The Family Gamers - Reviews

Atheneum: Mystic Library – Feeling Bookish

8/10

April 12, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

A security guard caught you red-handed sneaking into the school library late at night for some before-the-final cramming. Your penance is to sort and reshelve all the books that need to be cleaned up! Athenenum: Mystic Library is a drafting and spatial planning game for 2-5 players ages 10 and up. It takes between 30-45 minutes to sort and shelve

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Andrew, books, drafting games, Family Games, humor, library, magic, Renegade, Spatial Puzzle

SNAP Review – Kombo Klash

April 9, 2021 Updated: March 17th, 2024 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Kombo Klash is a clever game of crazy combos, and we love it.

My City – Marvelous Municipal Creation

8.5/10

April 5, 2021 Updated: March 27th, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

A legacy game with rules that gently ramp up over time – and NO conflict! We think it’s perfect for families.

Jurassic Parts – Excavation Excitement!

8.5/10

March 29, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Once I started placing chisels, I was sucked in. If I could just get one more chisel over there, I’d split off a big enough chunk and get the fossils I wanted! Maybe I could add just a single chisel to someone else’s line – a tiny investment for a big payoff. What’s underneath that face-down tile, anyway?

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2 players, 25th Century Games, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, Anitra, dinosaur

SNAP Review – Bluffaneer Dice Game

March 26, 2021 Updated: February 13th, 2023 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

Roll the bones and bluff your way to riches in this wonderfully piratey filler game best at 5-6 players. Izzy & Nick tell all in 6 minutes.

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3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, audio, bluffing, dice, Dice Rolling, Izzy, Jeremy Posner, Ken Gruhl, Nick, pirates, video

Orbital Velocity – Sending Satellites to the Skies

7.5/10

March 21, 2021 Updated: April 19th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

In Orbital Velocity, two teams compete to get their satellites into orbit. For the purposes of the game, each orbit can only hold a single satellite, so the first team to each orbit wins the round.

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2 players, 4 players, Anitra, educational games, Orbital Velocity, Science, space

SNAP Review – Deckscape: The Mystery of El Dorado

March 19, 2021 Updated: April 21st, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

After years of research and seraching, you have concluded that the legend of El Dorado is in fact, just a myth. But wait! The Amazon holds one last clue to: The Mystery of El Dorado!

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Andrew, Anitra, audio, cooperative games, dV Giochi, escape room, mystery

Stop Thief! – A Game Night Steal

9.5/10

March 15, 2021 Ryan Smoker Reviews

This game is just elegantly smooth in how it plays. Simple mechanics, easy to learn, and so much fun to deduce where the thief is.

SNAP Review – Cat Tower

March 12, 2021 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

What do you say about a game when the entire box is covered with super adorable cat art, and even unfolds to become a cat?

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Andrew, animals, Anitra, cats, Renegade, stacking

Via Magica – Powering Patterned Portals

9/10

March 8, 2021 Updated: June 28th, 2024 Anitra Smith Reviews

Incantatum! Open magical portals through the power of crystallized Animus spirits. A bingo-powered game for up to 6 players, perfect for families of all ages.

SNAP Review – Decktective: Bloody Red Roses

March 5, 2021 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Decktective is a mystery presented as a deck of cards with a full case for 1-6 detectives to solve.

Boomerang – Draft Your Way Through Australia

8/10

March 1, 2021 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Nick reviews the first edition of Boomerang, a phenomenal small box game. Draft cards to collect photos and souvenirs all around Australia, but be careful that your “throw” card is less than the final card you “catch”!

SNAP Review – Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

February 26, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Roll dice and grab chickens from the coop to put in your bag. Cook the chickens for more points while stealing chickens from your fellow crafty foxes. Can you win the best chicken dinner?

Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

8.5/10

February 22, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Darkness falls in Sunnydale. Vampires and demons rise from the shadows, but they’re not the only ones. When Buffy is pitted against her allies, who will win?

Dream Runners – Savoring Serene Sopor

8/10

February 15, 2021 Updated: March 7th, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

In Dream Runners, your goal is to banish nightmares and maintain your serenity so you can acquire dream points and get out of the dream world as fast as you can!

SNAP Review – Cloud Control: Composing Cumulus Creations

February 12, 2021 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

Look, up in the sky – is that a dog? Or a bear? Create cloud pictures for your friends to guess in this party game for 3 or more players.

Dale Of Merchants Collection

9/10

February 8, 2021 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Dale of Merchants is my favorite deck-building game. Play cards to gain effects, or group them in sets to create your “merchant stalls” to win the game!

SNAP Review – Cloaked Cats

February 5, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Be sneaky and hide your identity while guessing about your fellow cats in this deduction game for 2-4 players.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, animals, Anitra, cats, Connor Reid, deduction, Family Gaming, HABA

Meduris: Mystical Magical Mountain

7.5/10

February 1, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

“Meduris isn’t complicated, but it definitely requires planning at a level I haven’t seen in HABA games before. It also punishes players for failing to plan correctly, another distinctly un-HABA like trait. Nonetheless, it’s still a great game with many layers of strategy that we’re still unlocking multiple plays in.”

SNAP Review – StarLink: Sketch New Constellations

January 29, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Create your own constellations in StarLink, a drawing-and-guessing game that manages to be puzzley while avoiding the frantic shout-fest common to other drawing games.

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3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Andrew, audio, Blue Orange Games, Claire, drawing, stars

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