Many abstract strategy board games have the objective of getting 5 in a row. And in that regard, Pentago is like many other games. However, there’s a twist to the game that makes Pentago unique – quite literally a twist.
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What defines a board game or card game?
In our view, the whole definition of a board game or card game revolves around it being something physical that you can touch, feel, and move around. Playing board games is all about the social interaction of sitting around, face-to-face and moving stuff around on the table or from hand to hand.
Our family had a great time playing lots of new board games and card games in 2011!
We also had a great time playing games that we’ve had for years.
In fact, it’s very relaxing to play a board game that we’re familiar with rather than always learning rules to new games
Our family was on TV yesterday!
A local TV station did a story on Building Family Traditions and they featured our family in the segment. It was a great experience and we loved having the chance to talk about the importance of family time.
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One of the most common questions about board games is: “How long does the game take to play?”
That’s while you’ll often see this information printed on the side of a game box. It’s also why we started adding this info to our board game reviews.
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Are you ready to test your dice rolling skills?
And how fast can you roll, spot, and match your dice?
Pretty quick?
Then you may be ready for Ligretto Dice.
This year our 16 year old son gave me the best Christmas present. It wasn’t a board game. In fact it wasn’t anything physical at all. It was a coupon book. Sure it may sound like something cheap to give. But it also wasn’t any ‘ole coupon book.
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With so many great new family board games coming out every year, it’s hard not to put a few of them on our Christmas wishlist.
The games we found this year under the Christmas tree this year were fantastic.
Take a look at what they were.
We’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
We hope that over the next few days you’ll enjoy time with your family and appreciate the associations you have. We know at times it’s easy to take our relationships for granted. But it’s times like this that prompt us to reflect on our blessings.
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Spot It is a great family card game that’s also great as a party game. See how fast you can find matches and keep everyone else on their toes.
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