SNAP Reviews

Let us tell you about new family games – in a SNAP review! We take just 5 minutes of audio or video to review GAMES – Game, Art, Mechanics, Expectations, and Surprises.

No time to listen? Prefer your short reviews in another format? Read the written summary. Pictures and a star rating will help you learn about games quickly.

Are these games the right fit for your family? Listen and find out – in a SNAP!

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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

SNAP Review – Jekyll vs. Hyde

September 30, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

A compact game that illustrates the struggle between balance and extremes. Will you be Mr. Hyde and win (or lose) it all? Or Dr. Jekyll, who strives to keep balance in all things?

SNAP Review – Isle of Monsters

January 3, 2020 Updated: November 12th, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Join Elliot on the Isle of Monsters in this short audio review. Capture and train monsters to win the scare competition!

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5 players, Andrew, Anitra, audio, Elliot, Kwanchai Moriya, Mayday Games, monster

SNAP Review – Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape

August 20, 2021 Updated: August 18th, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

An unusual memory game for 1-4 players, ages 5+. Turn the Inspector and listen for criminals sounding the alarm as they try to escape! Can you figure out which criminal was last in the cell where the escape tunnel was dug?

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, deduction, HABA, memory game, solo, video, young children

SNAP Review – Insert Coin to Play

November 11, 2022 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

An unusual flip-and-write game with an 8-bit arcade theme. Draft shapes then try to fill them in effectively to get the most points without losing too many lives!

SNAP Review – Inoka

June 7, 2019 Updated: December 6th, 2020 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

Forest creatures fight in a beautifully illustrated game reminiscent of rock-paper-scissors for 2-4 players. Nick tells us what his family likes about Inoka.

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audio, battle, Card Game, card games, Izzy, Nick, XYZ Game Labs

SNAP Review – In A Flash Firefighters

October 2, 2020 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Race to match the hoses and put out the fire! Which firefighter can untangle the hoses and reach the fire first? In A Flash Firefighters is a speedy puzzle game from HABA, best for younger players.

SNAP Review – Hundred Acre Wood Fluxx

February 28, 2025 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

This Fluxx game was really crafted with a love for Winnie the Pooh and it references all our favorite moments from these 100 year old stories.

SNAP Review – Home Sweet Home (Or Not)

April 21, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

The scenarios in Home Sweet Home (or not) were cute, but the game is missing something to make it great.

SNAP Review – Home Alone: The Game

December 8, 2018 Updated: November 24th, 2020 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

Hello? Hello? Mom, Dad? Don’t leave me home alone!

Play as Kevin McCallister or the Wet Bandits in the Home Alone Game from Big G Creative. Hear our thoughts in about 10 minutes, or read on below.

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audio, Big G Creative, bluffing, Card Game, hide and seek, Izzy, Nick

SNAP Review – Hex Roller

August 2, 2019 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Hex Roller stands out from a lot of other roll-and-write games because it dispenses with theme, to focus on making this puzzle the best it can be.

SNAP Review – Hero Hockey

November 5, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

I don’t think Hero Hockey could be simpler if it tried. Set up your magnetic hero, then try to knock the ball into your opponent’s goal.

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2 players, Andrew, Anitra, Asmodee, dexterity games, hockey

SNAP Review – HEIST: One Team, One Mission

December 27, 2019 Updated: November 12th, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Heist is an electronic game from University Games. Can your team pull off the perfect heist? Elliot tells us all about it.

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Anitra, audio, electronic, Elliot, heist, Rob Daviau, Roleplaying, University Games

SNAP Review – Hedgehog Haberdash

May 14, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

The baby hedgehogs are playing dress up, but they don’t have spiky quills like mom and dad. How can they dress up and pretend to be adults? Maybe with this bag of pointy leaves?

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, animals, HABA, matching, memory game, video, young children

SNAP Review – Head Spin

January 20, 2023 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Two players race to solve four-color puzzles and indicate the answers on a spinner toy. Can you solve the puzzles faster, or will they make your Head Spin?

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2 players, Andrew, Anitra, Project Genius, puzzle, puzzles, Simultaneous Play, speed games

SNAP Review – Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising

August 21, 2020 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising is a cooperative dice-rolling, card drafting game. Recruit wizards to defeat the Dark Lord and his army of Death Eaters!

SNAP Review – Hamster Roll

November 15, 2024 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Every once in a while a game comes along that makes you stop and look at it. You’re just moving along on the hamster wheel of life and something comes out that is so clever, and so simple, that you just have to marvel at it. It helps when it looks great, and draws a crowd.

SNAP Review – Hammer Time

December 24, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

I get hammer the box in this game? Sounds like a hit! (boo)

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, dexterity games, gems, HABA

SNAP Review – Gurms

September 2, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Gurms is a straightforward game: place a tile, try to match your type and make groups. But the strategy and tactics don’t match up with the simplicity of the rules.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, Bananagrams, Family Gaming, matching, math, tile laying

SNAP Review – Guess It, Get It, Gumballs: A Game of Faces and Feelings

August 23, 2019 Updated: April 21st, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Grab gumballs, then guess what they’re feeling! Guess It, Get It, Gumballs is a unusual cooperative memory game for ages 4+. It’s perfect to get your kid talking about feelings.

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