Like many people last year, we were in complete disbelief of Avengers: Infinity War and felt helpless knowing it would be a full year before we would have some kind of closure. We decided to make the most of it by playing the best Marvel- ...
When we started playing board games many years ago, I knew the girls were open minded about the types of games they would play. While we all have our preferences, never would I have guessed that battle games would be among their favorites. ...
I have fond memories of playing card games with my parents. They taught me most of the classics – Rummy, Hearts and yes, even Poker. In fact, we played a number of poker variations. I recall playing 5-card draw, 7-card draw and 5-card ...
If I had to choose what question we are most often asked, it would be something along the lines of “Can you recommend a game for my <insert age younger than 12> year old child?”. We could always take the easy route and cho ...
So… how was your April Fools’ Day? As with many people, the day is filled with anticipation (AKA anxiety). You’ve witnessed Scott’s flare for story-telling here on the website, but I’m going to tell you a secre ...
Before we moved back to Iowa from California, we decided to take a vacation to Hawaii. We knew it would be much cheaper to fly out of Los Angeles than to wait until later and have to make a connection there anyhow. We chose to stay in the N ...
We’ve talked many times about the trend of game publishers to start a new brand in order to reach a different market. Pressman Games recently founded Games Adults Play to carry a line of adult-themed party games. Grey Fox Games, known ...
If there’s one thing that catches our eye on a game box, it’s the slogan “from the maker’s of Sequence“. Sequence was one of the first games we started playing as a family nearly a decade ago. We would also hos ...
Right before last year’s Gen Con convention, Scott and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. While we could have opted to have a second honeymoon, we decided to head to Indianapolis a few days early and bond as a family. The weat ...
In high school I had a friend that wanted to be a marine biologist. She already had her school picked out down in Florida and never wavered from that desire as long as I knew her. We ended up at community college together, and even then her ...
