Happy Father’s Day!
Since our kids never stop growing, every Father’s Day brings a new perspective. With only half our kids still living
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The Quest for El Dorado board game review
In The Quest for El Dorado by Ravensburger players traverse jungle, waterways, and native villages to find the elusive treasure. They must prepare well to make the journey. But they can’t spend all their time preparing or they’ll be left behind and another explorer will beat them to it.
How will you do on this quest?
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Young Inventor Challenge Winners find treasure
Did you know over 5,000 new board games are published every year?
That’s a lot of games.
And that makes it really tough to stand out in the game world – especially if you’re a 10-year old game designer!
Thanks to the Young Inventor Challenge, classmates Olivia and Brynna were inspired to invent a 3D board game called Ship of Treasures.
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Unlock! Adventure Series game reviews
What does a submarine, train, buried treasure, hieroglyphics, mouse, and the emerald city have in common?
They’re all things you’ll discover playing Unlock! Escape Adventure games!
While the basics of how the games works may be the same, the elements and puzzles to solve within the games are completely unique. And they’re all loads of fun!
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878: Vikings – Invasion of England board game review
When I was young, I thought history was boring. But that has changed tremendously over the years. And when I find a good board game that can bring together historical settings with fantastic game play, I’m super excited.
The beauty of 878: Vikings – Invasion of England delivers on both accounts!
Even if you don’t know anything about the Viking invasion of England (or care to), the game is still loads of fun. But chances are that once you start playing, you’ll discover an urge to find out more about the actual setting you’re playing around with.
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Jurassic Park Danger! board game review
When Jurassic Park first his movie theaters in 1993 I was blown away!
I was transported to Isla Nublar and caught up in a world with dinosaurs that exploded my imagination. And it’s remained a favorite movie of mine ever since.
Fast forward to now – 25 years later – where the Jurassic Park experience has been aptly transferred into a fun and challenging board game.
Over the years there have been a number of attempts at creating a Jurassic Park board game. But none of those have come close to recreating the feel of being on Isla Nublar with dinosaurs like Jurassic Park Danger does!
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Not “Just” a Mom
We’ve had a great day today celebrating mothers and hope you’ve done so too.
It seems there are many voices in the world downplaying motherhood. We think that’s really sad.
The impact mothers have is immeasurable.
You’re not “just” a mom. You’re so much more!
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Carcassonne: Star Wars board game review
On Star Wars Day a few days ago we highlighted a number of fun Star Wars themed board games. We also teased another Star Wars board game in our queue to review this week.
Well, that day has come.
We’re happy to introduce you to another great Star Wars family board game — Carcassonne: Star Wars!
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Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you!
We don’t mind one bit that May 4th has been dubbed Star Wars Day.
Since we enjoy Star Wars, we get a kick out of the tie-in to the idea and what it’s spawned.
We like the Star Wars movies. And we like many Star Wars games!
So if you’re looking for a good Star Wars board game today, we’ve got some great game ideas for you
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Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War board game review
It looks like Avengers Infinity War smashed all global box office records with the biggest opening weekend of any movie with $641 million!
Wow!
While we didn’t see Avengers Infinity War opening weekend, we did the next best thing — we played the about-to-be-released board game, Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War!
That’s right, we were lucky enough to get our hot little hands on a copy of Thanos Rising from USAopoly before it’s release to stores and we’re going to tell you all about it!
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