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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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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I love theme parks!
Whenever I can, I’ll jump at the chance to ride cool roller coasters. I love taking advantage of extra time after business trips to head off to a close amusement park to get those thrills in.
Many years ago, a cool computer game was released called Roller Coaster Tycoon. In the game players build their own theme park complete with roller coasters, food stands, and other amusements to attract customers and earn money. It was a quick purchase for us. After all, who wouldn’t want to put their unique spin on a theme park?
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There must be a lot of Trivial Pursuit lovers in the world because there’s an excessive number of Trivial Pursuit
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From all the stories we’ve read and movies we’ve watched, there’s a lot to being a good pirate. Navigating to vast oceans, conquering other ships, keeping your crew in line, and finding treasure to name a few.
And if you turn out to not be a very good pirate, the captain might make you walk the plank.
Yep, that’s what’s about to happen in this silly board game, Walk The Plank.
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Now that we’ve rolled into 2014, we’re taking a look back at the best board games published 10 years ago
Read moreI don’t know what you imagine when you first hear of a game named BraveRats, but we didn’t really know what to think.
BraveRats is actually a very quick 2-player card game duel. It’s based on …. And really could be themed in a variety of ways. For this version the game publisher, Blue Orange, has chosen a theme of two rival rat clans. (We always knew rats were up to something sinister.)
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As we dive into a new year, I love to look back over the board games, card games, and party games I’ve played during the past year.
For 2013, I’ve played 125 different games!
Thanks to BoardGameGeek.com as well as the cool app for it, it’s so simple to record which board games I play. After playing a game, I’ll simply click on “Record a Play” and boom, it’s done. Then I can easily pull reports of all sorts to review the games I’ve played.
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Small World Tales and Legends is a great expansion for the Small World board game!
With 54 Event cards, adding in Tales and Legends is a great way to heighten the fun.
Every round there’s some change to the game that you’ll have to adjust to if you want to come out victorious.
Love it!
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Christmas is a great time for getting/giving family board games. We had a number of games under our Christmas tree again this year. And the first game opened and played this year went to Curses – a party game with silliness included.
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