Haunt the House
Haunt the House is a well crafted Halloween themed game that mixes deduction, press-your-luck, and set collection really well.
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Happy City: Pick the Best Buildings
So often city building games don’t live up to my SimCity ideals. But Happy City does exactly what I have wanted in a competitive city building game. Here you build the best city you can with the resources you have.
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Capital Lux 2: An Absurdly Awesome Tactical Game
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.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Off to Bed!
It’s time for bed, and we’re going to use a game. But Andrew’s too old to help with this review – so we get Elliot instead!
» Read moreUbongo! 3D
I love puzzle games, and for some reason I like them even more when they’re abstract – fitting colors and numbers and shapes together just right.
» Read moreEXIT: The Cursed Labyrinth – A-Maze-ingly Difficult
As you can tell from the title, you and your friends are stuck in a mysterious labyrinth. You must find your way out through a puzzling series of twists & turns. But is this EXIT a worthy puzzle, or just an impenetrable maze?
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Photosynthesis: Under the Moonlight or Lost in the Dark?
Under the Moonlight is an expansion to Photosynthesis that promises complexity without adding randomness. Unfortunately, complexity is all that it brought to the table.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape
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?
» Read moreCamp Pinetop
Explore and collect outdoorsy merit badges to increase your scout troop’s rank in this game for 1-5 players.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Enchanted Plumes
Andrew dresses up with his fancy plumage – but I’m not sure that will work to attract Anitra.
» Read moreSea Change – Aquatic Trick Taking
Traditional trick taking games are fine in their own way, but they don’t draw me in. Enter Sea Change, a new evolution of trick taking card games.
» Read moreAnimix – Set Collection in the Wild
It’s time for a safari with Animix! Collect animals of different types and make sure the ones still on the table are arranged in their favorite patterns.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Robots Ate Our Pizza
Alien robots have come and challenged your group to a puzzle! Finish poorly, and they’ll eat all your pizza. Finish well, and… well, you’ll have some pizza left for yourselves to enjoy.
» Read moreTumble Town – Dice Stacking on Main Street
There’s gold in the hills! In Tumble Town by Kevin Russ, you’re building a brand new town in the American West from the ground up. Can you impress the townspeople with your planning skills and be the best in the West?
» Read more254 – Honey, I Shrunk the Game – The Family Gamers Podcast
This week, we’re discussing games that have been sized down, either for portability or for a faster & simpler experience. Are these smaller games worth it?
» Read moreThe Game: Face To Face
To truly succeed in marriage and parenting you need to be inside your partner’s head as much as possible to support one another and be on the same page. But sometimes you can get into the head of your partner for your own benefit…
» Read moreSpace Explorers
Space Explorers does a great job capturing the feel of the golden age of space exploration in a straightforward set collection game. But don’t mistake straightforward for simple!
» Read moreQuatorze: Seven7s Plus Seven More
Quatorze seems like a short filler game, but it’s deeply strategic. It will probably take longer to learn it than to play it the first time.
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