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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It’s time to get your race face on.
Because today we’re sharing all about this dice-building, dice-rolling, power-upping, push-your-luck, racing game!
It’s a new game by AEG called Cubitos.
And if you think you’re staring at SpongeBob SquarePants on the cover of the Cubitos game box, you’re not. What you are staring at though is a really big chunk of cheese wearing lederhosen!
Why? We have no idea.
But it definitely grabs attention. And if you’re like us, it makes you very curious about what’s inside. So, let’s dive in!
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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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Back in early 2019, my four boys started asking me if we could get the hit game–Minecraft. I said “No” for a long time. Until after much research and finding out that you can play solo and in private servers, I finally relented and Minecraft entered our home.
Flash forward a year and a half and Minecraft has become a huge hit in our house, not only by my kids, but also by me!
Many hours have been spent creating worlds, adventuring to find treasure, and fighting the steady stream of monsters placed in our way.
When Ravensburger released the board game Minecraft Builders and Biomes, in late 2019 we were all very interested in how it would compare to its digital counterpart. I watch some play-throughs and sure enough, it looked like something we would enjoy very much. Once I got connected with The Board Game Family, I asked Trent to hook me up, and boy did he come through.
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Ticket to Ride is one of the most popular modern board games in the world. So it’s no surprise Days of Wonder keeps cranking out more iterations of the game.
Of course, we’re not complaining because we love playing Ticket to Ride in its many forms!
The first Ticket to Ride game was published in 2004 with a map of the United States. The next year Days of Wonder published Ticket to Ride: Europe and many more map versions followed. Then in 2018, they published a small version of the game focused on just one city – New York City. It plays in a fraction of the time and is essentially a bite-sized version of the original game.
Their latest iteration is the game we’re reviewing today — Ticket to Ride: London.
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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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The board game hobby continues to smash through boundaries. And we’re excited to be a part of it!
Today we made another such breakthrough on a podcast targeted to business leaders — The Learning Life Podcast with Jon Tota.
As you might guess from the title, The Learning Life focuses on the learning industry. They have weekly guests sharing new insight, new stories, and best practices to help organizations take their learning to the next level.
But when Jon saw our 2020 Board Game Gift Guide, he thought it would be awesome to take a break from the weekly corporate learning talk and talk about something fun — board games!
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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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It’s that awesome time of year again when we look for great fun ideas for gifts for family and friends.
With this crazy year, we know many families have already been grabbing a lot more board games to pass the time together throughout the year.
But it’s always nice to get some ideas for fresh games to play too.
This marks our 10th annual Board Game Gift Guide and we love sharing great gift ideas!
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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.
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