The Family Gamers - Reviews

Slide Blast: A Splashing Good Time!

8/10

July 30, 2018 Updated: November 24th, 2020 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Have fond memories of making the trip to the water park on a hot summer day? Nothing was more fun than the thrill of tearing down the slides at breakneck speed, anticipating the splashdown at the end of the tunnel. You might ride the same slide over and over until it was time to go home. But how can you

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5 players, 6 players, FoxMind, Nick, outdoor games, summer, tile laying, water

SNAP Review – Jetpack Joyride

July 24, 2018 Updated: October 6th, 2019 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Reviews – in a snap! Our inaugural SNAP review is Jetpack Joyride, from Halfbrick Studios and Lucky Duck Games. Jetpack Joyride, the board game, translates the frantic feel of the endless runner into a tile-laying puzzle. Speed puzzle: lay polyominoes (5-unit pieces) onto individual boards to build a path and be the first to “escape the lab”. Cover coins

Trash Pandas: Hot Garbage or Good Garbage?

7.5/10

July 23, 2018 Updated: September 20th, 2021 Dave Smith Reviews

Trash Pandas is a press-your-luck, dice-rolling game designed by Michael Esuke of Red Rook Games. Players become raccoons digging through trash.

The Tea Dragon Society Card Game: Adorable Deck Building

8/10

July 16, 2018 Updated: March 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

The Tea Dragon Society now has meetings in board game land! Does the game hold up to the tone and message of the comic? Is it still fun to play if you’ve never read the comic? Yes to both!

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Anitra, books, card games, comic, deck building, dragons, flowers, nature, plants, Renegade

Super Mario Level Up!: Climb All of the Levels!

6/10

July 9, 2018 Updated: October 29th, 2018 Andrew Smith Reviews

There is not a more recognizable image of video games in America than the Mario Brothers. Today we’ll take a look at a licensed board game featuring this iconic duo: Super Mario Level Up!, a 2017 game from USAopoly.

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5 players, 6 players, Andrew, deduction, Nintendo, Super Mario, The OP, vote

Funky Chicken: Dance Like No One is Watching

6/10

July 2, 2018 Updated: February 13th, 2023 Andrew Smith Reviews

How do you write about a game that is all about the experience of playing? Funky Chicken isn’t much to look at, but it is amazingly silly fun. Can you make a fool of yourself to get rid of your cards first, or will you be too chicken?

Skyward: Cloud City Contributors

4.5/10

June 25, 2018 Dave Smith Reviews

Everyone pitch in to raise and equip the first city in the sky! But who will the city be named for? Who will be the star of the show, the Lando Calrissian, of this inaugural city in the clouds? I was excited to try this one as I’ve enjoyed a few older games (San Marco, Canal Grande) which have a

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card games, city building, Dave, split and choose

Anomia Kids: Sounds Like Fun!

9/10

June 18, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

Anomia is a word from a Latin root and means “without name”. It’s the term for being unable to come up with the name of an object. Anomia is also a game (from Anomia Press), in which players race to come up with a word that fits a certain category, ranging from “color” to “rock opera” to “shampoo brand”.

Skribble Dash: Picture This!

7/10

June 11, 2018 Updated: February 21st, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

But have you noticed that simply holding a pencil encourages nearly everyone to doodle? Why not make it a game?

PDQ: Are You Pretty Darn Quick?

7/10

June 4, 2018 Updated: March 28th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

What’s a word that starts with A and contains a P and then an L? Maybe you thought “apple”, but how about “application” or “anthropology”?

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Anitra, Gamewright, speed games, word games

Monster Match: Can you do the Match?

8/10

May 21, 2018 Updated: February 13th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

The bakers in Sprinkleton have a big problem – monsters keep stealing all their donuts! Can you pick out the suspects and help the bakers recover their donuts? Monster Match is a new collaboration from the team that brought us Happy Salmon – designers Ken Gruhl & Quentin Weir, with art by Linda DeSantis. As with Happy Salmon, Monster Match

Roll For It!: Let the Good Times Roll!

7.5/10

May 14, 2018 Updated: April 27th, 2021 Nick Martinelli Reviews

After dinner, I asked Nonnie if she was up for a game… By the second or third game her competitiveness kicked in; she was trash talking my dad, razzing my daughter and having a blast. Then, she ditched me and wanted to play on her own. She was smiling, laughing and really enjoying herself.

Robo Diner: Order Up!

6/10

May 7, 2018 Updated: January 6th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

Robot waiters gather food and bring it to customers. But can you deliver the food combinations your customers need?

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Anitra, card games, food, Game Crafter, robot, set collection, take that

Century: Spice Road – Trading for Fun and Profit

9/10

April 21, 2018 Updated: January 2nd, 2023 Nick Martinelli Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

Transport yourself to centuries past to a time when the trading along the spice roads led to great wealth and power. As a spice merchant you’ll lead your caravan to exotic markets to sell your valuable spices. Do you have what it takes to play your cards shrewdly, time your trades just right to acquire five point cards first and

Fairy Tile: Build The Kingdom

8/10

April 16, 2018 Updated: August 16th, 2018 Andrew Smith Reviews

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” – William Shakespeare In Fairy Tile, you create the map of the kingdom and move the fairy tale characters through their story. Use the Pages in your Book to recount the adventure of the princess, the knight, and the dragon.

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Anitra, dragons, exploration, fairy tale, Storytelling, Tabletop, Tabletop Games, tile laying

Zooscape: Gotta Catch ‘Em All

8/10

April 9, 2018 Updated: March 3rd, 2021 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

The ugly duckling emerging into a beautiful swan. Zooscape, a Tasty Minstrel Games remixing of OKAZU Brand’s Curio Collectors, is exhibit A of the mantra: “Don’t judge a game by its first playthrough.”

2 Button Shy Games: Cow, Tiger, Santa Claus & In Vino Morte

6.5/10

April 2, 2018 Updated: July 11th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Button Shy is a micro-publisher dealing exclusively in micro-games. All of their games are small enough to fit in a wallet. Although some of these games are quite involved despite the small number of cards, we’ll be looking at two of their lightest games: a travel game and a fast deduction party game. Cow, Tiger, Santa Claus As a child,

Classic Reviews – Dixit: What Art They Thinking?

9/10

March 26, 2018 Updated: February 2nd, 2021 Dave Smith Reviews

Some games, in my opinion, fall into the category of “must have” in your collection. There are some games which I seem to never get tired of playing. Some games that are good “gateway” games; games that are great for helping introduce inexperienced players to more complex games. Dixit is an incredible game that fulfills all these categories.

Top Trumps: War Without Politics

6.5/10

March 19, 2018 Updated: August 20th, 2018 Anitra Smith Reviews

Sometimes, you just want a simple game to pass the time. It’s even better if you can learn a little bit while you’re playing. For decades, Top Trumps has been doing its part to fill this need in the UK, but after being acquired by Winning Moves, they are now available in the US. With hundreds of different decks, did

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Anitra, battle, Card Game, card games, educational games, War, Winning Moves

Rage of the Trolls: A Gruff Look at More Fearsome Fiends

7/10

March 12, 2018 Updated: May 28th, 2018 Andrew Smith Reviews

In our last review we looked at the game Gruff from Studio Woe. This week we’ll look at the recently published second expansion, Rage of the Trolls. Unlike their first expansion, Clash of the Battle Goats, (released in 2016) Rage of the Trolls includes a brand new play mode completely unlike anything before it.

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