Educational board games have received a bad rap over the years. And rightly so–they tend to be nothing more than review questions or flash cards without much thought to creativity, originality, or real engagement.

Roll the dice, answer the questions, be the first to get to the end, and you win the game.

Creating a really good educational board game can be tricky. A delicate balance exists between ensuring the game’s educational component is solid and maintaining the entertainment value of the game so students don’t tune out!

A couple weeks ago we heard about a game accessory that looks very cool. It’s a sweet looking Fantasy Treasure Chest to hold your gaming loot!

The first thing I’m sure we all think about when seeing a treasure chest is gold. What a perfect place to keep all our gold!

Of course, we don’t have any gold to store in it. But we do have a lot of board games that include money as either game currency or victory points (or both). And having a stash of game coins in this treasure chest could be pretty fun.

As much as we enjoy playing board games as a family, we also enjoy doing a lot of other things

How would you prefer to learn new knowledge and hone new skills?
If you had the ability to trade dry lectures, long book passages, and painful group projects for hours of playing a board game, would you? If games as a learning experience is the path you wish to take, here are three games that combine a fun experience with a valuable learning experience.

A fantastic book by Jason Kotecki was just released that we think you’ll love: “Penguins Can’t Fly +39 other rules that don’t exist”

I’ve followed Jason’s writings for many years because of how much he encourages having fun in life. And now that he’s published a book, we want to share it as well.