Many Board Game and Card Game Reviews coming

Haven’t seen a board game video review for a while?

Don’t worry, we have a bunch on the horizon. But for some reason we’ve been running into software problems recently. It’s curious since it’s the same editing software we’ve used for our more than 80 board game and card game reviews that are posted on the site.

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National Family Game Night – Sept 28

Are you ready to gather your family around the table for games Wednesday – September 28 for National Family Game Night?

Of course, you may not even know about National Family Game Night. It’s only the third year after all. And it’s promoted by a large American game company – Hasbro. But even still, it has our overwhelming support.

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Uncles Games – Great board game store

While I was in Seattle last week, playing Games with Hayden wasn’t the only time I spent around board games. It just so happened that there was a great game store within a block of my hotel in Redmond – Uncles Games.

I first became familiar with Uncles Games when we developed our family board game site in 2009. Around that time we were checking out numerous online stores that sold board games and card games and we can across Unclesgames.com.

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Games with Hayden – was great fun!

If you were traveling through a city far from home, would you consider stopping to play games with strangers in their home?

I’m not talking about playing online games or video games through internet connections. And I’m not talking about going to a board game convention and playing with others at the convention that you’ve just met. I’m talking about pulling up a chair and playing face-to-face board games in someone’s home that you’ve never been to.

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White Elephant – The Card Game

Do you have a bin of white elephant gifts in your home?

We do. It’s the basket we turn to when the holidays roll around and we’re invited to a white elephant gift exchange. Some years, we end up a few different parties with these types of gift exchanges. So many years ago we created our “White Elephant Box” and whenever we get something that just seems odd, we toss it in the box. That way, we have an easy resource to turn to when it’s time for a party.

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Creative Fun with Say Anything Family Edition

The publishers of the great family game Wits & Wagers Family are at it again with another fantastic family board game in their game lineup – Say Anything Family Edition.

Like North Star Games did with Wits & Wagers Family, they took a great game that they had made previously and changed it up a little to appeal to families who want to play games with their kids. And we say – “Fantastic!”

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