One of the first card games my parents taught to me was Rummy. As I recall, it was my mom’s favorite game. We played as a family most every week and tried out a couple different variations as we got tired of the regular game. One such ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ever since the movie trailer for JOKER rolled out, I’ve been hearing mixed reactions from friends regarding whether they would go see it or not. Some said they didn’t feel it was true to the comics. Since I’m not an a ...
