The Adventures of Robin Hood
A large interactive map and a genuine hardcover book guide your multi-part narrative adventure as you and up to three friends live the lives of Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet, and Maid Marian.
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The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance – When Stories Get Crazy
Bureau of Balance is a fun, farcical storytelling game designed to get everyone around the table laughing. It’s light on rules because it’s supposed to be. If you’re looking for a crunchy, min-maxing dungeon crawl adventure, pass on this one.
» Read moreThe A.R.T. Project
Some board gamers might thrive on the nail-biting tension caused by resource acquisition and challenging fighting in this game. We, however, often found it overly frustrating in many of our plays.
» Read moreTesseract – Cooperative Cube Containment
Are kids allowed when you’re saving the known universe? We think so. Cooperate to contain cubes from the collapsing Tesseract before it causes an irreparable breach!
» Read moreTerraforming Mars: The Dice Game
Players chuck dice to make Mars habitable: increasing oxygen, raising temperature, and creating oceans. The dice represent different resources players can spend to raise these terraforming parameters or play Project cards.
» Read moreTantrum Con
Tantrum Con in Charlotte, NC, is the most family-friendly convention we’ve ever attended.
» Read moreTangram City
“Take me down the Tangram City
Where the blocks are square
And balance is pretty…” In Tangram City, up to five players compete to build the largest city blocks, while keeping a balance between buildings and green space.
Tang Garden : Meditative and Artistic
2020 has been tough, and there hasn’t been a lot of beauty to behold. Stop and smell the peonies in this gorgeous garden building game from Lucky Duck Games and ThunderGryph.
» Read moreTall Tales: Story Weaving
As you can imagine, we’re no stranger writing and stories here at The Family Gamers. Tall Tales lets us do exactly that.
» Read moreTalk, Read, Sing, Write, Play
Learn how a San Francisco librarian uses board gaming to affirm English Language Learning and welcome people of all literacy levels.
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Tajuto: Pagoda Pandemonium
In Tajuto from Renier Knizia up to four players will construct pagodas to increase their Meditation and achieve Spirituality points. Tajuto is published by Super Meeple (Luma Imports distributes it in the US & Canada) and is best for players ages 10+. How to Play Your goal is to have the most Spirituality points when the fourth pagoda is completed.
» Read moreSweet Deals – A Sweet Treat In Moderation
Suspects: Claire Harper Takes the Stage
Despite the length, we found this murder mystery series to be an excellent family experience.
» Read moreSushi Roll – Maki Your Rolls Count!
Sushi Roll is just as cute and fast-paced as the original. Overall, I’d recommend it for families who want to introduce drafting to non-reading children, or to families who love dice games. It’s a light, fast-moving game that will feel very familiar.
» Read moreSushi Dice: Get Your Yucks in and Roll Your Way to Fun!
Sushi Dice is a fun, fast-paced dice-matching game for 2 to 6 players, designed by Henri Kermarrec. For this review, we heavily “kid-tested” the game, with good results, and it’s easy to learn, at any age.
» Read moreSurf’s Up! – Collect the Best Waves
Surf’s Up is all about timing – play your high-energy card right to catch the wave you want. Bid on ocean wave cards with energy and reputation, and avoid being stung by jellyfish!
» Read moreSuper Mario Level Up!: Climb All of the Levels!
There is not a more recognizable image of video games in America than the Mario Brothers. Today we’ll take a look at a licensed board game featuring this iconic duo: Super Mario Level Up!, a 2017 game from USAopoly.
» Read moreSuper Hack Override: Proxy Swap Your Way to Supreme Victory!
“There’s a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it’s not about who’s got the most bullets. It’s about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think… it’s all about the information!” – Sneakers, 1992 For some of us, it’s quotes like these that are about as close to hacking as
» Read moreSuper Beat Sports: We’ve Got the Beat
A rare video-game review! Harmonix is known for rhythm-and-music video games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band. We love every game they have made (we regularly rave about Amplitude), so when they announced their new game for Switch, Super Beat Sports, we were intrigued. Sports in a music game? How could that work?
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