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Game Reviews
Best Board Games 2014 – Nominees are in!
What are the best board games and card games from 2014?
Well, it’s that time of year again – time to look back on 2014 and determine which were the best games published.
The annual Dice Tower Awards recognize the best board games published every year. While the award winners won’t be announced until the summer, we’re happy to share the list of nominees for 2014.
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Doodle Quest – Fun family doodling
The other day we shared 5 Traits that make a great Family Game. And today we’re taking a look at a specific game that has all of those traits – Doodle Quest.
Like the name suggests, Doodle Quest is all about doodling.
But with each doodle, players are trying to score points from special objectives.
It’s really a unique and fresh type of family game.
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5 Traits That Make a Great Family Game
With thousands of new board games and card games published every year, there’s no shortage of game possibilities to play. But with so many choices, it can be a daunting task to narrow it down to just a few games to get.
In an effort to help make the right selection, it’s human nature to order items in groups and subgroups. And it’s no different with board games and card games.
In all the grouping and sub-grouping of board games and card games, perhaps the one that causes the most questions is the common label of “Family Game”.
So what makes a great Family Game?
To find out, we tapped the experts – our kids. And here are the top 5 traits they feel make a great family game.
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Evolution has evolved – even better!
A year ago we previewed a fun strategy board game called Evolution.
We posted our video preview leading up to the North Star Games Kickstarter campaign and were happy to see it become a successful campaign.
Well, now it’s a year later and we’ve just recently been able to enjoy playing the official version of the game. And we’re happy to report that it’s even better than when we played it before!
And that’s not just because of having real components instead of prototype pieces. But the game itself is even more streamlined and fun to play.
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Kid History the party game!
One of our favorite series of YouTube video to watch is Bored Shorts TV Kid Snippets. For those unfamiliar, Kid Snippets are short episodes of kids telling stories with adults acting them out. They’re a ton of fun.
So we were super excited when we found out that they’re creating a game!
Appropriately enough, the game is called Kid History – The Party Game.
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Is Splendor a splendid family game?
Since the card game Splendor was released last year (2014), we’ve heard a lot of buzz about how awesome it is for a family card game. It seemed every board game podcast and review touted how great a game it is for families.
Thanks to Space Cowboys and Asmodee, we finally got our chance to find out if Splendor is indeed a splendid game for families.
What did we find?
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Secret Code 13+4 board game review
“For months the agents have been preparing for this evening. Tonight is the night the secret mission ‘Amun Re’ begins. The team, made up of four cunning secret agents, breaks into the museum and thanks to their precise calculations cracks the tricky codes of the security installation. Who will be the first to overcome all the security’s laser barriers to get hold of the precious mask of Amun Re?”
And thus begins the children’s board game Secret Code 13+4.
As you may surmise from the game title, Secret Code 13+4 is a game that involves math. Players need to use their math skills to crack the security codes to get past the lasers and into the central chamber to win.
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SaltCon Day #2: 9 more game mini-reviews!
Before the SaltCon Game Library closed on Friday night, we each checked out a game to hang onto over night so we’d have something new to play before the game library opened the next morning.
After a short but good sleep, Jake and I dove into our second day at SaltCon at 8:30 Saturday morning with a lot of game-playing energy.
Between the 2 games we checked out, we decided to play Scoville.
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SaltCon: More board games – My Day #1 (part 2)
A couple days ago I started a mini-series of posts writing about my fun experience last weekend at SaltCon. After 2 days of solid board game and card game playing, I headed home having played 20 different games with a lot of great people.
Today, I’m sharing more about this fun gaming weekend – covering the rest of the games I played on my day 1 (Friday).
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