Moving on up the chain, today Jaden shares his list of Favorite Board Games.
While Jaden hasn’t been in front of the review camera as much as either Brooke or Caleb, he’s still done over 30 video reviews!
He has a keen eye for what he likes and dislikes in games. And like the others, his taste in games has also changed as he’s grown.
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Our next favorite board games list is Brooke’s.
In looking over our video reviews, Brooke has done the most. When there’s a game she loves playing, she’s always quick to ask to do the video review of it.
One thing that was interesting to note in looking over Brooke’s list is that half of the games on her list are also on Mom’s Favorite Board Games list.
But lest you think it’s a case of “like mother, like daughter”, notice that other games on Brooke’s list are ones that mom can’t stand playing.
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Now that we’ve shared the all-important Mom’s 12 Favorite Board Games, we’ll move on to the kids, starting with the youngest – Caleb.
Just as the Force is strong with Luke Skywalker, we can sense the Board Game Force being strong with Caleb. Like his father before him, Caleb loves playing all sorts of board games.
When we started doing game reviews, he was 6.
When he made his 10 Top Board Games in 2012, he was 9.
So now at 12, how have his favorite games changed?
It’s time to find out.
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Moms are plenty busy. That’s why it can be hard to get her to sit down and play a game.
After all, taking time out to play a game means that something around the house isn’t getting done, right?
That’s why we enjoy it when mom feels relaxed enough to sit down and play a game. And in those moments, of course we’re going opt for games that she’s interested in playing.
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It’s been 3 years since everyone in our family created our own Top 10 Games lists.
So we figured it’s time to revisit which games we each enjoy playing the most.
After all, we’ve played a lot more board games, card games, dice games, and party games since 2012. So it’s only fitting that some of those games now take their spot on our favorites list.
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The only video game mom has enjoyed is Tetris.
This goes way back to the day of the first Nintendo Gameboy system. She’ll laughingly admit that Tetris was an addiction. She played it so much as a teenager that when she’d see road signs while driving, her mind would try to fit them into a Tetris grid. And her heart rate would jump if they wouldn’t fit!
It’s one of those family stories we always laugh about.
While those days have faded, the enjoyment of playing games with “Tetris-shaped” pieces remains.
So when I saw Ubongo by Thames & Kosmos, I had a strong hunch that it would be a game she’d love.
And sure enough, Ubongo has been a hit with our family and especially mom.
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It’s time to do some cattle rustling in the Old West!
So round up another outlaw and see which of you can steal the most valuable cattle and the most loot in Longhorn.
The Wild West is a pretty popular theme for all kinds of entertainment. There’s a wide range of movies and TV shows about the rough life out on the range.
But that’s not the only form of Wild West entertainment. Board game and card games get in on the action as well. And the latest one we’ve played from Blue Orange Games is a fun one – Longhorn!
Read moreAs if Fluxx wasn’t random enough, Looney Labs has gone and made it even more random with Fluxx Dice!
That’s right. The luck-filled game of Fluxx, where players are changing the rules and goals of the game the whole time now has an additional element of luck – dice.
This is a very short review because it’s a very small expansion game to add into your Fluxx games – no matter the version of Fluxx you’re playing.
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When we first got copy copies of both Batman Fluxx and Adventure Time Fluxx, I thought for sure our boys would flock to Batman over Adventure Time Fluxx. But I was wrong.
I was quite surprised when they said Adventure Time Fluxx was the version they liked the most.
Maybe it was because the Adventure Time version put them in a silly mood. And being in a silly mood goes well with playing a Fluxx game.
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How well do you know your games?
Can you identify tabletop games by sight?
Take this short 25-question photo quiz to see how your recognition of board games, card games, dice games, and party games stacks up.
Hint: All of the correct answers are games that we’ve reviewed.
Go ahead and see how well you do.
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