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We’d love to be Trekking the World!

I think we all wish we could be out traveling the world right now. Traveling is the thing I’ve missed the most in 2020.

We’ve had to cancel two big vacations we’d been looking forward to for a long time. One of those would have been this week. We’re totally bummed that we couldn’t be seeing new sights in Asia right now.

But in the meantime, we can jet all around the world in our imagination while we play Trekking the World!

Trekking the World is the latest board game published by Underdog Games. It delivers a lot of the familiar game play from Trekking the National Parks while adding a few new elements we really enjoy.

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Trent 2 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, set collection, strategy, theme, Underdog Games

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews

Healthy Heart Hospital Board Game Review

In Healthy Heart Hospital players assume the roles of doctors and hospital administrators attempting to bring prestige back to Healthy Heart after the previous administration left it a mess.

Prestige is earned by curing patients and expanding your hospital. If players are able to make it through the ambulance card deck, they win the game. If players go broke or run out of places to put dead patients, they lose.

Do you have what it takes to bring Health Heart back?

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Dane Trimble 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, cooperative, luck, solo, them, Victory Point Games

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews

Starting My Legacy in My City

No two cities are alike.

That’s as true in life as it is when playing My City by Thames & Kosmos.

That’s because players in My City will end up with a unique city every game. And there will be many games played!

And not just because My City is a “legacy” game, but because it’s so easy and fun to play you’ll want to play over and over.

At least, that’s how it is with us.

Let’s see if it’s a board game your family will enjoy too.

November 11, 2020 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, city building, luck, Thames and Kosmos, tile-laying, tiles

Reign: The Final Battle Royale board game

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Reign: The Final Battle Royale Game Review

“Four factions of warriors battle to survive on a doomed land that will be destroyed piece by piece, taking its occupants with it. You must strategize to survive—by fleeing, fighting or sacrificing your weakest members—whatever you must do to be the last one left standing when the land around you has been annihilated.”

Reign is a skirmish battle royale style board game, from PlayMonster, where 2 to 4 try to eliminate all the other players’ troops to be the last one standing.

Players not only have to watch out for each other but also the impending disasters which destroy different sections of the board and with it any troops and Power Stones that have the misfortune of being on that section.

November 6, 2020 Dane Trimble 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, battle, dice, PlayMonster, skirmish

Board Games Game Reviews

Betrayal Legacy for your teens

When our oldest two boys were in high school, one of them came home one night telling us about the funnest game he had played at his friends house. It was called Betrayal at House on the Hill and they had a blast playing it.

I had heard about the game before but hadn’t paid attention to it until that day.

About a year later, while he was on his mission, I got a copy of Betrayal at House on the Hill in the game swap at SaltCon and looked forward to playing it with him when he returned. But that didn’t stop us from giving it a try while he was gone either. And it was a hit!

When he returned, we took a family getaway trip and all the kids wanted to bring Betrayal at House on the Hill with us on the trip so we could all play it together — since it plays up to 6 people. We had a great time!

Then in 2018, Avalon Hill published a new version of the game called Betrayal Legacy.

It’s a “legacy” version of the game that sounded awesome. So last year we got it for Christmas and have had a ton of fun playing it!

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Trent 2 Comments 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, Avalon Hill, cooperative, horror, luck, theme

Back to the Future: Dice Through Time board game

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Back to the Future: Dice Through Time game review

Last Wednesday was Marty McFly Day – October 21 – the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled to the future (the 2015 future) in Back to the Future II.

You may not have even noticed. And that’s okay, because it means the space time continuum hasn’t been disrupted!

And even though we’re just now posting this game review, let’s do a bit of time travel of our own and pretend we’re back to a few days ago, October 21, taking a look at Back to the Future: Dice Through Time by Ravensburger.

October 25, 2020 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, cooperative, dice, luck, Ravensburger, strategy, theme

Card Games Cooperative Games Game Reviews

Adventure Games: The Dungeon game review

Although it may feel like all of 2020 has been scary, the official day for scary stuff — Halloween — is next week!

We’ve posted in the past about great games to play on or around Halloween (like Gloom or Hit Z Road). And this year, we have a few more to add to the mix. Just the other day we reviewed Scooby-Doo! Escape from the Haunted Mansion.

And the game we’re reviewing today has a number of similarities to Scooby-Doo! (minus the Mystery Inc gang). It’s a cooperative game Kosmos released last year in their “Adventure Games” series called The Dungeon.

Are you ready to take on The Dungeon?

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, adventure, cooperative, Kosmos, solo, story

Board Games Cooperative Games Family Games Game Reviews

Scooby-Doo! Escape from the Haunted Mansion game review

“I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”

If you recognize that statement, then you must be familiar with Scooby-Doo!

The question is, does your family have what it takes to solve the mystery at Lord Fairmont’s haunted mansion?

Of course, you’ll be channeling the skills and hijinks of Mystery Inc. with Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and of course Scooby-Doo!

October 14, 2020 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, cooperative, solo, story, The OP

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Chow Down on Pop-Tarts!

Do you prefer your Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts toasted or frozen?

If you’re like people we know, your immediate response may be, “you can eat them frozen?” Well, apparently you can.

And in Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts Game, by Funko, you’ll be taking both toasted and frozen Pop-Tarts to score points and hopefully be the first to eat 30 points worth of the convenient snack.

Pop-Tarts is a simple and quick card game that up to 6 players can enjoy.

Just be warned that you’ll probably need some snacks nearby because you’re going to get hungry playing the game.

October 4, 2020 Trent 1 Comment 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, card, colorful, Funko, luck

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Lucky Luau Game Preview

You’ve arrived for your vacation, and it’s time to hit the luau! As you arrive, you see a table full of beautiful and vibrant flowers. Once you meet some other guests at the party, you and the other players will begin making your own leis.

That’s the setting for Lucky Luau – a new card game from CardLords.

It’s a simple and quick card game where players draw flowers, leaves, and kukui nuts to string along their leis. Whoever has the best scoring lei when the flowers run out is the winner.

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Trent 1 Comment 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, card, CardLords, luck