The third and final thing we purchased on our trip to a Cedar Rapids Goodwill wasn’t a game at all, even though it was shelved in the same section as Apple Pop and Circulo. Our oldest daughter, Madison, is taking Chemistry this year i ...
There’s one type of board game that we can never have enough of. Both of us grew up solving puzzles and as a result we love games that feature something cerebral to solve. Nicole received a jigsaw puzzle or two every Christmas until s ...
One of the biggest barriers to people trying new games is the difficulty in grasping unfamiliar game mechanics or reading pages upon pages of instructions. We’re fortunate enough to have a friend who volunteers to read directions for ...
This past summer as we were walking through the exhibitor aisles at the annual Gen Con convention, we noticed a brand new title being advertised by Next Move Games. It wasn’t the components that caught our eye, nor was it the colorful ...
Dress up, knock on doors and get free candy. Kids and adults alike enjoy the thrill of taking on a new persona to hitting the streets for that one special night of the year. And who can resist an adorable dog costume to boot?! It’s th ...
What do you do with the game box when you sit down to play a board game? If you’re like most of us, it is set aside, usually to another table so it is out of the way. In most cases the box is unneeded until it comes time to pack up th ...
If you remember reading about our thrift store find last week, Circulo, you’ll recall that we were at an out-of-town Goodwill and happened across a couple things we hadn’t played before. The second game we carried to the checkou ...
As I read over Scott’s Filler game overview last week, I came to the realization that a lot of game-related vocabulary has crept into our everyday conversation. In addition, we tend to reference game-related terms when writing article ...
When someone picks up a game to play, the theme is usually the first thing they consider. You might get to play as a wizard, a frog, a worker who is trying to impress a king, a painter mixing colors – the options are endless. None of ...
If you didn’t know it already, the team here at SahmReviews is based in Iowa. What do you think of when you think of our state? For me, it’s corn. Yes, Nebraska claims to be the best, but the truth is that nothing beats Iowa swe ...
