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SaltCon: Board games Galore – My Day #1 (part 1)

After a week away on a business trip, I was sure looking forward to a couple days of non-stop board game playing at SaltCon this past weekend.

And I’m happy to report that it was just as fun as I had anticipated!

SaltCon game tables
Ready to dive into the “Hot Games”.
If you like playing board games, then SaltCon is for you. It’s non-stop open gaming for 3 days.

With a game library of over 800 games, there’s never a shortage of something to play.

And if you’re not familiar with how to play a particular game, there’s always someone close by happily willing to teach you.

Yes, the games I played were a lot of fun. But most of the fun is found in the “who”, not the “what”.

And the people that play games at SaltCon are a fantastic assortment of friendly, fun players.

March 17, 2015May 4, 2015 Trent 0 Comments

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Inkognito – deduction game review

If your family likes light deductions games, Inkognito: The Card Game may be right up your alley. Read on and deduce for yourself…

In Inkognito players are secret agents at Carnival in Venice. Each player is on a secret mission to make contact with his or her partner agent and trade information to discover the code to break into a safe and win the game.

It’s a fun deduction game for 2-5 players that plays in about 30 minutes.

March 11, 2015December 1, 2016 Trent 0 Comments

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews

Hit the tropics in Tahiti – board game review

The board game Tahiti is a tile-laying game where players set out in their canoes to gather the finest harvest of fruits, vegetables, and spices from the surrounding islands for the tribe.

Players earn glory (victory points) by collecting both variety and quantity of goods over the entire season.

The best gatherer will be named the hero of the tribe.

Tahiti is a fun family game with a good balance of luck and strategy – and of course, also a cool theme.

February 24, 2015March 11, 2015 Trent 0 Comments

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews

Coerceo Board Game Giveaway! (and review)

When it comes to abstract board games, it’s great to go head-to-head against another player.

That’s why there are plenty of 2-player abstract strategy board games to choose from.

The most popular of course are Chess, Checkers, and Go.

Well, we’ve got another fun one for you to try: Coerceo!

And if you’re lucky, you may be able to win your own copy of the game!

Read on to see how you can win a new, in-shrink copy of Coerceo.

February 19, 2015March 11, 2015 Trent 72 Comments

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Timeline: American History – card game review

If you’re looking for a light, short card game for the family, we definitely recommend taking a look at the Timeline series.

The latest game in the Timeline series by Asmodee is Timeline: American History. We’re not sure how much it will appeal to our readers outside the U.S.A., but for those living in America it’s a good addition to the series.

As the name implies, Timeline: American History is focused on historical events in America – such as presidential elections, battles, documents, famous deaths, and other notable events.

So if you’re a history a buff or have kids that are learning their American History, this is definitely the version of Timeline to choose.

February 18, 2015April 27, 2016 Trent 2 Comments

Board Games Cooperative Games Game Reviews Party Games

What ya gonna play? Ghostbusters the Board Game!

We’re excited about a big announcement this week – Ghostbusters: The Board Game is coming soon!

Cryptozoic Entertainment is teaming up with Sony Pictures to publish a very fun-looking cooperative board game.

Sure, it’s not out quite yet, but we’re still excited.

Why?

5 simple reasons:
* We love cooperative board games.
* Ghostbusters is a fun, classic movie.
* Cryptozoic Entertainment publishes great games (like Gravwell that we really enjoy).
* Modular, versatile game board.
* The game play sounds like a lot of fun.

February 12, 2015February 18, 2015 Trent 0 Comments

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews Kid Games

Do you want Bugs in the Kitchen?

The first game we listed on our Board Game Gift Guide 2014 a few months ago was Bugs in the Kitchen.

Well, now’s the time to take a deeper look at this fun children’s board game.

Actually, we can’t dive too deeply into this board game, because it’s such a straight forward game.

It’s not like there’s a bunch of deep strategy to the game. In fact, I’m not sure if there’s any strategy at all.

Bugs in the Kitchen is strictly for fun.

February 9, 2015February 12, 2015 Trent 2 Comments

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Red7 – Win each turn or you’re out!

Red7 can be enjoyed by everyone in the family that understands numbers and colors. Which of course means that plenty of people can enjoy Red7.

The choices on each turn are pretty straight forward, but still require some thought.
It’s fun to see kids think through their options to win every turn.

Plus, kids love to be “winning”.

February 5, 2015February 9, 2015 Trent 0 Comments

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Stipulations now on Kickstarter

A few months ago we reviewed a fun party game that we highly recommended – Stipulations.

We mentioned at the time that the version we had was just a preliminary version of the game and that a new version was under development. The new version of Stipulations would be released via Kickstarter in January.

Well, that time has arrived – Stipulations is now up on Kickstarter!

February 2, 2015February 5, 2015 Trent 0 Comments