In December, during a trip to Des Moines for a Katy Perry concert, we took a bit of a detour to visit an arcade. Known for having a bunch of vintage pinball machines, we were in heaven. The neighbors have a pinball machine in their basement ...
You’ve heard this story over and over again, but I’m here to tell it one more time. A few years back, Scott discovered a local game meetup and we decided to give it a shot for some good, clean, family fun. Yes, the same event th ...
There’s one thing I know about party games and it’s that sometimes rules get ignored when they become annoying. Our Mega giveaway Day 114 prize is Voodoo by Mayday Games. We featured it in our list of games for elementary and tw ...
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We’re around 3/4 of the way through this year’s 150+ Days of Giveaways. Can you believe it? Have you been enjoying the journey toward winning a prize? If you’re like me, hard work makes me hungry. You probably don’t ...
One thing I don’t really miss about living in California is the amount of yard work we had to do at our house. Granted, the lots were smaller than here in the Midwest, but the expectation of quality was much higher. Most neighborhoods ...
What do you do to get your kids off electronics? In addition to playing board games, practicing their instruments and helping cook dinner, we enforce the schools’ requirements for them to get a designated number of reading minutes in ...
As I sit here paying bills, I’m reveling in the fact that I only have one payment remaining until my minivan is paid off. It’s comforting, especially as we prepare for Madison to take driver’s education this summer. This t ...
It’s about that time of year when snow starts to melt and we’re watching the Mighty Mississippi River overflow its banks. We often see barges and river boats making their way up and down the river, but I sometimes wonder how dif ...
It isn’t very often that I have difficulty classifying a game. Usually they fit nicely into certain categories. Card games, board games, abstracts, dexterity… There are dozens of well-defined descriptions we use to describe the ...
