We haven’t met a kid yet who doesn’t love going to the zoo. It’s fun seeing the wide variety of animals that you can see at a zoo.
So what could be better than a family board game where kids get to build and manage their own zoo!
In Zooloretto, players collect sets of animals and place them in their zoo to score points. The player who does the best job managing the animals in their zoo will be crowned the king of the zoos.
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When I first heard about Gravity Maze earlier this year, I thought it would be a game that our youngest son, Caleb, would really enjoy.
He loves games that makes him think and he loves a challenge. He also really likes doing some things on his own – like solving puzzles.
So I really shouldn’t be surprised that he gives Gravity Maze one of his highest ratings.
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Hip, hip, hooray – it’s time for our annual Board Game Gift Guide!
It’s time to start your game buying for Christmas and we’re here to help.
With the Christmas shopping rush upon us, it’s best to be prepared with fantastic board game and card game gift ideas for your friends and family.
And that’s where our Board Game Gift Guide can help!
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Superfarmer is a kids board game where up to 4 players compete to become the Super Farmer by multiplying their animals.
Players roll dice, breed animals, and exchange those animals for other animals until they reach the winning conditions of being the first to have an animal herd consisting of at least 1 horse, 1 cow, 1 pig, 1 sheep, and 1 rabbit.
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But rather than just take our word for it, this year we thought it would be a great idea to list out the games that have won Game Of The Year!
There are a few sources we could point to for Game of the Year. We often share the Game of the Year as voted on by game reviewers around the world through The Dice Tower Awards.
But there’s also another reliable source for Game of the Year each year and that’s the Spiel des Jahres.
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How good are you at programming robots?
Are you ready to take on your buddies in a battle of bots to find out?
Well, now you can test your robot-programming prowess in Volt: Robot Battle Arena.
Volt is a fun board game where players use colored dice to program their robots to score points by landing on certain locations and knocking out the other robots.
Players simultaneously choose how they want their robot to move and shoot. Then everyone reveals their commands and the battles begin. After multiple rounds, one robot commander will be victorious.
Will it be you?
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We’ll cut right to the chase – Stipulations is a great family game and party game!
And it’s also such a simple game.
As the box says, it’s all about “stifling superpowers, crushing careers, limiting lifetime supplies, and destroying dreams. Your imagination and creativity are the only limits on how you can ruin friends’ announcements.”
Or as we like to simply say – “Creatively squashing each others’ dreams.”
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There are a zillion digital games available to give us a break from time to time. The big caution is that we don’t let the ease and availability of so many fun diversions take us away from what truly matters – human relationships.
Don’t let all your time be sucked up in single-player digital games.
Share the enjoyment and play the games with others!
Here are 6 ‘new-to-us’ digital board game implementations we’ve recently played that are fun to play with others.
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I’ve been excited to write about the digital board game implementation of BattleLore for a couple months now.
Why?
Because I’ve been lucky enough to be a playtester for the game as it’s been in development!
And it’s fantastic!
It’s also super close to being available for iOS, Android, and PC.
Knowing that a build has been submitted to the iOS app store means it’s very close.
Last night we had a few couples over for dinner and murder.
Well, no one was actually murdered in our home last night, but we did have a very fun time playing How to Host a Murder: The Chicago Caper.
The How to Host a Murder games are a series of games that hit the game scene in the 1980’s. They’re murder-mystery, role-playing games where players take on the roles of potential murder suspects. Everyone arrives dressed, and in character, for a fun night of intrigue and accusations.
The few times we’ve played a How to Host a Murder game, we’ve had a great time. And last night was no exception.
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