How many times have you sat down to play a game, only to have it run WAY longer than the advertised time? I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve scheduled a game that is supposed to run 2-3 hours, only to have it stretch i ...
Probably because school is back in session, we get quite a few emails inquiring about which games are good for teaching. It’s a wide open ask, and without any background of what subject matter, ages and lessons they’re trying to ...
It may be over 41 years since the passing of the King, Elvis Presley, but that doesn’t mean his popularity has waned. In fact, his estate has earned as much as $45 million in one year, well surpassing the $7 million income he took in ...
While in middle school our family lived in West Germany. We took advantage of our proximity to other countries by vacationing to as many as we could during our nearly 5 year residence overseas. With the exception of West Berlin, the Eastern ...
Last Saturday I agreed to take Kennedy to the trampoline park to celebrate her birthday with a couple of friends. She coordinated it late and sent a final text to two friends on Friday at 11pm with details: trampoline park at 10:30 AM. She ...
I don’t know how normal people spend their 25th wedding anniversary, but we aren’t normal people. Scott and I have wanted to plan a trip overseas for years, but I didn’t push for it for our anniversary. As much as I wanted ...
If you’re like us and play board games regularly, you know that there is a big difference between games that last 20 minutes and those that take a couple hours to complete. We enjoy both and do what most others do – play a coupl ...
This. This is why I continue to hunt for board games at our local thrift stores. It had been a while since we had stopped by our Salvation Army store because the last few times were complete busts. We know there are other collectors that sc ...
I know you’ve probably been busy working on your wish list from last week’s articles featuring games debuting at Gen Con. But if you’re anything like me, game promos not only improve your copy, but they make it better than ...
There’s one rule of thumb we violated when making this week’s Thrift Treasure purchase. Normally we’ll pass on any game that comes in the traditional long-box. Think Monopoly, Scrabble or any of the classic games we all gr ...
