New Website for The Board Game Family!

We’re super excited to roll out our new website today!

We’ve been working on this for a while so it feels really go to finally launch it. We really like the look and feel of the new site and hope you do to. So for the thousands that have come to our site and watched our board and card game video reviews, we first say “Thanks” and we secondly say “Welcome to the new site!”

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Shadows Over Camelot – A noble quest for all

We’re excited to post our 50th game review!

And we think we’ve picked a fantastic game to be dubbed with the honor of being our 50th family game review.

Shadows Over Camelot is a game that I (dad) first saw in 2006 and immediately got excited about it. It was the first cooperative board game that I had come across – which in and of itself sounded like a great thing for family gaming and a good reason to pick up a copy. Then you add the fact that it’s about being knights of the round table and heading off on quests – and I was sold.

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Forbidden Island – lead on, brave souls

Are you ready to venture to Forbidden Island, snag the treasure and get off the island before it sinks?

Don’t worry – you won’t have to venture out alone. Grab your family and gather around for another great cooperative game designed by Matt Leacock (designer of Pandemic) and published by Gamewright.

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Word on the Street = Fun

Word on the Street is a party game that’s a ton of fun. But if you just say it’s “Fun” then you won’t get very far in the game, so you better go with “Entertaining” – because with that word you could capture the “N” to your side of the street and be one letter closer to winning.

If you don’t have a clue what we’re talking about, then you better check out the video review of both Word on the Street and Word on the Street Junior.

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