The Family Gamers - Reviews

Dinosaur Tea Party: Delightful Dino Deduction

10/10

October 15, 2018 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Nick Martinelli Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

You’ve been invited to Dinoton Abbey for high tea; one of the most exclusive invites in all of Britain. Adorned in your finest attire, you stroll into the party and survey the room. Everyone is catching up on all the latest gossip and worldly affairs, while sipping tea and eating glorious cakes.

Digit’y Do: Fun With Numbers For All Ages

7/10

April 10, 2017 Updated: October 17th, 2024 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

Dicey Peaks: Not High Enough

6.5/10

January 14, 2019 Updated: March 3rd, 2021 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

Sheer adventure awaits you in Calliope Games’ Dicey Peaks, by Scott Almes. Up to six players assault the summit of a Himalayan mountain. Listed for ages 8 and up, we found that even kids as young as 5 can join in on the expedition, making this a good option for a wide range of ages. Strap on your crampons, brave adventurer, and read on.

Dice Throne: Throwin’ Dice and Takin’ Names

9/10

July 22, 2019 Updated: February 2nd, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Dice Throne is an easy game to pick up and learn. The core of the game is manipulating your dice to get the best result, leading some people to call it “battle Yahtzee”. However, the wide variety present in the cards and characters keeps games feeling fresh and allows for many different overall strategies.

Dice Manor: Build for Prestige!

7.5/10

February 5, 2024 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Dice Manor is light, family friendly, and quick to grasp. The multitude of choices make it a fantastic puzzle, and your choices will impact other players.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Arcane Wonders, bidding, build, dice, Garrett Herdter, Nick, tile laying

Destinies – A Spoiler-Free Review!

8.6/10

July 29, 2024 Updated: March 23rd, 2025 Stephanie Nye Reviews

Destinies is an incredibly immersive app-driven RPG that allows players to engage in quests and map out their fates, all without the need for a game master. The base game offers five unique scenarios with three characters for each, and each character has two paths to choose from.

Dead & Breakfast

8.5/10

October 11, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

Is this game of horrifying hotel management terrible, or terrifying(ly awesome)?

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Anitra, Braincrack Games, ghost, halloween, monster, spooky, tile laying, zombie

Danger The Game

7/10

May 16, 2022 Nick Martinelli Reviews

The object of Danger The Game is to concoct a daring rescue plan to help a victim avoid their self-inflicted peril. The victim is the judge, and they will ultimately decide which rescue plan is best.

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!

Dairyman: Milking It

7/10

October 2, 2017 Updated: December 28th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

In Dairyman, you are a dairy farmer, competing with your fellow farmers to see who can produce the most milk. Make cheese and ice cream along the way, and don’t let it spoil! Do we think Dairyman is a gouda game, or is it all jacked up? Read on to see if it hits a rocky road, or if it is the cream of the crop!

Curiouser and Curiouser – A Case of Curious Cargo

7.5/10

May 2, 2022 Updated: April 24th, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews

Make the things, pipe them to the trucks, and ship them! Try to receive anything shipped to you and pipe it back into your machines! That’s the general premise behind Curious Cargo, a game by Ryan Courtney and published by Capstone Games. Curious Cargo is a two-player only game for industrial engineers age 12+ that have an hour to spare.

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2 players, Andrew, Capstone Games, Kwanchai Moriya, Ryan Courtney

Cube Quest: Clash for the Crown

7.5/10

March 27, 2017 Updated: March 24th, 2018 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

Cryptid Cafe

6/10

October 31, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

Every character in Cryptid Cafe is a silly monster – the customers, the master chef, and the servers. The customers seem friendly, although a little impatient to get their meals.

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25th Century Games, 3 players, 4 players, Anitra, Chip Cole, food, halloween, monster

Crosstalk: Signal to Noise Ratio

7/10

September 3, 2018 Andrew Smith Reviews

I was sitting at my desk a few weeks after a work trip when my instant messenger dinged me. It was my colleague Steve. I thought of the perfect hint for that game! “That game” was CrossTalk, a party game I had brought on the trip. It wasn’t the first time something like this had happened to someone I played

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Andrew, CrossTalk, Nauvoo, party game, word games

Criss Cross: Will Make You Roll, Roll

7/10

January 27, 2020 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

In Criss Cross, you’ll roll two dice and write the pair of symbols anywhere on your player sheet. Make groups of matching symbols in rows and columns to get the best score.

Crazy Tower – The Architect Meets the Saboteur

8.5/10

August 10, 2020 Ryan Smoker Reviews

Put a little “fun with gravity” in your next family night with Crazy Tower, a building game that’s engaging for both builders and destroyers—you know who you are!

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, dexterity games, Luma Games, Ryan, solo, stacking, Synapses Games

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

7.5/10

October 23, 2016 Updated: August 20th, 2019 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

Cranium Big Brain Detective Game

6/10

October 30, 2023 Stephanie Nye Reviews

Cranium Big Brain Detective Game is more of a seek-and-find activity than a game. Young players can solve mysteries on a colorful, large-scale game board.

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2 players, Cranium, Funko Games, mystery, seek-and-find, solo, Stephanie, young children

Cover Your Kingdom: The Family Gamers’ O-pun-ion

7.5/10

September 21, 2020 Andrew Smith Reviews

Conspire to acquire punderful creatures in this take-that set collection game. Best at 6-8 players, you’ll be showing cards to fellow players, marveling at how so many puns can be crammed into such a small box.

Cosmoctopus – The Incredible Inky Immortal!

8/10

November 4, 2024 Updated: November 19th, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews

This is a game about managing your cult full of space octopus worshipers. For some of us this was silly, but for others it was a little uncomfortable.

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