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297 – Kevin & Melissa Delp, Tantrum House – The Family Gamers Podcast

June 13, 2022 Updated: June 27th, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Melissa Delp & Kevin Delp

Today on the podcast, we welcome Kevin and Melissa Delp, part of the team at Tantrum House. Fact – Clematis is a type of flowering plant – which currently has 297 species. What We’ve Been Playing Skyrise (Roxley)Under Falling Skies (CGE – our review)UNDO: Forbidden Knowledge (Pegasus Spiele – review coming soon)Space Station Phoenix (Rio Grande)Rear Window (Funko Games)Batman: Everybody

Andrew, Anitra, Tantrum House

296 – Boardgames and Reading – The Family Gamers Podcast

June 6, 2022 Anitra Smith The Family Gamers Podcast

How can boardgames help build reading skills? Plus facts and giveaways!

Andrew, Anitra, reading

295 – with Little Big Thumbs, JP Decosse – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 30, 2022 Updated: June 27th, 2022 Anitra Smith The Family Gamers Podcast

JP and daughters

This week we welcome JP Decosse, also known as “Big Papa Thumbs” from Little Big Thumbs. Fact(s) – We have 3 ridiculous Guinness World records this week: The longest jump on a unicycle (295 cm), the most handheld lasers lit simultaneously (295 lasers), and the most people filling in their eyebrows simultaneously (295 people, organized in the shape of two

Andrew, Anitra, Family Gaming, Interview, Little Big Thumbs

294 – Super-Short Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 23, 2022 Anitra Smith The Family Gamers Podcast

Tornado card

We’ve run out of time for games lately! So what better to talk about than games that only take a few minutes to play?

2 players, Andrew, Anitra, cooperative games, Family Games, solo, timed game

293 – Phil-Walker Harding & Joey Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 16, 2022 Andrew Smith The Family Gamers Podcast

Phil Walker-Harding

This week, we welcome Phil Walker-Harding to talk about a few of his game designs and Joey Games.

Andrew, Anitra, Australia, Family Gaming, Phil Walker-Harding

292 – Making Time for Board Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 9, 2022 Andrew Smith The Family Gamers Podcast

calendar

How do we figure out how to make time for gaming together as a family? It’s hard when we’re all so busy. But we have 4 tips that can help.

Andrew, Anitra, Family Game Night, Family Gaming, game night

291 – Beyond Board Games – Strong Songs – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 2, 2022 Anitra Smith The Family Gamers Podcast

Our special guest this week is Kirk Hamilton, host of the podcast Strong Songs. What makes a song great? Is it the “thump, pop, and sizzle” of the drum groove, power chords, lush 7ths and 9ths? Kirk uses music theory, history, and isolates patterns to break down songs you’ve heard before and help you understand WHY they’re great.

beyond board games, Interview, music

290 – PAX East 2022 – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 25, 2022 Andrew Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

PAX East

week we kick back and talk about what we saw at PAX East 2022! It’s the first time the gaming convention is back in Boston after the pandemic cancelled the last two events and it was a ton of fun!

Andrew, Anitra, PAX, PAX East

289 – Snowbright Studio with T – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 18, 2022 Andrew Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Snowbright Studio

This week we are joined by T. Caires, who is now working with Snowbright Studio, on games like Teatime Adventures and Birds of a Feather: Western North America.

Andrew, Anitra, Snowbright Studio

288 – Teaching Board Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 11, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Teach

We get asked, “How do you get your kids to play games with you?”
First you have to get them interested, but then you have to teach them the rules and how to play!

Andrew, Anitra, Board Games, Family Gaming, teaching, young children

287 – Deon Mixon, Design Eye – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 4, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Deon Mixon

This week, we welcome Deon Mixon, creator of a game called Design Eye, a graphic design education board game that is all about creativity – “for people with great ideas”.

Andrew, Anitra, game design, Interview

286 – Play This, Not That, Dexterity Games! – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 28, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Kiki Cuckoo on the completed nest

We answer a listener question about how we got started with reviewing family board games. Then we suggest a few dexterity games to spice up your building and flicking.

Andrew, Anitra, dexterity games, flicking games, HABA, Hasbro, KOSMOS, Melissa & Doug, Play This Not That, Synapses Games, tower building

285 – GAMA with Marc Specter – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 21, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

The Game Manufacturers Association

Andrew reports back from the GAMA Expo, with guest Marc Specter.

Andrew, Anitra, convention, GAMA, marc specter

284 – Five Fantastic Family Filler Favorites – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 14, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Beet card and 2 Artichokes

We talk about five of our favorite filler games for families – games that will make you think and help your kids learn, but play under 30 minutes and are fairly portable.

Andrew, Anitra, Bananagrams, filler games, Gamewright, HABA, Horrible Guild, Luma Games

283 – Matt Riddle – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 7, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Matt Riddle (along with his co-designer Ben Pinchback) is one of our favorite game designers. He has co-designed over 20 “notable” games

Andrew, Anitra, Interview, Matt Riddle, roll and write

282 – Room to Grow: 2-Player Battles – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 28, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Introduce your kids to direct two-player battle games, where you try to eliminate the other player. No reading? No problem.

2 players, Andrew, Anitra, battle, room to grow

281 – Game Schooler – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 21, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Game Schooler: Game-Based Learning Unplugged

We welcome Doug Kotecki and Micchael McCabe, hosts of The Game Schooler Podcast.

Andrew, Anitra, Gameschooler, gameschooling, Interview

280 – Top 5 Tiger Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 14, 2022 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Endangered

2022 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. So why not talk about some board games you can play with tigers in them?

Andrew, animals, Anitra

279 – Beyond Board Games: The Wood Whisperer – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 7, 2022 Andrew Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

This week on the show we have Marc Spagnuolo, the Wood Whisperer – he is definitely a nerd as well as being a wood worker. We talk about what we’ve been playing and how to get kids involved in your hobbies.

Andrew, Anitra, beyond board games, Interview

278 – Top Travel Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

January 31, 2022 Updated: January 23rd, 2025 Andrew Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

The Stars Align on an airplane tray table

What makes a game good for travel? It depends on how you’re traveling! We give a few tips on what to look for, as well as a dozen of our favorites.

Andrew, Anitra, small games, travel

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