Years ago, when my wife and I took our long-anticipated trip to London, we were super excited to see so many sites. But we knew the first step to seeing them would be getting there!
So we headed to the Underground and pleasantly discovered the wonderful world of the Tube.
And now when we play Metro X, we can’t help but recall our fantastic week in London.
That’s because the Metro X board game is all about navigating your subway map in optimal fashion!
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Did you ever wander through fields swinging a net trying to catch butterflies?
Or if you haven’t experienced that joy, I bet you can still picture kids having fun in such an activity.
But can you imagine adults doing that same thing?
For some reason, it’s hard to imagine adults wandering around a field swinging butterfly nets to catch the flying insects.
So when we received the game Butterfly by Rio Grande Games, we just assumed it would be a game only kids would enjoy. But we were wrong!
Butterfly can be enjoyed by players of all ages.
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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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As a child of the 80’s, I remember seeing Gremlins when it opened in movie theaters in 1984. And I loved it!
I also remember watching Gremlins with my kids when they were old enough for me to enrich their lives with classic 80’s culture. And that’s when I realized, Gremlins really isn’t a kids movie!
Those Gremlins are pretty nasty creatures. But the excruciating deaths by kitchen appliances is quite an eye-opening scene (when I’m now seeing it through the eyes of my kids).
How irresponsible of a parent could I be?
But I digress…let’s talk game instead!
With the Christmas holiday upon us, it’s time we slap some Gremlins around in this new game by Funko — Gremlins: Holiday Havoc.
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It’s June 11, 1962, the day you’re going to break into Alcatraz.
Yes, you read that right. You’ll be breaking into the most secure prison in the world to break 4 inmates out. Months of planning has gone into this daring operation and now it’s time to act.
At least it will be if you’re playing Break In: Alcatraz!
From the publisher, Playmonster: “Throughout this collaborative experience, you must work together to follow a series of clues and solve puzzles to unfold multiple layers of the game and move deeper into the prison to help your friends escape! You’ll encounter many obstacles and characters along the way…this game provides the thrill and challenge of an escape room, combined with the experience and world-immersion of a movie”!
Do you have what it takes to break into Alcatraz?
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If I gave you the clue “Barney”, would you be able to pick it out of a grid of 480 colors?
What about “Mustard”, “Ocean Spray”, or “Slime”?
That’s the premise in a new game by The Op called Hues and Cues. And it’s much tougher than we first imagined.cBut that doesn’t mean it’s not a fun game to play. The real question is will your family and friends enjoy playing it?
After all, that’s why we do these reviews — to give you a feel for a game and help you decide if it’s right for your group.
So let’s see where Hues and Cues may fall for you.
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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.
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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?
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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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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!
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