Is Game of Trains just Rack-O on rails?
Rack-O has been a favorite family card game of ours for a long time. It’s a simple game of getting
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Kid Games
Problem Picnic Game Review & Giveaway
Summertime is a wonderful time to have lots of picnics.
And what would a picnic be without ants?
Well, in Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants by Kids Table Board Gaming you get to play the part of the ants!
In the game, players are ant colonies trying to steal the best plates of food from a picnic.
The player that best organizes their collected food to meet the scoring objectives will be the best ant colony around!
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Karuba’s game insert even speeds up play
It’s time to put another game insert from Insert Here to the test.
You may already know we’re fans of foam core game inserts. Not only do they keep the game components nicely organized, they’re also very light. So there’s hardly any added weight to the game box.
It’s even better when the game insert itself helps the game function more smoothly.
Well, that’s what Rob Searing (Insert Here) has done with the custom game insert for Karuba!
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Best Games of 2016! – The Dice Tower Awards
The best board games, card games, dice games, family games, and party games of 2016 have now been awarded!
The Dice Tower just announced the winners of the Dice Tower Awards — the annual crowing of the best board games published.
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Will the Mole Rats in Space survive?
Mole Rats in Space is the latest cooperative family board game by famed game designer Matt Leacock.
But instead of curing the world of disease, rescuing artifacts from a sinking island, or constructing a ship among storming desert winds, this time we’re getting our mole rats safely to a space escape pod with critical equipment.
Are you and your kids up to the challenge?
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Building water slides in Slide Blast is a blast!
Ah, the joys of summer!
No school, no homework, and lots and lots of playing around.
What better way to enjoy a hot summer day than at a water park!
With various pools and lots of different water slides, water parks are a blast!
In Slide Blast, you get to build your own fun water slides. The longer the slide, the more points you’ll earn. You can also earn bonus points by helping other players extend their slide as well.
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The GAME on Fire card game review
“Hey, how about we play The Game?”
“What game?”
“The Game?”
“Which game?”
“The Game!!”
“What are you talking about?”
If that sounds a lot like the Abbott and Costello gag about “Who’s on first?“, you’re not mistaken.
Naming aside, The Game is actually a pretty fun, light cooperative card game that’s great for families.
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Get slap-happy with Happy Salmon
All the shouting, running around, and slapping of people playing Happy Salmon at the North Star Games booth at Gen Con 2016 easily caught my attention.
It’s a party-style game that has a way of pulling people in with its active and quick play.
In fact, reading our review of Happy Salmon may take longer than playing a game of Happy Salmon.
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Braintopia is packed with fun challenges
One of the awesome benefits of playing family board games is the positive way it engages our minds.
From visual recognition and matching to deductive reasoning and strategic planning, there are a myriad of mental skills that board games engage.
A recently released game from Asmodee packs a real punch in getting players to exercise a ton of mental skills in a single game.
It’s time to exercise our brains in Braintopia!
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Kulami board game review
With a gazillion 2-player abstract board games available, it’s great to continue to find ones that offer unique game play and strike our fancy. And Kulami is one such game.
In 2013, Kulami was also a Mensa Select Winner along with Forbidden Desert (a family board game we also highly recommend).
Take a quick look and see if Kulami may be a great fit for your family as well.
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