The Family Gamers - Reviews

Constellations: Hexagonal Stargazing!

7.5/10

July 15, 2019 Updated: November 24th, 2020 Andrew Smith Reviews

Constellations is a tile-laying, pattern matching game for 2-4 players, lasting from 30-60 minutes. The game was designed by Ian Zang and Dante Lauretta and beautifully illustrated by Ashley Kenawell. Lay hexagons to grow the night sky and score points as you match patterns on your tiles!

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Andrew, educational games, set collection, stars, tile laying, Xtronaut

Color Field – Abstractly Puzzling

7/10

July 1, 2024 Anitra Smith Reviews

All paintings start as color and line. Color Field lets us play with matching up colors in an artistic framework.

Codenames Harry Potter

8/10

November 23, 2020 Updated: February 15th, 2025 Anitra Smith Reviews

Can you find the hidden Order of the Phoenix members? Or will you be stopped by Ministry officials and run out of time? Codenames Harry Potter combines the classic clue-giving experience with the magical wizarding world. Cooperate with your partner(s) to find all the Order of the Phoenix members without running out of time-turners or picking a Death Eater.

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2 players, Andrew, clue giving, cooperative games, guessing, Harry Potter, teams, The OP

Cloud City – Puzzling Layers of Pathways

6.5/10

December 28, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

If you have a budding architect who enjoys puzzles and want a light family game to play together, Cloud City is a good choice.

Clever Kids Mysteries: Fun for Young Detectives

8.5/10

June 24, 2019 Updated: June 25th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

On a recent rainy day, we received a mystery box from Clever Kids Mysteries – the Mystery at the Lux Museum. Opening the box, the kids were immediately interested in what this mystery might be, and how they could solve it!

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2 players, 3 players, Anitra, escape room, mystery, puzzles

Clear for Takeoff: A Race Down the Runway

6/10

May 29, 2017 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

One of my recently adopted criteria for a good family game is total length – from setup, through play time, to teardown. In this, Clear for Takeoff excels. Designed by Hagen Temeryazev, an airline pilot, illustrated by Etienne Hebinger, and published by Blue Orange Games, Clear for Takeoff is a card game that has you racing to get all three of

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Blue Orange Games, Board Games, card games, Corey, Family Games

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.

Clash of Magic Schools – Guide your School to Victory!

7.5/10

September 30, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews

This tight battle between two players changes dramatically depending on the style of play, and on which cards are revealed from the decks.

Cities: Skylines – Build Your Own Metropolis!

7/10

September 14, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

Cities: Skylines is the tabletop version of a video game with the same game. It’s a nice tight city-builder but too hard for younger kids.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, city building, cooperative games, KOSMOS, solitaire, solo

Chronicles of Crime: Investigating Game Changing Brilliance

8/10

October 22, 2018 Updated: March 6th, 2019 Andrew Smith Reviews

It isn’t often that a board game is released that changes game mechanics in a dramatic, noticeable way. These games are exciting, remarkable, and iconic. They often capture the essence of their predecessors but with unique twists that leave players wanting more. Chronicles of Crime is one of these games.

Chronicles of Avel – The Battle of the Beast

9/10

February 6, 2023 Updated: March 2nd, 2023 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

Chronicles of Avel doesn’t do anything particularly new and inventive with the mechanics. However, it doesn’t really need to. Everything in the game is so well implemented, logical, and reasonable, it doesn’t really matter.

Chomp

7/10

November 27, 2023 Updated: December 17th, 2023 Stephanie Nye Reviews

With simple rules and quick set up, Chomp is easy to dive into. The complexity lies in the decisions of card drafting and placement while considering end game scoring. And it works wonderfully as a solo puzzle game.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, AllPlay, Clarence Simpson, dinosaur, solo, Stephanie, tile laying

Chai: Quali-tea? or Tea-dious?

8.5/10

February 14, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

Chai is perfect for playing in a casual group. We can talk while we play, and our kids won’t spill it like they might with a real cup of tea.

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

Caverna: Cave vs. Cave – Hidden Treasure

8/10

February 25, 2019 Updated: November 13th, 2020 Andrew Smith Reviews

The constant push and pull to acquire the right resources and rooms to ratchet up your victory point and gold total is a fascinating puzzle for me. If you enjoy the careful balance of tight resource management games you will enjoy Cave vs Cave.

Cardventures: Stowaway 52 and Jump Ship!

7.5/10

December 15, 2016 Updated: September 22nd, 2017 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

Capital Lux 2: An Absurdly Awesome Tactical Game

9/10

September 21, 2021 Dave Smith Reviews

I love games that require constant reconfiguring of strategy due to changing conditions. I can’t think of many other games that force this upon you more than Capital Lux.

Campaign Trail: Vote Early, Vote Often

September 18, 2015 Updated: September 4th, 2019 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.

CAMP: The Family Pastime

7.5/10

August 7, 2017 Updated: October 29th, 2018 Andrew Smith Reviews

We went camping this past weekend, and what better way to celebrate camping than to play camping themed board games? This week we take a look at CAMP: The Game that Grows With You, the Dr. Toy award winning game from Education Outdoors. CAMP has a lot of features that are really appealing, but do they come together to make

Camp Pinetop

7/10

August 16, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Explore and collect outdoorsy merit badges to increase your scout troop’s rank in this game for 1-5 players.

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