We’ve played a lot of social deduction games over the years and I’ve consistently failed. Don’t get me wrong, I have fun, but I’m sure the other players know and choose whether to take advantage of my lack of poker f ...
We read hundreds of rule books. Some are one page long while others look like a novel. Some are written thematically to the game while others are filled with jokes and humor. Games can seem overwhelming but as we explained in our Enchanters ...
I’ve had a lot of opportunities to travel as a result of this website and I like to think I know a think or two about navigating my way around. Adapting to ridesharing serves like Uber and Lyft took a few times before I felt confident ...
As much as I love cooperative and deduction games, you would think there would be more in our collection. Whether it’s something visual like MicroMacro: Crime City, an escape/mystery game like Chronicles of Crime or a trick-taking gam ...
My original plan for writing this article was going to be a comparison of the Exit series by Kosmos with their new line of Exit that includes jigsaw puzzles. But Kennedy had a friend over for a couple of nights and we decided to introduce h ...
When I first moved to the Quad Cities (Iowa) in 1990, I was introduced to the art of John Holladay by Nicole. He was a local artist who came to fame for his line of caricature-styled sports-themed posters. Not only were all the Big 10 schoo ...
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 ...
One of our favorite series of games is the Exit line by Kosmos. If you haven’t played, it’s an ongoing string of escape room games that are filled with puzzles, challenges and brain teasers. You really have to be able to th ...
I’m starting to realize that it doesn’t take much for me to realize I’m old. It sometimes happens when realizing I don’t understand what my kids are saying or have to look up some acronym they texted me. Those things ...
Confession time. I’m one of the very few board game fans that have never played a copy of The Mind by Pandasaurus Games. As you probably know, in 2018/2019 it was THE new card game to play. It was a nominee for the highest award a gam ...
