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The Game Canopy Deep Space game bag review

One of our favorite game accessories (if you could call it an accessory) is our Game Canopy game bag.

Any time we want to take some games with us — whether on vacation, or to grandma’s house, or to a game convention, or over to a buddy’s house for game night — we fill our Game Canopy with games and we’re on our way!

While the Game Canopy can fit a bunch of games, not all game boxes are created equal. And unfortunately, this means some of the games we may like to take for a game night away just won’t fit in the Game Canopy.

Well, that’s now a concern of the past — because The Game Canopy Deep Space game bag is set to release!

May 14, 2019 Trent 1 Comment game accessory, game bag, game night, Level 3B

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Record numbers at SaltCon 2019!

Another super fun weekend of board gaming at SaltCon is in the books!

I look forward to SaltCon with high anticipation every year and it never disappoints.

And that’s exactly how I’m feeling again looking back on last weekend of fun board gaming with friends and strangers.

SaltCon is our local board game convention that rolls around the first weekend of March. And like the previous years, it continues to hit record numbers.

For SaltCon 2019, more than 1,900 people came for the fun!

Here’s my quick run down on the 20+ games I played over the couple days I was there.

March 10, 2019August 1, 2019 Trent 3 Comments abstract, card, cooperative, dice, family game, luck, SaltCon, strategy

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2018 – Year in Review

Happy New Year!

We’re not sure if 2018 flew by for you, but it sure seemed like it did for us. We passed a number of milestones as a family this year. And we ended 2018 with a bang by taking a family vacation over Christmas and into the New Year. It’s so great to all be together again.

But before we dive into the new year, let’s take a look back at 2018.

January 4, 2019December 20, 2023 Trent 2 Comments board game, card game, family game, kids, luck, Star Wars, strategy, theme

Fantastic Beasts Perilous Pursuit board game

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Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit – cooperative family fun

The hot new movie out this week is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. That’s why we’re excited about reviewing a hot new family board game this week — Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit!

In Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit players work together to capture 5 beasts by rolling special dice. However, if 2 beasts get away or one player loses all their Health, they all lose.

We’re big fans of cooperative games for families and we’ve really enjoyed playing Fantastic Beasts: Perilous Pursuit.

November 21, 2018November 27, 2018 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, cooperative, dice, luck, movie, theme, USAopoly

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Board Game Gift Guide 2018!

It’s time again for our annual Board Game Gift Guide!

This time of year, most people looking for board games are doing so as gifts for family and friends. And that’s where we’re very happy to help!

This year’s Board Game Gift Guide includes 30 great game ideas!

November 11, 2018November 19, 2023 Trent 3 Comments 2-player, board game, deduction, family game, gifts, holiday, kids, party, top 10

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Best Games of the Year are pretty gloomy

The best board games, card games, dice games, family games, and party games of 2017 have now been awarded!

And as many might have expected, the results are pretty gloomy this year.

As in, Gloomhaven took the awards by storm winning in 5 categories!

July 13, 2018December 20, 2023 Trent 2 Comments adventure, awards, cooperative, family, luck, party, Star Wars, strategy, The Dice Tower, theme

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Catan’s digital rebirth: Catan Universe

One of the most popular board games published in the last few decades is Catan.

Well, it used to be called Settlers of Catan – but within the last few years officially shortened the name to just Catan.

A number of years ago, Catan also made it’s way to digital devices where it continued to find its way into new players’ hands. And now it’s been updated with a new look and feel with multiple modes of play across all digital platforms (browser, Steam, iOS, GooglePlay, and Amazon Appstore).

June 26, 2018July 8, 2018 Trent 2 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, cards, Catan, dice, digital, luck, Mayfair Games, solo, strategy, variable set up

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15 Fantastic Card Games for Family Vacations

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!

June 21, 2018December 18, 2018 Trent 4 Comments card, family, vacation

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Carcassonne: Star Wars board game review

On Star Wars Day a few days ago we highlighted a number of fun Star Wars themed board games. We also teased another Star Wars board game in our queue to review this week.

Well, that day has come.

We’re happy to introduce you to another great Star Wars family board game — Carcassonne: Star Wars!