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Escape Room in a Box: Flashback board game

Escape Room in a Box: Flashback – game review

Doc Gnaw is a werewolf on the loose and your team of 2 to 8 players has 90 minutes to find clues, solve puzzles and crack codes in order to escape!

Solve 19 puzzles and unlock 4 real combination locks to construct a powerful amulet that holds the key to your freedom!

Such is the premise to one of the latest Escape Room style games to hit the market.

A lot of game companies have published escape room style games over the last few years and we’ve reviewed a number of them. This latest game is from a company you’ll know well – Mattel.

It’s time to unravel this mystery and share our thoughts on Escape Room in a Box: Flashback.

October 16, 2019 Trent 3 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, 7-player, 8-player, cooperative game, escape room, Mattel

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews Party Games

Time for some fun Camel racing!

Have you ever bet on a camel race?

I doubt that most people readying our game reviews have.

Well, now’s your chance! Step up to the table in Camel Up and give it a shot!

Of course, there isn’t any real betting going on, but you are guessing which camels are going to be in the lead each leg and win the race in the end.

And with how these camels move in the race, you can never be quite sure how it’s going to finish.

So much fun!

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Trent 2 Comments 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, 7-player, 8-player, betting, camels, luck, racing, random, theme

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews

Tiny Towns board game review

When you set out to build a City, you think big. When you set out to build a Town, you think a little bit less big.

But we imagine you still wouldn’t think about building a town as small as you do in Tiny Towns.

Tiny Towns is a new board game published by AEG that has players constructing their own towns on little 4×4 grids. The variety of buildings to place in those towns is huge. But the area is small.

You’ll have to make the most of your limited space to cram in as many valuable buildings as you can.

August 16, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, AEG, city building, solo, strategy, variable scoring, variable set up

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Cover Your Kingdom – coming soon!

Like other Grandpa Beck’s Games, Cover Your Kingdom is a fantastic card game for families!

It’s easy to learn, quick to play, has a good amount of luck, and lots of player interaction. Oh, and it’s very colorful and punny.

And this time around, we’re back in action with a video review!

June 2, 2019June 11, 2019 Trent 3 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, card, Grandpa Beck's Games, luck

Board Games Family Games Game Reviews

Build your own galaxies in Cosmic Factory

How are your galaxy building skills?

Oh, you haven’t built a galaxy recently?

Well, maybe it’s time you give it a try.

In Cosmic Factory, players race to build personal galaxies in ways that will score them the most points. The catch is that they must do so in under 1 minute!

April 6, 2019April 8, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, colorful, Gigamic, tile-laying

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Family fishing fun with Miaui!

Grab your fishing pole and hit the islands in this fun family board game by Z-Man Games and Asmodee!

Of course, in Miaui, you’re not fishermen but instead you’re fisher-cats.

After all, isn’t it well known that cats love fish?

So why not have a game about cats catching fish?

There’s a fishing festival about to happen and the skilled Miauians are vying to bring in the most valuable fish from the lagoon.

March 17, 2019March 23, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, Asmodee, kids, luck, strategy, theme

Dead Men Tell No Tales: The Kraken board game expansion

Board Games Cooperative Games Game Reviews

Dead Men Tell No Tales: Kraken expansion review

You’ve vanquished the skeleton crew, you’ve grabbed the loot, you’ve kept the deckhands in check, and you’re about to escape the burning ship to enjoy your spoils when it happens.

The ship starts to shake. The floorboards start to rumble. Then all of a sudden, tentacles start bursting through the boards all over the ship.

You and your fellow pirates stumble away from them the best you can when you notice the Kraken surface just off the bow of the ship and block your exit!

How will you survive? Start loading the cannons and take it down!

You can in Dead Men Tells No Tales: The Kraken expansion.

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, cooperative game, Minion Games, solo, strategy, theme

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Skull King is totally King in our family

When a game takes over almost all our family game time, it must mean it’s time to review it.

And while we have a large stack of games on our “to review” shelf, some games just shoot right to the top of the stack.

Such is the case with Skull King!

January 10, 2019January 17, 2019 Trent 12 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, card game, Grandpa Beck's Games, pirate, strategy

Card Games Family Games Game Reviews

Fuji Flush is my most-played game of the year!

As the days tick down for 2018, I was glancing over my list of games played this year and noticed an injustice. I’ve neglected to post a review of my most-played game of the year!

It’s a shame really. But there’s still time to right that wrong.

It’s time for Fuji Flush to take its well-deserved place among the great family games we’ve reviewed!

(And letting you know about it in time to get it for your family for Christmas.)

December 17, 2018December 19, 2018 Trent 0 Comments 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, 7-player, 8-player, card, luck

Board Games Cooperative Games Family Games Game Reviews

Forbidden Sky delivers cooperative science

You’ve rescued treasure from a sinking island and recovered a legendary flying machine from the desert — now it’s time to power up a rocket from a platform in the clouds 7,000 feet above the ground.

In order to do so, you’ll have to work together as a team to wire together capacitors and lightning rods in a true electrical circuit with the launch pad!

This third installment in the “Forbidden” series of cooperative games is more than just playing with tiles on a table. Players now must create an actual electrical circuit in order to win.

November 27, 2018 Trent 5 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, cooperative, Gamewright, luck, strategy, theme