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8.5/10
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Danger The Game
7/10
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.
» Read moreDale Of Merchants Collection
9/10
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!
» Read moreDairyman: Milking It
7/10
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!
» Read moreCuriouser and Curiouser – A Case of Curious Cargo
7.5/10
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.
» Read moreCube Quest: Clash for the Crown
7.5/10
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?
» Read moreCryptid Cafe
6/10
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.
» Read moreCrosstalk: Signal to Noise Ratio
7/10
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
» Read moreCriss Cross: Will Make You Roll, Roll
7/10
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.
» Read moreCrazy Tower – The Architect Meets the Saboteur
8.5/10
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!
» Read moreCrazier Eights: Camelot – How will it end? Good fun while you try to win or not lose!
7.5/10
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
» Read moreCranium Big Brain Detective Game
6/10
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.
» Read moreCover Your Kingdom: The Family Gamers’ O-pun-ion
7.5/10
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.
» Read moreCosmoctopus – The Incredible Inky Immortal!
8/10
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.
» Read moreCosmic Cow Collectors – Comedic Card Craftiness!
7.5/10
In Cosmic Cow Collectors you get to make abductions. Of cows. Because in this universe, cows are the most precious resource.
» Read moreConstellations: Hexagonal Stargazing!
7.5/10
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!
» Read moreColor Field – Abstractly Puzzling
7/10
All paintings start as color and line. Color Field lets us play with matching up colors in an artistic framework.
» Read moreCodenames Harry Potter
8/10
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.
» Read moreCloud City – Puzzling Layers of Pathways
6.5/10
If you have a budding architect who enjoys puzzles and want a light family game to play together, Cloud City is a good choice.
» Read moreClever Kids Mysteries: Fun for Young Detectives
8.5/10
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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