in the Americas
Way to go Dads!
We commend all fathers in the world taking an active role in the lives of their children.
Huge kudos to you.
It’s not an easy task. Yet, you’ve taken on the responsibility and not shirked.
The positive impact you have on your children will last for generations.
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We’ve got 2 games to tell you about today – Eternas and Quadefy.
Both games are 2-player games published by Maranda Enterprises and both have fantastic wooden components.
When you pick up one of these games boxes, you’ll feel the hefty weight of these pieces.
And the quality of the wood is perfect for table-top play. In fact, both of these are games that you could leave out on the table, or office desk for great conversations starters and quick challenges to family, friends, or coworkers.
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