25 Hours of Straight Gaming for Charity

Are you up for playing board games for 25 hours straight?
What about video games?
What if it helps children across the US?

If so, then get ready for playing a ton of board games and card games this weekend.

This Saturday, November 2, is the annual gaming charity drive – Extra Life. All the donations from Extra Life go to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals across the US.

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Must play board game for driver’s license

Our second son is currently working on earning his driver’s license. In order to get his license he must first take a driver’s education course, carry a pre-driver’s license permit for 6 months during which he must log 40 hours of driving with a parent/adult, then pass the driver’s test. Once he’s done all that, he’s legally able to drive a car on his own.

But nowhere in all those mandatory requirements is “must play a board game”.

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What are your Top 100 board games?

We recently stumbled across a list of best board games at Ranker.com. This website provides a way for people to create lists and have others vote on the items on the list. Items will move up or down the list depending on the votes.

At the time we saw the list, there had been 7,000 people cast their votes. These were the top 76 board games of all time according to the voters.

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Board Games rolling strong

I was quite surprised this morning when I saw not 1, but 2 articles about board games in our local newspaper today!

The first headline that caught my eye on the front page of the Entertainment section was “We are living in a board game renaissance“. Which got a hearty “You bet!” from me.

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Top 10 Family Board Games – Slideshare

Modern family board games have come a long way from just “roll-and-move”. With so many fantastic board games to choose from, what are the best?
What family board games should be on everyone’s shelf so no matter the situation, they’ve got a great game ready to play for some fun family time?

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