Screen-Free Week: April 30 – May 6, 2012 Can we do it?
It’s time to turn off the screens!
That’s right, Screen-Free Week starts on April 30. It’s a time for people everywhere to step away from the screens.
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New Game Giveaway!
How would you like to win a new party game?
Well, the folks at Stratus Games are ready to give away a copy of their upcoming party game – Off Your Rocker!
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Best Board Games of 2011 – Nominees announced!
It’s that time of year again – time for the annual Dice Tower Awards!
Well, actually it’s time for the game nominations to be announced.
This week, The Dice Tower Network announced the nominations for the Dice Tower Gaming Awards for 2011. A committee made up of over 40 prominent board game podcasters and bloggers has come up with the lists of the best games released in the year 2011.
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Board Game Words of Wisdom
One of our favorite board game podcasts is about to go off the air. Next week, Game On! with Cody & John will air their final episode and I’m sad to see them go.
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Yinsh – a 2-player strategy game with a flip
Yinsh is a 2-player abstract strategy board game that I’ve had on my “to play” list for a very long time. It’s part of a series of 6 abstract strategy games called Project GIPF that all have unique play mechanics that all look great to try. And of all the games in the series, Yinsh has held the most interest to me for a few years.
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Easter Messages
As we head into this weekend, we see a lot on our calendar – birthday celebration, multiple soccer games, Easter egg hunt at grandmas, and other typical Saturday chores and such. Our kids will also be starting Spring Break this week, so we may try to fit in a board game or two.
One thing is for sure – we’re going to be spending a lot of time together as a family making memories and having fun.
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Time for a team rescue – Flash Point: Fire Rescue
We’ve said it many times before – We love cooperative board games. We love them because they encourage teamwork to win the game. And when we can’t win, we all feel the pain of defeat together.
They’re also a great way to get younger kids to enjoy board games because you’re not competing against them. You don’t have to ‘take it easy’ on them because you’re after the same goal.
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Do you force your kids to play board games?
Have you ever forced your kids to play board games or card games?
Or does that word “force” seem too strong?
Maybe you’ve just “strongly encouraged” them to play a family board game when they weren’t interested.
Just because the word “force” can carry such a bad connotation, doesn’t mean that it’s a bad thing. After all, we also “force” our kids to brush their teeth, make their beds, and do their homework – all things that they may not be interested in. And most parents would agree with this. (We’re not talking about physical force/abuse – that’s definitely a bad thing.)
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Pocket Yamslam – Yahtzee in your pocket
We’re guessing that everyone’s familiar with Yahtzee.
It’s a classic dice game played with 5 dice that you can roll up to 3 times, holding the dice that you want to complete 1 of 13 categories. Some of the categories are 3 of a kind, 4 of a kind, full house, large straight and of course – Yahtzee – which is all 5 dice showing the same number. Once all 13 categories are scored, the game ends.
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Time to Defend our Realm!
Minions are quickly spreading across the land and the evil Generals are relentlessly advancing on Monarch City from the outer regions. Can you and your little band of adventures rid the land of these dark forces before it’s too late?
In Defenders of the Realm, that’s exactly what you’ll have to do.
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