33 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Best of 2016
Welcome to the first show of 2017! We did a lot of gaming over the holiday season. What were your favorite games of 2016?
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32 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Anticipation!
We talked this week about gifts (’tis the season, after all), new games, and games we are looking forward to in 2017.
» Read moreDragonwood: A Game of Dice and Daring
Dragonwood is a dice and card based game designed by Darren Kisgen and published by Gamewright Games. A “game of dice and daring” with a medieval fantasy theme, it is designed for two to four players age 8+, but any child who can read can play. With some minor rule shifting, Dragonwood was playable by our four-year-old.
» Read moreCardventures: Stowaway 52 and Jump Ship!
Stowaway 52 and Jump Ship! inaugurate the new Cardventures series from GameWright. Do these solitaire, choose-your-own-adventure story games live up to their promise? In Stowaway 52, you have stowed away on an alien spaceship. You’re trying to escape, but first will you spy on the aliens to discover their plans for earth, or sabotage their spaceship on your way out?
» Read more31 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Gift Guide 2016
It’s that time of year again. If you are wondering what games make good gifts, we are here to help! We also played a few new-to-us and new-to-the-show games this week.
» Read morePETTING ZOO: Roll, Buy, And Build Your Zoo to Victory!
Petting Zoo is a card drafting game by Little Flower Games. In Petting Zoo you are expanding your own zoo, earning coins, and buying victory point cards to demonstrate your supremacy in the petting zoo business! Are you cut out to build your own petting zoo? Read more to find out!
» Read more2016 Game Shopping Guide
Thinking about buying games to give this holiday season? Check out The Family Gamers list of our favorite gift ideas this holiday! We’ve featured gifts for all ages, party games, and two player games! We’ve featured some great stocking stuffer options as well! Check out the list below with links for your convenience! Games for toddlers (3 and
» Read more30 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Winning
Do you let your kids win? That’s our pressing question for the week. How do you teach graceful winning and losing?
» Read moreGimme 5
Gimme 5 is a trivia party game that is designed to scale up to an arbitrarily large number of people. Seriously – The game is advertised to support 50 players.
» Read more29 – The Family Gamers Podcast – with Kevin Craine
We talk new games for us, old games for our kids, and fast food advertising. Then we interview the creator of Robit Riddle, Kevin Craine!
» Read moreRobit Riddle: Storybook Adventures
Robit Riddle, by Baba Geek Games, is a co-operative storytelling game. Can you and your robot friends find the missing robits?
» Read moreThe Family Gamers now appear in Yankee Xpress
In case you missed it from the podcast, The Family Gamers is now published! If you are in central Massachusetts, you can now find our column in the monthly community paper The Yankee Xpress.
» Read moreCrazier Eights: Camelot – How will it end? Good fun while you try to win or not lose!
Crazier Eights: Camelot is the sequel to Crazier Eights from creator James Gray, this time with a King Arthur theme. The basis of the game is Crazy Eights, but getting rid of your cards isn’t the only way to win; and anyone can lose if they aren’t paying attention. Between discarding to reduce your hand or playing action cards for power-ups and attacks like
» Read moreWindUp War: Cute Cards, Cataclysmic Combat!
Be the last toy faction standing; battle other toys by picking your five actions to attack and block – but you won’t be able to change the order once the round starts! An action-programming battle game for 3-6 players.
» Read more28 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Boston FIG Tabletop games
We saw more digital games aimed towards kids than kid-friendly tabletop games this year. Weird! But we still had quite a few favorites.
» Read more27 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Boston FIG Digital
We played a LOT of games over Labor Day weekend, and then we went to Boston FIG! We have so much to talk about from BFIG that we decided to cover only the digital games in this episode.
» Read moreWomen in Science
Women in Science is a card game celebrating women in science, naturally. We theorized that this game would be fun. But does Women in Science + The Family Gamers = FUN?
» Read more26 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Extended Play (Gotta Catch ‘Em All!)
The games that keep on giving! We’re talking about expansions, collectibles, toys-to-life, and other game add-ons.
» Read more25 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Solo play
Playing board games solo is a great way to improve your skills, using strategy and critical thinking. There are unofficial solo variations available for nearly every game, mostly on BoardGameGeek.com, and there are even groups (ironically) dedicated to solo play, such as the 1-player guild.
» Read more24 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Micro games
This week, we discuss a few micro/tiny games. These are games that generally fit easily in your pocket or purse. A few cards, a few tokens, a few dice. They’re usually 15 minutes or less to play and easy to pick up.
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