As much as we like board games, we say the best games to take along on a family vacation are card games.
Why?
Because most are compact, short, simple to understand, cover a wide range of player counts and ages, and have high replay value.
Here’s our list of 15 fantastic family card games for your next family vacation!
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In The Quest for El Dorado by Ravensburger players traverse jungle, waterways, and native villages to find the elusive treasure. They must prepare well to make the journey. But they can’t spend all their time preparing or they’ll be left behind and another explorer will beat them to it.
How will you do on this quest?
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What does a submarine, train, buried treasure, hieroglyphics, mouse, and the emerald city have in common?
They’re all things you’ll discover playing Unlock! Escape Adventure games!
While the basics of how the games works may be the same, the elements and puzzles to solve within the games are completely unique. And they’re all loads of fun!
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We don’t mind one bit that May 4th has been dubbed Star Wars Day.
Since we enjoy Star Wars, we get a kick out of the tie-in to the idea and what it’s spawned.
We like the Star Wars movies. And we like many Star Wars games!
So if you’re looking for a good Star Wars board game today, we’ve got some great game ideas for you
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This beautiful time of year also means Spring Cleaning…
Not only are the lawn tools getting dusted off and the garage cleaned, but other areas of the house are getting their turn at fresh organizing as well — including the game closet!
And whenever it’s time for game organizing, we turn to Insert Here for game inserts. They make foam core game box inserts for over 200 popular board, card, and dice games!
Today we’d like to share our thoughts on 3 custom game inserts from Insert Here.
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It’s time once again to take a look at a couple of digital implementations of fun family board games and card games.
Today we’re taking a look at a couple of light family games from Renegade Game Studios that have been brought to life in digital form by Dire Wolf Digital: Lanterns the Harvest Festival and Lotus.
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Last weekend was a blast.
For a couple days I was able to step away from everything else and just play games. It’s something I look I look forward to every year.
And once again, SaltCon hit record attendance. This was the 10th year of SaltCon and attendance clocked in at 1,750!
Without further ado, here’s my recap of this super fun event.
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UNO is one of the most popular card games in the world.
Although it may be relatively new when compared to such games as Poker and Bridge, we don’t think you’ll find anyone referring to UNO as a “new card game”. That’s because to most of us, UNO has always been around. And aside from a standard deck of playing cards, it’s also the most-likely card game you’ll find in homes today.
So it’s safe to assume that if you’re reading this, you know how to play UNO. And with that assumption in mind, today’s game review will be simple to cover.
It’s time to take a closer look at UNIMO!
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It’s fun to play games with your kids. But it’s also nice to get in some games without the kids as well.
That’s why today we’re going to focus on just you and your sweetheart!
Here are 5 fun 2-player games you can enjoy together.
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In Ethnos, by CMON, players channel the help of giants, merfolk, halflings, minotaurs, and other fantasy tribes to help them gain control of the land and gain Glory. After 3 Ages of play, whoever has the most Glory wins!
When we first saw Ethnos, it made us think about Small World – another fun area control game with a variety of fantasy creatures. But once we looked further, we realized both games are vastly different in how they play out.
It’s time to take a closer look at Ethnos, it’ll be worth your while.
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