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Tiny Towns board game review

When you set out to build a City, you think big. When you set out to build a Town, you think a little bit less big.

But we imagine you still wouldn’t think about building a town as small as you do in Tiny Towns.

Tiny Towns is a new board game published by AEG that has players constructing their own towns on little 4×4 grids. The variety of buildings to place in those towns is huge. But the area is small.

You’ll have to make the most of your limited space to cram in as many valuable buildings as you can.

August 16, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, AEG, city building, solo, strategy, variable scoring, variable set up

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Cover Your Kingdom – coming soon!

Like other Grandpa Beck’s Games, Cover Your Kingdom is a fantastic card game for families!

It’s easy to learn, quick to play, has a good amount of luck, and lots of player interaction. Oh, and it’s very colorful and punny.

And this time around, we’re back in action with a video review!

June 2, 2019June 11, 2019 Trent 3 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, card, Grandpa Beck's Games, luck

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews

Build your own galaxies in Cosmic Factory

How are your galaxy building skills?

Oh, you haven’t built a galaxy recently?

Well, maybe it’s time you give it a try.

In Cosmic Factory, players race to build personal galaxies in ways that will score them the most points. The catch is that they must do so in under 1 minute!

April 6, 2019April 8, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, colorful, Gigamic, tile-laying

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews Kid Games

Family fishing fun with Miaui!

Grab your fishing pole and hit the islands in this fun family board game by Z-Man Games and Asmodee!

Of course, in Miaui, you’re not fishermen but instead you’re fisher-cats.

After all, isn’t it well known that cats love fish?

So why not have a game about cats catching fish?

There’s a fishing festival about to happen and the skilled Miauians are vying to bring in the most valuable fish from the lagoon.

March 17, 2019March 23, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, Asmodee, kids, luck, strategy, theme

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Skull King is totally King in our family

When a game takes over almost all our family game time, it must mean it’s time to review it.

And while we have a large stack of games on our “to review” shelf, some games just shoot right to the top of the stack.

Such is the case with Skull King!

January 10, 2019January 17, 2019 Trent 12 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, card game, Grandpa Beck's Games, pirate, strategy

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Fuji Flush is my most-played game of the year!

As the days tick down for 2018, I was glancing over my list of games played this year and noticed an injustice. I’ve neglected to post a review of my most-played game of the year!

It’s a shame really. But there’s still time to right that wrong.

It’s time for Fuji Flush to take its well-deserved place among the great family games we’ve reviewed!

(And letting you know about it in time to get it for your family for Christmas.)

December 17, 2018December 19, 2018 Trent 0 Comments 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, 7-player, 8-player, card, luck

Card Games Cooperative Games Game Reviews Kid Games Party Games

Building Cows and Making Faces

Our first set of kids game reviews this week each had some elements of math to them.

Today we’re leaving the math behind and moving on to silly fun.

We’ll first head out to pasture and build some cows, then it’s on to silly faces and sounds.

October 27, 2018 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, 7-player, Gamewright, kids, luck, Tactic

Board Games Cooperative Games Game Reviews

You may not survive Hellapagos

In Hellapagos, you and your fellow castaways are shipwrecked on an island with an approaching hurricane in the distance. You must work together to have any hope of getting off the island before the hurricane strikes.

Or at least some of you may make it off the island alive…

Hellapagos is a semi-cooperative board game for up to 12 players that’s super challenging to all win together. But you have to try. Because if you don’t work together, no one will survive. By working together, there’s at least a chance you can make it.

Do you have what it takes to be one of the survivors?

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 Trent 7 Comments 10-player, 11-player, 12-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, 7-player, 8-player, 9-player, cooperative game, Gigamic, luck, player elimination, random

Top 10 Lists

33 games we’ll still be playing in 9 years

We’ve reviewed over 400 games, written over 350 other game and family-related articles, and our video reviews have close to 1.8 million views!

I’ve been reflecting about the games we’ve played the most over the past 9 years and trying to predict the games we’ll still be playing 9 years from now.

It’s interesting to think about. Because in 9 years, all our kids will be out of the house and we’ll most likely have grandkids in the mix (woah, that’s weird to think about). That means more 2-player and lighter games hitting the table for my wife and I. And it also means pulling out younger kid games again for grandkids. But I’ll also still have game nights with my boys, so games they love to play make the list as well.

So which games will we still be playing with regularity in 2027?

August 15, 2018December 20, 2023 Trent 8 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, 7-player, 8-player, family game, Star Wars, Top 10 lists

Board Games Card Games Cooperative Games Family Games Game Reviews

Unlock! Adventure Series game reviews

What does a submarine, train, buried treasure, hieroglyphics, mouse, and the emerald city have in common?

They’re all things you’ll discover playing Unlock! Escape Adventure games!

While the basics of how the games works may be the same, the elements and puzzles to solve within the games are completely unique. And they’re all loads of fun!

June 1, 2018February 1, 2019 Trent 3 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, Asmodee, cooperative, escape, solo, strategy, theme, Unlock