We spent the holidays celebrating with my mother-in-law. No matter what time of year we visit, we can always count on a bouquet of flowers on the island in her kitchen. To further emphasize this, she runs a slideshow on her kitchen computer ...
If there’s one thing I’m able to count on, it’s that games from Pencil First Games are often about nature with beautiful artwork. Floriferous is a new addition to their line and it lives up to exactly what we expected. Bec ...
While I may be a sentimental collector, I’ve noticed that my daughters (and their friends) aren’t hung up on collecting tchotchkes. I grew up admiring the printer’s drawers filled with tiny collectables on the walls at my ...
I think every person my age grew up with some kind of knick-knack, curio or printer’s drawer adoring the wall filled with all kinds of random pieces of memorabilia. My mom could recite a story for each and every trinket she had on dis ...
In mid-2019, we told you all about Herbaceous Sprouts. Then a few weeks ago, we published an overview of The One Hundred Torii from Pencil First Games. We’re always happy to find ways to promote these quality games so last year we inc ...
It’s always cool to see people grow and succeed. That’s been the case for us with Pencil First Games. Back in 2015, we introduced you to them and a few of their first games including Lift Off! Get Me Off This Planet! Since that ...
Just the other day I was talking about game themes and how well they are or are not integrated into gameplay. Cindr takes cues from a popular dating app with a similar name by requiring you to swipe cards left or right. Today I want to ment ...
Just yesterday I was commenting about how some games remind us of others. Comparisons are natural and many times the game that was inspired by something previous ends up being the better of the two. Passtally reminded us a lot of Tsuro just ...
There are a whole lot of options for 2-player games beyond the traditional checkers and chess. When we crafted our holiday list of games for two players, Skulk Hollow from Pencil First Games was among them. It was kind of unusual because it ...
Earlier this week we launched our first holiday gift guide including family games. The first item on the list was Herbaceous Sprouts by Pencil First Games. It wasn’t the first time we told you about a game from this company. We’ ...