The Family Gamers - Reviews

Wise Alec: Family Trivia Game

7/10

April 24, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

In 1982, a few newspaper editors came together to eventually create a game that became a household phenomenon. Using a non-linear board that facilitated stumping friends with trivia questions across various disciplines, Trivial Pursuit became firmly entrenched in the cultural zeitgeist of the United States. But for Gen-Xers and Millennials, it existed as a game with impossibly difficult questions and

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Andrew, Family Gaming, Griddly Games, multi-level play, trivia, Wise Alec

Battle Sheep: One Sheep, Two Sheep, Red Sheep, Blue Sheep

8/10

April 17, 2017 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

I love playing games with my kids that have either a simple setup, a simple cleanup, or simple rules. Battle Sheep, designed by Francesco Rotta and published by Blue Orange Games, has all three. With just a handful of quality components and a very limited set of choices to make each turn, games are breezy fun with your little lambs…

Digit’y Do: Fun With Numbers For All Ages

7/10

April 10, 2017 Ray Kelley Reviews

Digit’y Do is a simple pen-and-paper game that combines Bingo, counting, probability, and guesswork. It keeps kids and adults engaged and entertained. It takes less than five minutes to explain, so you’ll be playing in no time. Best of all, proceeds from this game go to a good cause: the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF), which provides medical grants for children

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6 players, Family Games, Family Gaming, pen and paper games, Ray, UHCCF

Cube Quest: Clash for the Crown

7.5/10

March 27, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Cube Quest promises fast-paced fun that is easy to learn. Are you ready to mobilize your fingers to defeat your opponent’s king and defend your own?

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2 players, Anitra, battle, dexterity games, dice, Family Gaming, Gamewright

Sushi Dice: Get Your Yucks in and Roll Your Way to Fun!

7/10

March 20, 2017 Ray Kelley Reviews

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.

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dice, Dude Games, Family Gaming, food, Ray, speed games, Tabletop Games

BattleGoats: Fun for All Ages!

7/10

February 26, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

Family Gamers, we think silliness is a great way to relate to your children, and with the game BattleGoats from CardLords, there is ample opportunity for less-than-serious play.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Andrew, animals, BattleGoats, card games, CardLords

Monsters in the Elevator: Cooperative Math Card Game

8/10

February 7, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Monsters in the Elevator is a math-based card game from Yaya Play. Players work together to keep the elevator from overloading as monsters enter and exit. Reach the 20th floor without crashing to win!

Stories: The Path of Destinies

7.5/10

February 1, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Stories: The Path of Destinies is a video game that blends traditional action-RPG with choose-your-own-adventure style. This makes for a game that you must play through multiple times in order to “win”.

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animals, Anitra, fantasy, solo, Video Games

Dragonwood: A Game of Dice and Daring

8.5/10

December 16, 2016 Andrew Smith Reviews

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.

Cardventures: Stowaway 52 and Jump Ship!

7.5/10

December 15, 2016 Anitra Smith Reviews

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?

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Anitra, card games, Cardventures, Gamewright, pirates, solitaire, solo, spaceship

PETTING ZOO: Roll, Buy, And Build Your Zoo to Victory!

7/10

December 4, 2016 Ray Kelley Reviews

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!

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animals, Board Games, dice, Family Gaming, Little Flower Games, Ray, Tabletop

Gimme 5

5/10

November 9, 2016 Andrew Smith Reviews

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.

Robit Riddle: Storybook Adventures

8/10

October 27, 2016 Anitra Smith Reviews

Robit Riddle, by Baba Geek Games, is a co-operative storytelling game. Can you and your robot friends find the missing robits?

Crazier Eights: Camelot – How will it end? Good fun while you try to win or not lose!

7.5/10

October 23, 2016 Ray Kelley Reviews

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

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card games, Crazier Eights, Family Gaming, James Gray, Kickstarter, Ray, Tabletop

WindUp War: Cute Cards, Cataclysmic Combat!

7/10

October 15, 2016 Ray Kelley Reviews

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.

Women in Science

7/10

September 10, 2016 Anitra Smith Reviews

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?

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Anitra, card games, educational games, Luana Games

JunKing: Impish Fun with all the Interesting Junk you can Grab!

February 20, 2016 Liz Kelley Reviews

We recently got the chance to work with Junk Spirit Games to check out their new game, JunKing, a game where you play as an imp avatar picking through a massive junk pile to collect the most impressive trash heap ever! Does it make the cut or is it junk? Read more to find out!

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5 players, 6 players, Board Games, card games, family, Family Gaming, Junk Spirit Games, Liz

Santa’s Little Helpers and the Ice Cube Jam

8.5/10

November 22, 2015 Anitra Smith Reviews

Despite the name, Santa’s Little Helpers and the Ice Cube Jam is not a rap group that only does Christmas songs. No! It’s a cute, holiday-themed game, appropriate for all ages. You are an elf, one of “Santa’s Little Helpers”. You are collecting sets of blue, green, and clear “ice cubes” that Santa uses to make jam. The first player

World’s Fair 1893: Ride the Ferris Wheel!

9/10

October 8, 2015 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

Step back in time to Chicago in 1893. The World’s Fair is coming to your city. But you’re not merely attending the fair – you’re helping to design and organize it! Such is the premise behind World’s Fair 1893, an area-control game by Foxtrot Games.

Campaign Trail: Vote Early, Vote Often

September 18, 2015 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

First and foremost, you need to understand that Campaign Trail is not a simulation. The sooner you get notions of realism out of your head, the sooner you will love this game.

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