“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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How good are your detective skills?
No, not like CSI skills. But rather, your powers of detecting the bluffer among you?
Detective Club, by Blue Orange Games, gives you a chance to find out!
When I look over the list of board games we’ve reviewed over the last 10 years, Blue Orange Games is second on the list of game publishers in quantity of our game reviews.
And there’s a very good reason for that — Blue Orange Games publishes fantastic board games for families!
We’re happy to report that Detective Club continues with that tradition.
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February just rolled around and it’s time to get excited!
Of course, there was a lot of excitement around the Super Bowl last weekend when the Chiefs triumphed over the 49er’s.
And Valentine’s Day is next week — which can be something to get excited about.
Then there’s also President’s Day right after — which brings a day off of work in the U.S. for many companies. So we can see people getting excited for that.
But what I really get excited about when February hits is that SaltCon is only a month away!
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2019 marked a huge milestone for The Board Game Family. We celebrated 10 years of doing family board game reviews!
With our video reviews hitting 2 million views and our written reviews and articles being read by millions more, it’s been an amazing 10 years.
But today’s not about looking back on all 10 years (we’ve already done that). Instead, we’re just looking back at 2019.
As I’ve done at the start of each year, let’s take a quick look back at the games we’ve enjoyed the most from 2019.
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Wow – what a fantastic decade in board gaming!
Now that we’ve rolled into 2020, we want to pay homage to the stellar board games published over the past decade. It just so happens that we’ve also been reviewing family board games, card games, party games and more for just over 10 years!
In October 2019, we celebrated the 10 year mark for The Board Game Family!
Which means we’ve been front and center with the amazing new games that have hit family tables across the world this past decade.
So, here’s our list of great family games from 2010-2019.
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I guess I should really ask, “who doesn’t want to win a trophy?” After all, don’t we all love the accolades that come with winning a trophy?
We may not want another thing to dust on our shelves, the the joy of winning something can last a long time.
And it may be even better when you can win a trophy in under 10 minutes!
That’s the way it is in the new game, Trophies, by Facade Games.
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Do you love party games?
Do you love deduction games?
What about a game that combines both elements?
If so, you’re in luck because Spyfall is both a party game and a deduction game!
We included both Spyfall and Spyfall 2 in our annual Board Game Gift Guides in the past because they’re such fun games.
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