Had a blast at Gen Con 2016!
Last week marked a big first for me — my first Gen Con experience! I’ve wanted to go to Gen
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Party Games
Best Games of 2015! – The Dice Tower Awards
The best board games, card games, dice games, family games, and party games of 2015 have now been awarded!
Just a couple days ago, on July 9, The Dice Tower announced the winners of the Dice Tower Awards — the annual crowing of the best board games published.
With thousands of new games published each year, there’s always so many great games to choose from.
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Best Board Games 2015 – Nominees are set!
What are the best board games and card games from 2015?
We’ll soon find out because the annual Dice Tower Awards are upon us.
The annual awards recognize the best board games published every year and the 2015 nominees were just announced.
Over 4,000 new board games, card games, dice games, and party game are published each year. So finding the best board games and card games takes a bit of time.
Lucky for you, board game reviewers from around the world take part in The Dice Tower Awards.
Check out this year’s nominees!
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The Game Canopy = best game bag!
How do you carry your board games when you’re heading out somewhere else to play?
We’ve used a variety of options when going away for a family vacation, extended family gathering, or off to game night — such as plastic totes, cloth bags, and standard duffle bags.
Some of those options severely limit the amount of games we can take and don’t protect the games very well.
But recently we found out about The Game Canopy, by Level 3B, and now the issue is solved!
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Last day of fun at SaltCon 2016 – Day 3
After a couple great days at SaltCon, I was looking forward to one final day of fun.
So with just a few hours of sleep, I was happily diving back into action before the main gaming hall opened.
Knowing it was the final day of SaltCon, I had to make the most of the day playing games at the top of my want-to-play list. And there were still many people I was hoping to meeting up with before the end of the con. It would be a busy and fun day!
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Fun at SaltCon 2016 continued – Day 2
After a full Day 1 at SaltCon 2016 into the wee hours, I headed to my hotel room for a few hours of sleep before diving back into many more tabletop games on Day 2.
Of course, in addition to playing games, I took more time on Friday to visit with the exhibitors in the game hall and talk to publishers and game designers. I also perused the Game Swap area every now and then for a hidden game gem.
After the main game hall opened that morning, I once again found a couple friends and we headed for the Hot Games area.
Now on to mini game reviews of the 11 games I played on Day 2!
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Had a Lot of Fun at SaltCon 2016
This past weekend I joined in with 1,124 others to play a ton of board games at SaltCon 2016.
The board game convention, SaltCon was held this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and I was happy I could attend all 3 days this year. I made sure to get the time off work as well as the time away from home. That way I could completely immerse myself in the fun and play as late as I wanted every night.
Now that I’ve rested up a bit, it’s time to look back on all the fun.
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Sheriff of Nottingham – Please let me pass
What do you do when your sweet little daughter looks you in the face and declares that she’s just trying to take 4 baskets of apple to market?
You open and inspect her bag of course!
Especially when you believe she may be trying to sneak some illegal silk or other contraband past you.
Of course, after you inspect her bag and find 4 baskets of apples, you’ll have to pay her 8 coins as a penalty and you’ll think twice about inspecting her bag next time. Because you can rest assured that there will be a next time.
Read moreCodenames party game review
Codenames is an engaging word party game where 2 teams compete to locate their agents amidst a 5 x 5 grid of words on the table.
Each team has one Spymaster who can give a 1-word clue each round for their teammates to locate their agents. Spymasters need to think creatively and their teammates need to decipher the clues well to find their agents first.
With 200 double-sided cards, the possible mix of words in the grid are endless – creating a game with a ton of replay value. It’s a game that anyone can join in having fun playing.
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Enjoying new games this week
With the kids out of school for two weeks and myself having time off from work during the holidays, it’s a fantastic time for playing board games!
To add to the holiday fun, we’ve had a very white Christmas. Aside from shoveling the driveway and walks many times over the last week, we love having thick blankets of snow everywhere.
The deep snow also makes for a great time to cozy up inside near the fireplace and watch movies and play games. We’ve had our Star Wars run (watching episodes 1-6 over the last month in prep for The Force Awakens last week), as well as a handful of Harry Potter movies. And we’ve had some great laughs playing Just Dance, Mario Party 9, and Rayman Raving Rabbids.
We also took advantage of the fresh snow on some good sledding hills nearby. And of course, we’ve played a bunch of board games.
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