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Toy Story Obstacles and Adventures cooperative board game

Help the Toy Story gang!

I’m a big Toy Story fan.

I was blown away with the animation in the first Toy Story movie in 1995 and have loved every one since. So when Disney and Pixar released Toy Story 4 last summer, it didn’t matter if my kids weren’t young anymore. I was going to see it!

And as soon as it hit Disney+ this year, I was ready to see it again.

But Toy Story 4 wasn’t the only cool Toy Story release last year. The OP also released a new Toy Story cooperative board game — Toy Story Obstacles and Adventures!

With as much as I like Toy Story. And as much as we enjoy cooperative board games. I had high hopes diving into the game.

And I won’t make you wait until later for the surprise — it delivers the fun!

April 6, 2020March 30, 2022 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, card, cooperative, family, luck, The OP, theme

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle - Defence Against the Dark Arts board game

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Harry Potter is at it again

Are you ready for another Harry Potter family board game?

We sure are!

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle – Defence Against the Dark Arts may sound like it’s an expansion to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle that we reviewed a few years ago. But it’s not.

It’s a standalone game that’s great on its own merits!

The original game is a cooperative game where players work together to defeat wizarding world villains.

But in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle – Defence Against the Dark Arts, rather than working together, 2 players go head-to-head in a dueling battle!

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Trent 2 Comments 2-player, cards, deck-building, Harry Potter, luck, The OP, theme, USAopoly

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Lander Board Game Preview

If you crash landed on a foreign planet, what would you do?

The good news is that you survived. And while many of the crew sent to establish a colony perished in the crash, a handful of survivors are there with you.

With that type of a set up, you might think Lander, an upcoming new game by Intrepid Games, would be a cooperative game where you’ll all rally together to establish a flourishing colony.

Lander is actually a competitive game for 2-4 players where each player builds their own crew, manages resources, expands and upgrades their sectors, and completes missions to become the overall leader of this new colony.

February 12, 2020March 2, 2020 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, Intrepid Games, space, strategy, theme

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2019 – Year in Review

2019 marked a huge milestone for The Board Game Family. We celebrated 10 years of doing family board game reviews!

With our video reviews hitting 2 million views and our written reviews and articles being read by millions more, it’s been an amazing 10 years.

But today’s not about looking back on all 10 years (we’ve already done that). Instead, we’re just looking back at 2019.

As I’ve done at the start of each year, let’s take a quick look back at the games we’ve enjoyed the most from 2019.

January 23, 2020June 7, 2020 Trent 0 Comments cooperative, family, luck, party, strategy, theme, tile-laying, Top 10 lists

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Extraordinary Adventures: Pirates board game review

Ahoy mateys!

It’s time to hit the Caribbean, set sail, and race other pirate crews from port to port toward the Spanish Treasure Galleon at Trinidad in Extraordinary Adventures: Pirates board game by Forbidden Games.

But it’s not necessarily the first to Trinidad that gets the most spoils.

Along the way, you’ll guide your multiple ships to plunder merchant vessels and stop in ports to exchange your cargo for valuable treasures and recruit more crew. The additional crew will help your ships sail faster and pull off additional feats.

Are you ready for the adventure?

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 Trent 2 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, family, Forbidden Games, pirate, strategy, theme

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Be your favorite Disney villain in Villainous!

With the launch of Disney+ this past month, millions of families are watching tons of classic Disney movies lately.

Of course, to families with young children, this comes as no surprise because they’ve probably been watching lots of Disney movies regularly anyway. In all these movies, we cheer for the hero.

Well, what about the Villains?

If we were to view these movies from the perspective of the villains, they’ve got some major challenges to overcome as well.

Now it’s your turn to try!

December 4, 2019December 3, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, 5-player, 6-player, cards, Disney, family game, luck, Ravensburger, strategy, theme, Villainous

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We dive into 3 Deckscape games

Over the years we’ve reviewed a bunch of escape room type games from multiple publishers (4 different publishers to be exact).

Well, today we’re reviewing another set of escape room games from another publisher!

The Deckscape series of escape room card games is published by dV Giochi in Italy.

The Deckscape games are cooperative, story-driven games where players work together to solve a mystery or get out of a tough situation. As the name implies, the game is a deck of cards that players work through.

We’ve recently played through 3 of the Deckscape games and are ready to tell you what we think.

November 25, 2019 Trent 0 Comments cooperative, Deckscape, dV Giochi, escape room, solo, theme

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What kind of Planet will you create?

You’ve got the whole world in your hands. So, what are you going to do with it?

It’s time to find out in Planet!

Planet, by Blue Orange Games, has players crafting their own 3D planet to attract a variety of animals to them. It’s a unique tile-laying game where the tiles are magnetic continents consisting of various habitats.

Different animals are attracted to different types of habitats so players have to choose wisely in which animals they want to inhabit their planets.

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 Trent 0 Comments 2-player, 3-player, 4-player, Blue Orange Games, theme, tile-laying

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Become Zorro in Zorro the Dice Game

The heroic but aging Zorro is looking for a worthy successor to pass the torch. Do you have what it takes to defeat scoundrels and villains in his stead?

Now’s your chance to find out!

You’ll have to prove your heroism and proficiency against the others vying for the role in Zorro the Dice Game.

Only after the final battle will the new Zorro be crowned!