Well, like many residents in the Midwest, I have added a new word to my vocabulary this week: Derecho. It’s the type of storm that passed through here with winds measuring around 110 miles per hour. We were sitting in the drive throug ...
When I was in 5th or 6th grade, my family was stationed in West Germany. My brother and I went to an American school in Worms, but we lived in a regular house. “On the economy” was the term for those of us that didn’t have ...
The hobby of modern board games has a lot of unique words and terms that probably don’t make sense to those who haven’t partaken in the fun. “Meeples“, “Euro”, “Ameritrash”, “Deck-Builde ...
Woah. We’ve talked about Daryl Andrews a few times recently when we shared our Sagrada game overview, Oregon Trail board game and discussion about Outpost: Amazon. When we featured Sagrada, we mentioned several other games in our coll ...
Nicole’s been talking about the handful of games we toted around for Christmas so we had something to play as a family during holiday down times. Many of these made it to the table more than once. King of the Dice and Stuff Happens we ...
Next week begins the second-largest game convention, Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH, and one that many game publishers delay their new game offerings until they can make their debut there. Once again SahmReviews will make the trek across ...
We’re starting to see signs of spring mixed in with our wintry weather. It’s only a matter of time before we hear the familiar tune echoing through the neighborhood as kids run to their piggy banks then out the front door to cat ...
When growing up in the 70’s, ice cream wasn’t an everyday thing for our family. In fact, it was a summertime-only treat. Usually from a giant tub purchased at our local Aldi or Piggly Wiggly. We also had our own ice cream maker ...
Yesterday’s Mega Giveaway prize was about building castles but today we’re bringing things closer to home with something every child dreams of… the Best Treehouse Ever! Admit it, even if you didn’t have a gigantic tr ...
I don’t know about you, but it’s not uncommon for our smoke detectors to go off. Mostly it means that I’m cooking and dinner is ready. Actually, yesterday it was breakfast. We joke about it a lot but definitely keep a fire ...