Haven’t seen a board game video review for a while? Don’t worry, we have a bunch on the horizon. But for some reason we’ve been running into software problems recently. It’s curious since it’s the same editing software we’ve used for our more than 80 board game and card game reviews that are posted on [...]

Are you ready to gather your family around the table for games Wednesday – September 28 for National Family Game Night? Of course, you may not even know about National Family Game Night. It’s only the third year after all. And it’s promoted by a large American game company – Hasbro. But even still, it [...]

While I was in Seattle last week, playing Games with Hayden wasn’t the only time I spent around board games. It just so happened that there was a great game store within a block of my hotel in Redmond – Uncles Games. I first became familiar with Uncles Games when we developed our family board [...]

If you were traveling through a city far from home, would you consider stopping to play games with strangers in their home? I’m not talking about playing online games or video games through internet connections. And I’m not talking about going to a board game convention and playing with others at the convention that you’ve [...]

How frantic do things get at your house right around dinner time? For some reason everything just seems to percolate right at dinner time. You’re getting home from work, the kitchen may be a mess, kids are hungry and tired (and may be running around crazy), and the noise escalates causing the stress to rise. [...]

Once again the votes have been cast and the results are in. The Dice Tower Awards for the best board games and best card games of the year for 2010 have just been announced. These are the best game of the year awards that are nominated and voted on by leading reviewers in the board [...]

The Spiel des Jahres voting is done and the winners were announced this week. And the winner is: Qwirkle This year there was also a new category this year – the Kennerspiel des Jahres. It’s an award meant to highlight a game aimed at more experienced gamers. And the winner of that award is: 7 [...]

What does it take to get into a sports Hall of Fame? Although we’re not exactly sure, and it will vary somewhat from sport to sport, we do know it takes a lot of hard work and great results to show for it. Other industries and associations also have their Hall of Fame to recognize [...]

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With so many family board games and card games available today, it can seem like an overwhelming task to pick a game for your family. If you wander the game section of a big box store like WalMart you’ll find a lot of popular mass market family board games. And a lot of them will [...]