Mole Rats in Space is the latest cooperative family board game by famed game designer Matt Leacock.
But instead of curing the world of disease, rescuing artifacts from a sinking island, or constructing a ship among storming desert winds, this time we’re getting our mole rats safely to a space escape pod with critical equipment.
Are you and your kids up to the challenge?
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Ah, the joys of summer!
No school, no homework, and lots and lots of playing around.
What better way to enjoy a hot summer day than at a water park!
With various pools and lots of different water slides, water parks are a blast!
In Slide Blast, you get to build your own fun water slides. The longer the slide, the more points you’ll earn. You can also earn bonus points by helping other players extend their slide as well.
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“Hey, how about we play The Game?”
“What game?”
“The Game?”
“Which game?”
“The Game!!”
“What are you talking about?”
If that sounds a lot like the Abbott and Costello gag about “Who’s on first?“, you’re not mistaken.
Naming aside, The Game is actually a pretty fun, light cooperative card game that’s great for families.
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As parents we need to “level up our game” by learning new skills to face new challenges head on.
The blessings of fatherhood don’t come from the absence of challenges. Rather the blessings come because of the challenges as we learn to work through them again and again.
Are you constantly leveling up your parenting skills?
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Who’s the best inventor of all time – Archimedes, Fibonacci, Pascal, Edison, or Franklin?
In Legendary Inventors you’ll get the chance to put them to the test.
I first got a chance to play Legendary Inventors at Gen Con 2016 just before it was released. It was one of the games I most enjoyed playing at the con and I was excited to get a copy for our family soon after.
Now that we’ve been able to play it more, we’re happy to finally share our thoughts.
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As you might imagine, the theme of Running with the Bulls hearkens to the annual Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain where bulls are let loose to run through the town streets.
In the game Running with the Bulls, players have a team of Runners (dice) that scramble through the streets of El Toro trying not to get trampled by the Bulls (big red dice) and trying to end up in favorable locations at the end of town.
The game is played over 3 “Days” (rounds) and the same process is followed each round. The player with the most points after 3 rounds is the winner.
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All the shouting, running around, and slapping of people playing Happy Salmon at the North Star Games booth at Gen Con 2016 easily caught my attention.
It’s a party-style game that has a way of pulling people in with its active and quick play.
In fact, reading our review of Happy Salmon may take longer than playing a game of Happy Salmon.
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One of the awesome benefits of playing family board games is the positive way it engages our minds.
From visual recognition and matching to deductive reasoning and strategic planning, there are a myriad of mental skills that board games engage.
A recently released game from Asmodee packs a real punch in getting players to exercise a ton of mental skills in a single game.
It’s time to exercise our brains in Braintopia!
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With a gazillion 2-player abstract board games available, it’s great to continue to find ones that offer unique game play and strike our fancy. And Kulami is one such game.
In 2013, Kulami was also a Mensa Select Winner along with Forbidden Desert (a family board game we also highly recommend).
Take a quick look and see if Kulami may be a great fit for your family as well.
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Kingdomino hits a sweet spot with its fun and unique tile-matching play.
If you’re familiar with our game reviews, you’ll know our family loves tile-laying games. We love building and watching landscapes grow as we play.
And Kingdomino is no exception. It’s a terrific tile-laying board game for families!
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