We’re excited for Thanksgiving this week. We love that Thanksgiving comes near the end of the year and before we move into the Christmas holiday and New Year resolutions. Why? Because Thanksgiving* gives us a chance to pause and think about all our blessings. And with it being near the end of the year, we [...]

Are your kids tired of playing the same board games and card games over and over? When someone suggests playing Monopoly, Life, Scrabble, or UNO yet again, does everyone turn and run out the door screaming or cower in a corner mumbling strange things? It’s not to say that you can’t have fun with your [...]

Do your kids love to tell stories – the crazier the better? We know our kids do. And we think it goes back to those first bedtime stories that we’d read to them. Bedtime routines are perfect for spending one-on-one time with kids. They cherish the dedicated time they have trading off with mom or [...]

It’s that time of year again – time for the biggest board game and card game convention in the world: Internationalen Spieltage SPIEL! For all those English speakers, it’s mostly referred to as “Spiel Essen”, since that’s where it’s held – Essen Germany and it’s all about games (Spiel in German). So for anyone looking [...]

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 [...]