Listen along as Andrew and Anitra talk about games they played, games their kids played, and a weekly discussion topic.
Rather than a top 5, we talk about our favorite roll & write games for specific situations. And don’t miss the giveaway!
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Our guest this week is Jenn Bartlett, AKA The Boardgame Librarian. We examine the idea of pairing up books with games.
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After some technical difficulties, we’re back, and talking about more games for you to play with your family. Tired of UNO and Life? We’ve got suggestions for some substitutes.
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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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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!)
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Our guest this week is Chris Goodlet. Chris runs “The Charity Boardgamer”, raising money for charities while playing games.
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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!
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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?
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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”.
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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.
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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?
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Our podcast guest this week is Dustin Staats, from the Board Gaming with Education podcast!
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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
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Chrissy Wissler tells us about gameschooling, her board game club, and learning soft skills through board games.
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Our final set of interviews from PAX Unplugged 2019, with Genius Games, Luma Imports, Elf Creek Games, Perplext, Move38, and Van Ryder Games.
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Our PAX highlights, plus interviews with Bananagrams, IELLO, KOSMOS, Oni Press, Thunderworks Games, Wild Power Games, and North Star Games.
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We’re here with our impressions and our first batch of interviews from PAX Unplugged! News from AEG, Deep Water Games, HABA, Oink Games, and The OP.
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Nick Martinelli went to the Chicago Toy and Game Fair before Thanksgiving, and came back with a gaggle of interviews! We’ll tell you about what we’ve been playing lately, then get to the interviews after the break.
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