“I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”
If you recognize that statement, then you must be familiar with Scooby-Doo!
The question is, does your family have what it takes to solve the mystery at Lord Fairmont’s haunted mansion?
Of course, you’ll be channeling the skills and hijinks of Mystery Inc. with Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and of course Scooby-Doo!
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How good are you at math?
Will it make a difference if you’re calculating over and over with a timer ticking away?
In Math Rush by Genius Games, you and your fellow players race against time to cooperatively play your cards to accomplish various goals.
It may sound simple, but when the timer’s ticking away, you’ll quickly find there’s more to think about during the game than just addition and subtraction.
We know because the challenge of this simple-sounding game caught us by surprise.
How well will your family do?
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I was a teenager when the first Back to the Future movie hit the big screen in 1985. And I remember absolutely loving the movie!
The premise was a lot of fun and I laughed the whole time.
That first movie became a cultural iconic film that’s still fun to revisit to this day. That also explains why a bunch of Back to the Future games have been made since. Unfortunately, the few I’ve played over the years haven’t been very good games.
That is, until now!
Back to the Future: Back in Time, by Funko, breaks that mold. As a cooperative board game, it delivers the right type of gameplay for the theme — making a fun game!
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Are you ready to defeat Lord Voldemort and thwart his rise to power?
Wait…
Have we talked about this already, because it feels very familiar?
Well, we’ve got yet another new Harry Potter-themed game for you to check out from The Op — Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising!
Over the 11 years we’ve been reviewing family board games, we’ve reviewed a bunch of Harry Potter games. Yet, we still don’t get tired of playing them.
That’s because each game has a totally different feel to it.
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Do you remember the very first Wolfenstein video game in 1981? I do.
Castle Wolfenstein was one of the first games I played on my Commodore 64. It was a stealth-based game where you’d try to avoid detection as long as possible. You had to work through the levels of the castle to find secret plans and get out alive.
Since that first release, 12 more Wolfenstein games have been released. And the fun of the original game has stuck with me.
So when I heard about the upcoming release of Wolfenstein the Board Game, I was totally on board with checking it out.
And thanks to the folks at Archon Studio, I got my chance!
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I’m a big Toy Story fan.
I was blown away with the animation in the first Toy Story movie in 1995 and have loved every one since. So when Disney and Pixar released Toy Story 4 last summer, it didn’t matter if my kids weren’t young anymore. I was going to see it!
And as soon as it hit Disney+ this year, I was ready to see it again.
But Toy Story 4 wasn’t the only cool Toy Story release last year. The OP also released a new Toy Story cooperative board game — Toy Story Obstacles and Adventures!
With as much as I like Toy Story. And as much as we enjoy cooperative board games. I had high hopes diving into the game.
And I won’t make you wait until later for the surprise — it delivers the fun!
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Being stuck inside for long periods of time can really stink!
Since most of the world is now practicing this new hot term, “social distancing”, it can really get you down.
It’s definitely impacted our lives. And we’re sure it has yours too.
More time at home can mean a lot more family time to do things together. And that means things of every sort.
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Last weekend wasn’t what I’d expected.
But SaltCon still made me smile.
That’s because every year, I look forward to attending SaltCon — an awesome board game convention in Utah.
As you can see from my anticipatory post last month, SaltCon has tons to offer.
However, this year turned out to be much different for me.
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February just rolled around and it’s time to get excited!
Of course, there was a lot of excitement around the Super Bowl last weekend when the Chiefs triumphed over the 49er’s.
And Valentine’s Day is next week — which can be something to get excited about.
Then there’s also President’s Day right after — which brings a day off of work in the U.S. for many companies. So we can see people getting excited for that.
But what I really get excited about when February hits is that SaltCon is only a month away!
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2019 marked a huge milestone for The Board Game Family. We celebrated 10 years of doing family board game reviews!
With our video reviews hitting 2 million views and our written reviews and articles being read by millions more, it’s been an amazing 10 years.
But today’s not about looking back on all 10 years (we’ve already done that). Instead, we’re just looking back at 2019.
As I’ve done at the start of each year, let’s take a quick look back at the games we’ve enjoyed the most from 2019.
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