I really don’t like trivia games.
At least, the trivia game most people are familiar with — Trivial Pursuit. And I’ve tried to like it. But to no avail. It’s just not for me.
That’s why I was a bit wary when we got a copy of Smart10 from Bananagrams.
Yet, once we pulled it out and played it, Smart10 became the hit group game this holiday break!
And I’m happy to tell you why.
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It’s that awesome time of year again when we look for great fun ideas for gifts for family and friends.
With this crazy year, we know many families have already been grabbing a lot more board games to pass the time together throughout the year.
But it’s always nice to get some ideas for fresh games to play too.
This marks our 10th annual Board Game Gift Guide and we love sharing great gift ideas!
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One of our family’s favorite party games is Telestrations. It’s a hoot every time we play it because things never turn out the way they start.
So when we heard about Sketchy Tales: Disney Edition by Big Potato Games, and that it sounded a lot like Telestrations, we were happy to give it a go.
I mean, why not take a crack at seeing how mixed up our Disney drawings could get?
And we’re happy to report we’ve had plenty of laughs with Sketchy Tales!
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Telestrations is one of our favorite party games. It’s like playing the classic game of “telephone” but with pictures.
We always end up laughing a ton because of how the original depiction morphs over the course of the game.
So when we heard about Telestrations: Upside Drawn, we were very excited to get a copy from The Op to play.
Attaching the “Telestrations” brand name to the game is a nice move to get attention. Just don’t be fooled — because Upside Drawn it’s a much different game from regular Telestrations.
The great news is that it’s a lot of fun in its own right!
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There’s been a big meshing of digital and physical board games over the last decade.
Many physical board games have taken on digital form and can be a blast to play with friends at a distance. And other physical board games have incorporated a digital element that we love for extending the gameplay — such as the cooperative games Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd Edition, and Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition that we love using the app to play the bad side.
Well, today we’ve got something quite different from anything we’ve reviewed in the past. It’s actually a digitally-driven complete game system called Blinks!
But it doesn’t use any computers, mobile devices, or apps. All the game data and rules are stored in the hex game pieces themselves!
The cool thing is that each hex game piece, called a Blink, stores the information/rules of one game. And that Blink “teaches” the other Blinks the rules of the game and then they’re all in!
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My day job is in marketing.
That means 25 years in marketing.
As such, I’ve heard many times about “guerilla marketing”.
So when I saw the game Gorilla Marketing, designed by Adam Wyse and published by Roxley Games, I couldn’t wait to give it a try!
I was especially excited to play with my Marketing team at work. But as luck would have it, the game arrived the very day we all started working from home because of COVID. Major bummer – no more lunch break games of any sort at the office.
But that wouldn’t deter me from giving it a shot with my family. And I’m so glad I did — because it’s been an absolute hoot!
We have yet to play a game without busting a gut laughing. And we have yet to stop playing after just one game. There’s just too much fun to be had!
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“There are few certainties in life. One of them is everybody’s relatives are crazy. You can let them make you nuts too, or you can learn to laugh about it. I prefer laughter every time.” — Jeff Foxworthy
And when you get a game with Jeff Foxworthy’s name emblazoned on it, you can expect laughter.
That’s definitely the case with Relative Insanity: See What I Mean?! by PlayMonster.
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It’s hard to believe it’s been over a month since we posted our last review. There have only a few periods of time over the past decade where we haven’t posted a board game review at least once a week. But we all know the past couple of months have been anything but normal.
But today we’re going to remedy that! (Not the world back to normal, but us back to posting a fun family game review.)
And to jump right back into things we’re reviewing a game we received from our BoardGameGeek.com Secret Santa for last Christmas. It’s also one of our most-played games since then – DECRYPTO!
Decrypto is a team game for up to 8 players of codebreaking and it’s addicting.
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Being stuck inside for long periods of time can really stink!
Since most of the world is now practicing this new hot term, “social distancing”, it can really get you down.
It’s definitely impacted our lives. And we’re sure it has yours too.
More time at home can mean a lot more family time to do things together. And that means things of every sort.
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Last weekend wasn’t what I’d expected.
But SaltCon still made me smile.
That’s because every year, I look forward to attending SaltCon — an awesome board game convention in Utah.
As you can see from my anticipatory post last month, SaltCon has tons to offer.
However, this year turned out to be much different for me.
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