Hive is a hit with scouts
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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A little R&R with 15 Backpacking Boy Scouts
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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Anomia causes Brain-Freeze
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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Clue – Still a winner!
Clue is still a fantastic family board game!
With hundreds (if not thousands) of new board games and card games being published every year, it’s refreshing to pull out a classic family board game and still have a fantastic time together. Since we review so many new games, it’s easy to get caught up in all the hype and allure of new board games.
But Clue still delivers what we’re after in family fun.
Board games played, a Mid-Year Report
One of the indicators of our favorite board games and card games is how many times we play a game. However, that’s not always the best indicator because the length of time it takes to play a game is also a big factor in how often we play it. But it’s a good starting point.
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Vandalize your board game? Bring on Risk Legacy!
One board game I’m very excited to play is Risk Legacy.
When I first heard about Risk Legacy last year, I had my doubts. But as it surfaced, and the more I heard about it from reviewers around the world, the more curious and then excited I got.
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Electronics Overload Diminishes our Focus
“Modern devices keep kids from thinking deep” is a short article in a local newspaper about the impact our electronic gadgets have on our minds.
Do we love our electronic gadgets so much that we’re losing our ability to focus for extended periods of time?
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Toc Toc Woodman – chop away
Do your kids like games where they get to destroy things?
Or rather, where they get to wreck havoc with the playing pieces?
In Toc Toc Woodman, players get to play lumberjack and use an axe to chop down a tree. And they can be as wild as they want with the chopping. Of course, if they’re too wild, there going to lose the game. Because in Toc Toc Woodman the winner will be the person that chops with more precision than vigor.
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Being a Father is simply awesome
I love being a dad.
Sure it comes with a ton of challenges. But maybe that’s the very reason why it’s so rewarding.
With Father’s Day this weekend, it’s a great time to reflect on fatherhood. In particular, I’m thinking of how blessed I am to be a father.
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Playing Hangman wrong
I never realized I had been playing Hangman wrong all these years.
Not playing it wrong in the sense that I didn’t follow the rules – guessing a letter, marking it off the list, and adding it to the word if correct or placing a body part on the board if incorrect. But playing it wrong in how to go about guessing the letters for the words.
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