Archive for the ‘Party Games’ Category

Spot It – Speed matching fun

Spot It is a fantastic card game for your family! (How quick is that for a review? Too quick, then read on for a little more.) Spot It is a quick card game that only takes a minute or two to play and is all about spotting the image that matches on two cards before [...]

 

Party Battle Challenge – Who Would Win?

WhoWin

“My dad can beat up your dad.” “So – my dad’s faster than your dad.” Have you ever heard kids argue like that before? For some reason, they tend to have the inclination to always “one-up” someone else. (Of course, we’ve met people that never seem to outgrow that tendency – but that’s another story). [...]

 

Create your own words in Faux-Cabulary

FauxCabulary

Do your kids ever make up crazy words – ones that you don’t have a clue what they’re saying? (Ok – we don’t mean teenagers, because they have a language all their own anyway.) Well, Out of the Box published a party game earlier this year that’s all about making up crazy words like Bushoidan, [...]

 

Our Game Gift Guide 2011 is here!

Gift

It’s that time of year when families around the world are looking for great family board games to get for gifts during the holidays. Board games, card games, dice games, and party games are great gifts to give your friends and family since they promote interaction and strengthen relationships. So we’re happy to announce our [...]

 

Great family board games for a long weekend

Thanksgiving board games

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 [...]

 

Do you have enough board games?

Board Game Closet

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 [...]

 

Crappy Birthday to You

CrappyBirthday

If someone were to wish you a Crappy Birthday, I don’t think you’d be too pleased with them. But if they were to give you Crappy Birthday (the party game) as a gift, then you’d probably have them pull up a chair and play the game with you. One look at this new party game [...]

 

Hundreds of new board games at Spiel 2011

Spiel Essen

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 [...]

 

Many Board Game and Card Game Reviews coming

Blokus

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 [...]

 

National Family Game Night – Sept 28

Family Game Night - Hasbro

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 [...]