This weekend was SaltCON – the annual board game convention in Utah, USA – and it was a blast!
Although the event runs for 3 days, I just attended on Friday and Saturday. And even though I ended up leaving earlier than I had anticipated Saturday evening, I left feeling very full.
Full from a lot of great game playing and full from meeting a bunch of new friends.
Overall, I played 16 different board games!
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Our family loves BANG!
In fact BANG! is the card game that started us on this journey of reviewing fun family board games and card games in the fist place. This year will mark 5 years of reviewing games and BANG! is still one of our favorites.
So when BANG! The Dice Game came out, we immediately put it on our game wish list.
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International Tabletop Day kicked off it’s inaugural run last year and was a huge success.
There were 3,123 gaming events in 64 countries worldwide!
That’s a lot of gaming.
With a successful first run last year, of course that means International Tabletop Day will now be an annual event.
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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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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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Where do your board games spend most of their time?
Your answer is probably: “on a game shelf” or “in the closet”.
Most board games are found resting on game shelves and in closets. That’s where they go to sleep off the exertion from being played.
And that’s okay.
It’s best to keep most games stored away in their boxes. As much as they love to be played, at the end of the day, they like to keep their own little family (components) safely tucked in.
But that doesn’t mean EVERY game needs to be put away at the end of play.
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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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A couple years ago I wrote about how cool it was to see modern board games hit big box store shelves like Target, Walmart, and Barnes & Noble. Well, that trend has only grown since that time. Now many popular modern board games can be found in your local retail store.
But now some of the best board games around can easily be found in your local retail big box stores.
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