The Family Gamers - Reviews

The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine

9/10

October 12, 2020 Updated: April 19th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

There seems to be a planet at the edge of our solar system. Can you and your fellow astronauts complete the missions ahead of you to unlock the mystery of planet nine? The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine blends loose story-telling with truly inventive cooperative trick-taking while limiting players’ ability to communicate. The result is a tense collaborative experience,

The Color Monster… And Emotional Intelligence

8/10

February 24, 2020 Updated: March 4th, 2020 Chrissy Wissler Reviews

The Color Monster is all mixed up; he can’t tell what he’s feeling and his friend, the little girl, offers to help sort it all out. Work together to sort all the Color Monster’s emotions in the correct jars…

The Adventures of Robin Hood

9.5/10

November 29, 2021 Updated: January 2nd, 2023 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

A large interactive map and a genuine hardcover book guide your multi-part narrative adventure as you and up to three friends live the lives of Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet, and Maid Marian.

The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance – When Stories Get Crazy

8.5/10

July 12, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

Bureau of Balance is a fun, farcical storytelling game designed to get everyone around the table laughing. It’s light on rules because it’s supposed to be. If you’re looking for a crunchy, min-maxing dungeon crawl adventure, pass on this one.

The A.R.T. Project

7.5/10

June 10, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews

Some board gamers might thrive on the nail-biting tension caused by resource acquisition and challenging fighting in this game. We, however, often found it overly frustrating in many of our plays.

Tesseract – Cooperative Cube Containment

8/10

January 1, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews

Are kids allowed when you’re saving the known universe? We think so. Cooperate to contain cubes from the collapsing Tesseract before it causes an irreparable breach!

Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game

7.5/10

December 5, 2023 Updated: April 24th, 2024 Jeremy Pike Reviews

Players chuck dice to make Mars habitable: increasing oxygen, raising temperature, and creating oceans. The dice represent different resources players can spend to raise these terraforming parameters or play Project cards.

Tangram City

7/10

September 2, 2024 Anitra Smith Reviews

“Take me down the Tangram City
Where the blocks are square
And balance is pretty…” In Tangram City, up to five players compete to build the largest city blocks, while keeping a balance between buildings and green space.

Tang Garden : Meditative and Artistic

8/10

November 16, 2020 Andrew Smith Reviews

2020 has been tough, and there hasn’t been a lot of beauty to behold. Stop and smell the peonies in this gorgeous garden building game from Lucky Duck Games and ThunderGryph.

Tamagotchi Collections – It’s Potty Time

6/10

May 25, 2026 Updated: June 6th, 2026 Jeremy Pike Reviews

Tamagotchi Collections is a fine game for someone who wants to revel in nostalgia or introduce that cute-but-frustrating experience to young children.

Tall Tales: Story Weaving

6.5/10

August 22, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

As you can imagine, we’re no stranger writing and stories here at The Family Gamers. Tall Tales lets us do exactly that.

Tajuto: Pagoda Pandemonium

8/10

September 7, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

In Tajuto from Renier Knizia up to four players will construct pagodas to increase their Meditation and achieve Spirituality points. Tajuto is published by Super Meeple (Luma Imports distributes it in the US & Canada) and is best for players ages 10+. How to Play Your goal is to have the most Spirituality points when the fourth pagoda is completed.

Sweet Deals – A Sweet Treat In Moderation

6/10

June 24, 2024 Jeremy Pike Reviews

Our family thought Sweet Deals was a sweet little game, in small doses.

Suspects: Claire Harper Takes the Stage

8/10

December 12, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

Despite the length, we found this murder mystery series to be an excellent family experience.

Sushi Roll – Maki Your Rolls Count!

8.5/10

March 30, 2020 Updated: March 27th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

Sushi Roll is just as cute and fast-paced as the original. Overall, I’d recommend it for families who want to introduce drafting to non-reading children, or to families who love dice games. It’s a light, fast-moving game that will feel very familiar.

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

7/10

March 20, 2017 Updated: July 21st, 2020 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

Surf’s Up! – Collect the Best Waves

9/10

May 6, 2024 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Surf’s Up is all about timing – play your high-energy card right to catch the wave you want. Bid on ocean wave cards with energy and reputation, and avoid being stung by jellyfish!

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

Super Hack Override: Proxy Swap Your Way to Supreme Victory!

6/10

October 16, 2017 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Andrew Smith Reviews

“There’s a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it’s not about who’s got the most bullets. It’s about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think… it’s all about the information!” – Sneakers, 1992 For some of us, it’s quotes like these that are about as close to hacking as

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Andrew, card games, take that, Weird Giraffe

Super Beat Sports: We’ve Got the Beat

6.5/10

January 2, 2018 Updated: February 24th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

A rare video-game review! Harmonix is known for rhythm-and-music video games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band. We love every game they have made (we regularly rave about Amplitude), so when they announced their new game for Switch, Super Beat Sports, we were intrigued. Sports in a music game? How could that work?

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Anitra, Harmonix, music, Nintendo, rhythm, sports, Video Games

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