With the rise of everything digital, are physical board games on the way out?
Can digital board games deliver the same level of enjoyment as their physical versions?
It’s a hot topic in the board game industry.
Since we started reviewing board games over, the growth of digital board games has skyrocketed.
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Our family was referenced in a news article this week that’s put big smiles on our faces!
We were pleasantly surprised to see us mentioned in The Deseret News article, “Which board games are right for your family?” earlier this week.
We weren’t just happy because we were referenced in the article. We were also happy to see such a great article outlining the wide variety of modern board games that families can enjoy playing together.
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You’re a pirate lost at sea with a shark hot on your tail – what will you do?
Good thing your pirate buddies are out in the water with you because now all you’ll have to do is out-swim the other pirates.
Get Bit! is another simple and fun pirate board game that kids will love.
There may not really be a ‘board’ per se and it’s really more of a card game. But what Get Bit! does come with are 6 cool pirate characters with detachable body parts!
Yep – that’s the best part of the game in Caleb’s view too. He shows how much fun it is to pull off pirate limbs in his short video review of Get Bit!
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There must be a lot of Trivial Pursuit lovers in the world because there’s an excessive number of Trivial Pursuit
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Now that we’ve rolled into 2014, we’re taking a look back at the best board games published 10 years ago
Read moreI don’t know what you imagine when you first hear of a game named BraveRats, but we didn’t really know what to think.
BraveRats is actually a very quick 2-player card game duel. It’s based on …. And really could be themed in a variety of ways. For this version the game publisher, Blue Orange, has chosen a theme of two rival rat clans. (We always knew rats were up to something sinister.)
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As we dive into a new year, I love to look back over the board games, card games, and party games I’ve played during the past year.
For 2013, I’ve played 125 different games!
Thanks to BoardGameGeek.com as well as the cool app for it, it’s so simple to record which board games I play. After playing a game, I’ll simply click on “Record a Play” and boom, it’s done. Then I can easily pull reports of all sorts to review the games I’ve played.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So too is the value of a board game.
Having played a ton of different board games and card games, we can attest to the fact that not all board games are created equal. Some games are so compelling they’re hard to stop playing. Other games can’t end soon enough.
The value of a board game or card game can’t be judged on price or quality of the components alone.
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This week we saw a great list on Gaming Trends that suggests replacement games for many traditional board games. We love their list. But we also have our own recommendations.
Here are 10 great board games to replace your worn out old games and inject more fun into your family game time.
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As our Thanksgiving weekend draws to a close, we’re very thankful for the time we’ve had to spend together as a family and with extended family. We’re also happy to have played a number of fun board games together that we’ll look back on fondly for years to come.
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