187 – Games and Finance with First Move Financial – The Family Gamers Podcast
Our guest on this podcast is Donnie Carpenter, who runs First Move Financial. First Move Financial is a sponsor of The Family Gamers Podcast.
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186 – Education in Quarantine – The Family Gamers Podcast
Being suddenly thrust into homeschooling is scary, and it’s not made any easier by trying to juggle kids’ needs with working from home. But there is hope! We’re going to talk this week about things we can do to support our kids learning at home (mostly through games, of course!)
» Read moreSpyMaster: Split up for a Top-Secret Mission!
As SpyMaster, you’ll split Intelligence for agents to choose. Agents burn that Intelligence to travel the world, or use it to complete missions (Steal the Embassy Blueprints!)
» Read moreSNAP Review: Kingdomino Duel
Use Kingdomino scoring as you draft dice and draw “dominoes” into your kingdom. Use the same dice to unlock special powers in the spellbook!
» Read more185 – The Charity Boardgamer – The Family Gamers Podcast
Our guest this week is Chris Goodlet. Chris runs “The Charity Boardgamer”, raising money for charities while playing games.
» Read more184 – Play This, Not That – The Family Gamers Podcast
We introduce a new format on this show: Play This, Not That. We examine a few popular children’s games and suggest games that use the same concepts in a better way. We also try Wendy’s breakfast sandwiches… FOR SCIENCE!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Boom, Bang, Gold!
Lets’ go prospecting… with dynamite! In this fast paced game from HABA, you’ll throw wooden dynamite into the mine, then race to grab the revealed gold nuggets as fast as you can!
» Read more183 – NY Toy Fair with Engaged Family Gaming – The Family Gamers Podcast
This week, we are with Stephen Duetzmann and Linda Wrobel from Engaged Family Gaming. They attended New York Toy Fair 2020 – and brought Andrew along. What really stood out to the three of them?
» Read more182 – Year of the Rat – The Family Gamers Podcast
It’s the Year of the Rat, and we offer up our top 5 games featuring mice and rats – and 5 more where rodents play a “supporting role”.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Kenny G: Keepin’ It Saxy Game
Get Kenny G to the end of his day without losing his groove in this cooperative game for 2-5 players.
» Read more181 – George Kaponay & The Intuition Game – The Family Gamers Podcast
Our guest this week is George Kaponay. George and his family have been traveling the world for many years. They designed The Intuition Game to help families explore their superpower.
» Read more180 – Date Night Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
Valentine’s Day is coming up, and it got us thinking about games that work well for a date night. What makes a good game for date night? What are a few of our favorites?
» Read moreSNAP Review – Bon Appetit!
Only the finest dishes are worthy of gourmet diners in Bon Appetit!, a short bidding game for 2-4 players from Strawberry Studio.
» Read more179 – Board Gaming with Education – The Family Gamers Podcast
Our podcast guest this week is Dustin Staats, from the Board Gaming with Education podcast!
» Read more178 – Sick Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
SNAP Review – Dungeon Academy
Dungeon Academy is a real-time path-finding game for 1-6 players. It’s a blast for ages 10+, and playable by younger kids as well.
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176 – 2019 Retrospective and 2020 Goals – The Family Gamers Podcast
We’re looking both forward and backward this week, examining last year’s resolutions and using what we’ve learned to come up with new goals for 2020. Thanks to our sponsor, First Move Financial, for helping support The Family Gamers Podcast. What We’ve Been Playing Koi – from Smirk & Dagger. Goldfish are mean. Dungeon Academy – from The OP. We have
» Read morePAX Unplugged 2019: Van Ryder Games
Andrew met up with Shaun at PAX Unplugged to talk about some of the most popular games from Van Ryder Games: Crusoe Crew and Bees: The Secret Kingdom.
» Read morePAX Unplugged 2019: Luma Imports
Andrew and Colin talk about the newest game partnerships for Luma: Treasures of Cibola, Similo, Team 3, Snowman Dice, and Incubation.
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