If you’re looking for a sign of how to determine if a game is “good” or not, consider this. When a title has been published by more than one company and has survived at least a decade or two, then the public has spoken. Pu ...
It has been kind of cool to see the resurgence of interest in board games. The increase in shelf space for games at Target, Walmart and Barnes and Noble are a clear indication that people are finding time to gather around the table for this ...
Over the past several years, I’ve noticed that board games are mentioned quite often in modern television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Parks & Rec and South Park. While many shows still depict the standard Yahtzee, Risk, Monopo ...
Last weekend one of our friends celebrated his 50th birthday. Pandemic or not, his choice for how to spend his birthday was to join us to play board games. We encouraged him to let us know which games he wanted to play and that’s what ...
With so many families discussing the possibility of online learning resuming in the fall, I am seeing a lot of conversations about games for homeschooling. There are so many opportunities to work school subjects into game night that it make ...
Last week marked a milestone for me as I turned 50. Yes, my body and mind like to remind me that I’m old, but my heart feels like I’m much younger. I don’t feel 50 and have memories of my younger days that feel like ...
There are few better ways to spend Christmas and New Year’s Eve than to do so playing games with family, friends and even strangers. We spent Christmas week at a beach house relaxing, reading, soaking up the sun and playing games with ...
We recently shared exciting news about game designers Daniel Skjold Pedersen & Asgar Harding Granerud starting their own company, Sidekick Games, to publish one of their latest creations, Bloom Town. The fact that they have their o ...
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 ...
Continuing with the theme of games that utilize polyominoes, today’s feature is another in the roll-and-write genre, much like this past Wednesday’s Second Chance. If you recall, Second Chance asked all players to fill out a pap ...
