As the girls get busier and busier and Madison prepares to graduate and head off to college, Scott and I are realizing that our plans for playing games at home will dramatically change. We can still gather together with friends on weekends or maybe some days after work. The nightly games before or after dinner are pretty much a thing of the past. B ...
We seem to run across a number of educational games when we shop at thrift. It isn’t uncommon to try to use a board game as both entertainment and an educational tool. Over the years there have been a number of companies that specialized in this type of game. They target both the homeschool market and advertise to grandparents who are looking ...
Next week is Scott’s birthday and I suspect he will have a newfound appreciation for the day. I certainly will and here’s why… As you’ve likely noticed, we’ve been away from the site for over a month and a half. While most people were ringing in the new year enjoying the company of family and friends, I was watching Sc ...
More than seven years ago I began writing a weekly column here on SahmReviews dedicated to games and puzzles we’ve found at thrift. What began as an inexpensive way to add to our collection turned into one of the most popular features on our site. We would purposely pass on games that we considered too common and focused on purchasing titles ...
Whenever we shop at thrift for games, a common title we see is Chinese Checkers. It was a favorite of mine when I was younger. Like most of you, the marbles were eventually lost and it became a three player game instead of four, five or six. I still buy really old ones just to admire the artwork. Some of them even have really unique and cool marble ...
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