Will digital board games replace the physical?

With the rise of everything digital, are physical board games on the way out?
Can digital board games deliver the same level of enjoyment as their physical versions?

It’s a hot topic in the board game industry.

Since we started reviewing board games over, the growth of digital board games has skyrocketed.

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The Board Game Family in the News

Our family was referenced in a news article this week that’s put big smiles on our faces!

We were pleasantly surprised to see us mentioned in The Deseret News article, “Which board games are right for your family?” earlier this week.

We weren’t just happy because we were referenced in the article. We were also happy to see such a great article outlining the wide variety of modern board games that families can enjoy playing together.

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Descent Journeys in the Dark – Jam Packed

I finished a project this week that was a lot of fun for me. Since it involved foamcore cutting and gluing it seemed like a kid’s school project (which we’ve done plenty of getting 4 kids through elementary school years).

But the beauty of this project was that it was all mine. Nothing to be graded as a class assignment or judged in a science fair. In fact it will hardly be seen at all – most likely by just my boys and I – since it now resides inside a board game box.

It’s a way to organize all our Descent Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition board game components into 1 game box!

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Get Bit! Lose a limb. Tons of fun.

You’re a pirate lost at sea with a shark hot on your tail – what will you do?
Good thing your pirate buddies are out in the water with you because now all you’ll have to do is out-swim the other pirates.

Get Bit! is another simple and fun pirate board game that kids will love.

There may not really be a ‘board’ per se and it’s really more of a card game. But what Get Bit! does come with are 6 cool pirate characters with detachable body parts!

Yep – that’s the best part of the game in Caleb’s view too. He shows how much fun it is to pull off pirate limbs in his short video review of Get Bit!

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LEGO Juggernaut

By show of hands, who doesn’t have some LEGO bricks lying around their house?

If you’ve got young boys, chances are high that you’ve got LEGOs as well.

With the release of ‘The Lego Movie’ this weekend we’ve got LEGO on the brain. Our son Jaden saw the movie with his friends on Saturday and came back with a big smile on his face. And yep, I’m planning to see it soon too.

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Relic Expedition board game now available

Deep in the heart of some unknown jungle lie many relics just waiting to be discovered. Can you beat your fellow explorers in collecting the treasures and get the next helicopter flight out? And are you equipped well enough to fight off the jungle animals lurking around the bend?

If you’re ready to find out, then join the Relic Expedition.

Relic Expedition is a newly published jungle exploration and collection board game to play with your family. We’re excited about Relic Expedition hitting store shelves this month because we first played and previewed a prototype of the board game last year.

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