Reverse Charades Junior is a great charades game for families. Last year we reviewed Reverse Charades and Rollick – a couple games that employed the same new charades game mechanic. But now there’s something even better for families looking for this type of fun.
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When asked how we got started doing video reviews of family board games and card games, our story revolves around Bang!
We bought Bang! near the start of 2009 and it was an immediate hit in our family. After watching a few times, Caleb (then 6) said he was ready to play. As luck would have it, he got the role of Sheriff – which meant that most of the other players would be gunning for him.
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Serpent Stones is the latest board game on Kickstarter that we have our eyes on. It would be great to see this 2-player game get published.
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With so many games to choose from, I’m so glad we have a board game store nearby that rents board games. I don’t know if your local board game store rents games, but we think it’s a fantastic deal.
Boardgame Revolution, located in Orem Utah has a large library of board games available to rent.
We’ve reviewed some fun party games over the last few years that are always a hit when we get a big group of people together – whether that be family or friends. Another party game that’s been a big hit is Time’s Up: Title Recall.
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On the heels of the Spiel des Jahres (Best Family Board Game of the Year) announcement, The Dice Tower award winners were also announced recently – celebrating even more of the best board games and card games for 2011!
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The Spiel des Jahres winner was announced last week and we’re happy to see the results – Kingdom Builder wins!
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Hive is a great family board game that’s perfect for taking on camping trips with boy scouts as well. Hive has been a hit with our boy scout troop.
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Ok, so maybe taking 15 Boy Scouts on a backpacking trip this weekend won’t include a lot of Rest & Relaxation. But it probably will be filled with Rambling and Rambunctious boys.
And it should be a lot of fun.
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According to the game designers, the definitions for Anomia are: “1) A problem with word finding or recall. 2) Chaos. 3) The game where common knowledge becomes uncommonly fun!”
After playing Anomia a number of times, I think you could add to those definitions, “4) The party game where people jump out of their chairs, point frantically, stutter in loud outbursts, and experience brain-freeze.”
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