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6 Tips for Teaching Kids Time Management

Before the global pandemic hit in 2020, I would have confidently told you our family was great at time management. We were never late, we finished our homework on time, and we had plenty of time to get everything done.

Jump to spring 2020, and you’d find us in total disarray. Homeschooling is done ad hoc, homework is checked when me or my husband can find 15 spare minutes away from our individual screens, and the TV has taken over all that lovely playtime we used to have.

Having realized how easy it is to slip into the habit of chaos, I’d like to share some of our tips on how to teach kids to better manage their time.

(Guest contributor article)

April 12, 2021 Trent 0 Comments

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11 Essential Storage Tips For The Growing Family Board Game Collection

Board games bring hours of fun and excitement, except when it comes to trying to find that missing piece. Efficiently storing your board games will keep your home tidy, as well as ensuring those little parts of the puzzle stay together.

Here, we share our top board game storage tips so you can effortlessly organize your collection.

March 28, 2021 Trent 1 Comment Board Games, storage

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17-Year Old Game Designer Q&A

How did your teenagers spend last summer when the world was shut down because of COVID-19?

Did they spend more time in front of a screen or did they find something more constructive to do with their time like Harrison Brooks?

Who is Harrison Brooks?

Well, he’s a 17-year old that designed and published a new card game called ElevatorUp and started selling it on Amazon.com last summer.

How’s that for making the most of summer vacation?

So we asked Harrison a few questions about the game, what prompted him to create it, and what the process was like. Here’s some of his story:

March 7, 2021 Trent 0 Comments card game, creative, designer

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Can You Smell That? Aroma – a Game of Essence Q&A

One of the reasons why we love playing physical board games is because of their tactile nature. Moving pieces, rolling dice, and flipping cards is more satisfying to us than tapping an icon on a screen.

Board games give us a chance to interact face-to-face with other players and utilize more of our senses.

Yet, I can’t recall ever engaging my sense of smell as part of playing a board game. That’s why when I heard about Aroma – A Game of Essence, I was curious to learn more.

Here’s a Q&A I had with the designers about this fascinating new board game.

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Trent 2 Comments aromas, smell, strategy

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We’re on The Learning Life Podcast!

The board game hobby continues to smash through boundaries. And we’re excited to be a part of it!

Today we made another such breakthrough on a podcast targeted to business leaders — The Learning Life Podcast with Jon Tota.

As you might guess from the title, The Learning Life focuses on the learning industry. They have weekly guests sharing new insight, new stories, and best practices to help organizations take their learning to the next level.

But when Jon saw our 2020 Board Game Gift Guide, he thought it would be awesome to take a break from the weekly corporate learning talk and talk about something fun — board games!

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Trent 0 Comments card, cooperative, couples, dice, family, family board games, luck, party, podcast, strategy

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Full of Thanksgiving

We’re celebrating Thanksgiving in the United States this week — so we’re thinking a bunch about what we’re thankful for.

And that revolves around family!

I’m extremely grateful for my family — both my immediate family and extended family. They bring joy to my life.

November 25, 2020December 1, 2020 Trent 4 Comments Thanksgiving

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Board Game Gift Guide 2020!

It’s that awesome time of year again when we look for great fun ideas for gifts for family and friends.

With this crazy year, we know many families have already been grabbing a lot more board games to pass the time together throughout the year.

But it’s always nice to get some ideas for fresh games to play too.

This marks our 10th annual Board Game Gift Guide and we love sharing great gift ideas!

November 14, 2020November 19, 2023 Trent 1 Comment children, cooperative, dice, family, game gift guide, kids, luck, party, strategy, theme, tile-laying, top 10

Back to the Future cooperative board games

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Back to the Future board games Comparison

What are the chances that two different companies would publish cooperative board games based on Back to the Future in the same year?

Well, it is 2020 – and anything can happen.

Seriously though, we’re big fans of cooperative board games families can play together. So of course we were up for reviewing both Back to the Future: Back in Time by Funko and Back to the Future: Dice Through Time by Ravensburger.

We posted our review of Back in Time in June and posted our review of Dice Through Time this week.

So now it’s time to give you our take on the how the games compare!

October 27, 2020 Trent 2 Comments cooperative, dice, Funko, luck, Ravensburger, strategy, theme

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Some Exciting News – and Free Games!

With the COVID-19 pandemic still rolling along, interest in family board games continues strong.

More people are looking for games to play with their families while they’re mostly spending time at home. With so many activities canceled (like sports, travel, concerts, etc.), families have more evening time for hanging out together. And once the binge-watching runs its course, there’s more time for games!

And we think that’s great news!

We get a number of family board game-related news items on a daily basis. Yet we usually don’t share them through our site so we can keep focused on reviewing great family games instead. However, there have been a couple of game-related news items over the last month we think you’ll be interested in.

Check these out!