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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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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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I have great memories of St. Patrick’s Day growing up. Perhaps the memories that stick out the most are about the meals we’d have with green food. And even though I love milk, I was always a little hesitant to drink the green milk set before me.
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Earlier this week, Michelle (mom) and I had the opportunity to be on a radio podcast – Christian Devotions Speak UP!
Michelle and I really enjoyed the conversation we had with host Scott McCausey about the importance of family and the many activities we do to keep our family close.
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We love to play games with our kids.
There’s just so much to like about it. It gives us a great time to be face-to-face interacting and bonding. It also gives us a great glimpse into their budding personalities.
But can playing with our kids also help them get better grades in school?
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Two months ago we wrote about some of the fantastic family board games that have been made available in digital form for mobile devices like iPads, iPhones, and Androids. And one of our favorites to make the jump is Ticket to Ride by Days of Wonder.
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I love amusement parks and carnivals!
I love the feeling of zooming all over on roller coasters and other contraptions. I also have many fond memories of lazy summer days with my cousins at state fairs with cool rides.
And on those fun summer days I’d imagine what it would be like to work at an amusement park. I’d dream of how cool it would be around all those rides every day and ride as much as I wanted to.
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There are a lot of party games that have a moderator asking questions or making statements. Chances are you’ve played a number of them.
But have you ever played any that have people slapping the table for the answer?
In Trigger, players get that chance.
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Since we started doing video reviews of family board games (just over 2 years), we’ve posted 110 board game and card game reviews and over 100 articles related to family time and board games. And as of today (2/29/12), our videos have been viewed more than 320,000 times!
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As you can tell from our last post, SaltCON was a great time for gaming in Salt Lake City. But another great part of the weekend for me was meeting Matthew Fisk who does a video podcast called The Victory Point.
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