I’m sure there aren’t many people that haven’t ever played a game of Farkle. The Yahtzee-alternative, Farkle is a dice-rolling game where you must score points on each roll of the dice. Once you roll and get nothing, you & ...
There’s a game designer whose games are appearing in our game night bag more often than any other. For our weekly game night sessions we typically look for engaging titles that play more than four players, are quick to teach and still ...
I’m a pretty easy sell when it comes to playing games. I tend to look at them the same way I do everything else in life. Always look for the positive. Sometimes the theme of a game is all it takes for me to want to play. I love the ra ...
One of the things I love most about attending board game conventions is being able to meet with game designers in person. You might think they’re all cut from the same mold. Surprisingly, they aren’t. Some are shy, humble, intel ...
We spent part of this Christmas break visiting my mother-in-law in Alabama. Unlike the longstanding “in-law” jokes, we actually get along really well and I enjoy being around her. Knowing there are limited options for activities ...
It’s difficult to believe that it has already been over 2 1/2 years since we told you about Run for Your Life, Candyman! It’s a tongue-in-cheek stab at the classic game of Candyland, the game we all played as kids and hope we ne ...
Just like last week’s eBay find, Mix & Fix, this week we found another mid-70’s game at our local Goodwill. It’s also another dice-centric game, probably best described as a mix between Boggle and Scrabble. But Perquac ...
Oooh oooh oooh! DICE! I’m an intelligent person and am capable of playing in-depth strategy games, but there’s something about dice games that I cannot resist. Perhaps it is the fact that when it all comes down to it, even the m ...
Sometimes when I’m bored I’ll peruse the used board games on eBay. There are always thousands of listings and many of them for games I’ve never seen before. The vintage game category is of particular interest to me as thos ...
My family has always been into games. Mostly card games. One in particular has yielded some of our best stories. The game is called Nertz. It is basically a real time group solitaire game being played inside a mosh pit. If you have ever had ...
