In Vikings on Board, players maneuver for control of the many ships docked in the harbor to score points from supplies once a ship sets sail. It’s an action-selection game where turn-order changes every round and players alter the state of the game with every choice.
If you like a little chaos mixed in with your choices, then Vikings on Board may be just the family board game you’re after.
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When I first saw Get Rich Quick at the FoxMind booth at Gen Con 2016, the ever-popular Monopoly board game quickly came to mind.
The great news is that it didn’t take long for me to realize Get Rich Quick is a far cry from Monopoly. In fact, there’s hardly any resemblance at all to Monopoly other than there’s a board and paper money.
And no one is trying to bankrupt anyone else!
The even better news is Get Rich Quick has been a lot of fun to play!
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Onitama is a fantastic board game the entire family can enjoy!
The game play is super simple, yet requires strategic thinking.
It has chess-like elements and feel, but the play time is short.
It doesn’t require any reading, yet demands spacial understanding.
The options for movement each game are limited, but the variability is huge.
And the game can be quite addicting.
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When we first heard about Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle, we got excited.
After all, we love cooperative games. We enjoy deck-building games. And we love Harry Potter!
So the thought of having all those elements combines into a game was wonderful to hear.
It also created very high expectations.
The big question was – could it live up to our high hopes?
Well, it’s time to find out…
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What are the Best Board Games of 2016 for families?
After playing more than 180 different games in 2016 we’re ready to make the call.
Total number of game plays = 449
Total number of new games played = 131
That’s right, I played about as many “new to me” games in 2016 as I did total games in 2015.
We also posted 57 game reviews during 2016 – the most we’ve ever done in 1 year!
Here are the 7 games we consider the best board games of 2016.
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Earlier this year, Caleb noticed a Rubik’s Cube on one of our shelves and set out to solve it.
The colorful puzzle cube captured all his attention for quite some time. Before long he had figured it out and was challenging us to mix it up “harder” to see how long it would take him to solve it.
On average he was solving it in 1 minute 10 seconds. And like you’d imagine, he loved getting under 1 minute.
So when we saw a game called Rubik’s Race, of course we were interested.
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Games and toys are made to be fun.
After all, having fun is why we get together with friends and family to play games. And kids love playing with toys because they’re fun.
So when we see a game with a big toy factor to it, we naturally tend to think it’s going to be fun.
Such is the case with Potion Explosion. The game has a big toy factor that revolves around playing with marbles!
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Codenames became an almost instant hit with our family when we got it. It quickly achieved a place among our Family Favorite Board Games.
So when we first heard a new version of Codenames was being published using pictures, we thought it sounded ridiculous. After all, how could Czech Games Edition improve upon the original Codenames?
Boy, am I glad we were wrong!
Because we’ve found that we actually like Codenames: Pictures more than the original!
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This time of year, many board game video reviewers run through their Top 100 Games of All Time. With thousands
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We know one of the great reasons to play board games is the social interaction.
Sitting down at a table face-to-face and engaging in a shared activity with family and friends is a lot of fun.
There’s also a great tactile element of fun to playing board games in moving items and cards around the table or on a board.
But it’s hard to ignore the tons of fun board games and card games that are now being published in digital form.
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