Best Selling Board Games and Card Games
The other day I was looking at what the recent top selling board games are – to see what consumers
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Top 11 Best Board Games – Jaden
What do teenage boys think are the best board games and best card games around?
Well, you’re about to find out because today we’re taking a peak at what Jaden considers to be the best board games, card games, and party games.
Jaden is our 14 (soon to be 15) year old son and with our board game shelves full of over 300 games, he’s played hundreds of games. He’s also at the stage where he’s pretty particular about what he spends his time doing.
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Top 12 Best Family Board Games – Mom
We get asked a simple question a lot this time of year. “What are the best family board games?” and “What board games should we get for our family?”
This year we’re trying something different. We thought it would be a good idea to share the perspective of each member of our family on what games they’d put at the top of such a list. So rather than just getting dad’s summary and having it go on and on with so many great board games and card games. We’re giving you the perspective of everyone else (then maybe dad will sneak something in in the end).
And we’ll start right at the top with Mom.
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Alien Frontiers – A brave new world, with dice
It’s time to explore and colonize a distant alien planet. Of course, others are trying to do the same.
As with any exploration, there’s an element of luck. And Alien Frontiers is no different. In fact, Alien Frontiers is largely based on the luck of your dice rolls.
Roll and place your dice to gain the best advantages in securing resources and colonizing the most advantageous territories of this alien planet. You’ll have the make the most of every turn in order to beat out your fellow colonizers. After all, they’re trying to build the most colonies as fast as they can as well.
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Fandooble – Steal the Gold
We don’t know exactly what “Fandooble” means. But it must have something to do with knights, wizards, dragons, and gold because Fandooble is a family board game (or dice game rather) that’s all about stealing gold from dragons (and other players).
Fandooble isn’t a long adventure board game like Defenders of the Realm or Fortune and Glory. Rather it’s a simple, light game of rolling unique wooden dice that’s enjoyable in its own right.
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Board game blowout weekend
Our nephew (and cousin) returned last week from his 2 year church mission and we got to spend the extended weekend with their family catching up on many things as well as playing lots of board games!
Knowing that we’d be spending a long weekend at their home, and that Jake loves playing board games, we had the tough choice of which games we should first introduce him to upon his return. We wanted to take games he’d already be familiar with, but we also wanted to play games that we’ve added to our game shelves over the last 2 years that we thought he’d love.
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We just Can’t Stop! rolling the dice
If you like to press your luck and like to roll dice, then you’re going to love Can’t Stop. Can’t Stop is a dice game that’s all about simple fun. Can’t Stop is all about taking chances and seeing how far you can get each time without busting.
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You can be the King of Tokyo
Are you ready for a battle for supremacy in Tokyo? Not the kind of supremacy that takes a lot of strategic thinking and maneuvering. But a battle of supremacy with monsters storming Tokyo and knocking each other out.
Then you’ll love King of Tokyo.
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More Award Winners – Best Board Games of 2011
On the heels of the Spiel des Jahres (Best Family Board Game of the Year) announcement, The Dice Tower award winners were also announced recently – celebrating even more of the best board games and card games for 2011!
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Board games played, a Mid-Year Report
One of the indicators of our favorite board games and card games is how many times we play a game. However, that’s not always the best indicator because the length of time it takes to play a game is also a big factor in how often we play it. But it’s a good starting point.
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