There are a lot of party games that have a moderator asking questions or making statements. Chances are you’ve played a number of them. But have you ever played any that have people slapping the table for the answer? In Trigger, players get that chance. See what Brooke thinks of Trigger in her short video [...]

Since we started doing video reviews of family board games (just over 2 years), we’ve posted 110 board game and card game reviews and over 100 articles related to family time and board games. And as of today (2/29/12), our videos have been viewed more than 320,000 times! That’s hard for us to believe because [...]

This past weekend I spent a lot of time playing games. And it was a lot of fun! It was the annual board game convention in our area – SaltCON – and I was once again asked to be a judge in the new family game design competition. And I just have to say that [...]

Have you had the enjoyable experience of being whooped by your kids in a board game? Well, this week I had that great experience again. After having been on a business trip for most of this week, I returned home nice an tired. My flight home lasted most of the day and when I finally [...]

Like many, when we first heard the board game title “Lemming Mafia” we weren’t sure what to make of it. Sure we’re familiar with the inclination of lemmings to follow each other into dangerous situations. And when we think of Mafia, we think of things dark and sinister. So what in the world could bring [...]

If your boys are like our boys, they’ll be very interested in playing a game about Ninjas. They’ve had fun pretending to be ninjas since they were little – lurking around the house, seeing how hidden and sly they can be. So when they heard about a hidden movement game based on Ninjas, they were [...]

Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War is a great 2-player board game full of deduction. So if you’re looking for a head-to-head game that keeps your mind ticking, then we recommend you take a look at Confusion. While at first glance Confusion may look like a game of Stratego, Confusion is a whole [...]

When we saw this Baby Blues comic in yesterday’s newspaper, we just had to share it. Our day doesn’t seem quite complete if we don’t read Baby Blues. Even the kids love the funny family comic. So when it mentioned board games, we especially got a kick out of it. It also reminded us of [...]

We’re often asked what our favorite new board games and card games are. And when the year rolls around to a new year, the question gets asked more frequently. Many people are anxious to hear what the best board games of the past year were. While we’d love to give the definitive list of best [...]

Many abstract strategy board games have the objective of getting 5 in a row. And in that regard, Pentago is like many other games. However, there’s a twist to the game that makes Pentago unique – quite literally a twist. The Pentago board is pretty cool. It’s made up of 4 quadrants that are twisted [...]