I remember entering a coloring contest when I was in elementary school; second grade if memory serves me correctly. My school was in a rural area where a good portion of the kids, including my best friend, Liz, were from farm families. As I ...
Looking back over the years of writing about board games, I’ve come to the conclusion that I do tend to favor a type of game without realizing it. It seems that whenever we see a game about trains it makes its way into our shopping ca ...
As we sat at a restaurant with Kennedy for lunch a couple weeks ago, she was telling us about a project she had to do for history class. Despite being an end-of-the-year assignment during a very stressful final couple weeks, she was extreme ...
As much as we like playing games, I wish we could say that everyone in our family was as passionate about gathering around for tabletop entertainment. Every time we have a holiday or event with our extended family, we take along a variety o ...
Thoughts on Games in Education, The Fantasy Trip and More In our vast adventures, we’re often able to participate in exclusive interview opportunities with influential people in our lives. Whether it’s an actor, director, game d ...
Things have sure changed over the past 10 years of talking about products and services that we personally enjoy and recommend. What started out as an outlet for Nicole to talk about new things she was discovering soon turned into an outlet ...
A couple weeks ago I told you about my unexpected DNA results, shared about my mother’s strong Italian lineage then explained that my physical features are a lot like women on my dad’s side of the family. One of those women is m ...
Once again one of our favorite television shows was cancelled. It almost seems like the networks are taking note of what we’re recording and hitting the delete button after just a season or two (or sometimes less). We joke about how w ...
So this seems to be a good time of year to run a Kickstarter campaign. I only say so because my wallet is certainly suffering due to all the high-quality toys & games being offered right now. Sure, I have to wait a while to actually rec ...
One of the things that gets us excited about the state of the board game industry is the consistent improvement being done on game mechanics. We have progressed from a roll-and-move society to one that demands the removal of luck from the g ...
