The Family Gamers - 3 players

My First Castle Panic: So Easy a Child Can Do It!

April 2, 2019 Updated: November 29th, 2020 Andrew Smith Reviews

Playing Castle Panic (a fantastic game) with my 4-year-old felt more like giving instructions to an unwilling robot. He wasn’t enjoying himself, and I wasn’t enjoying him not enjoying himself. Would My First Castle Panic be different?

My First Castle Panic is a cooperative tower (castle) defense game for 1-4 players ages 4+ that plays in just 20 minutes. Team up and protect the castle from monsters coming to knock it down! Throw the monsters in jail and save the castle!

SNAP Review – Fluff: Liar’s Dice for Cunning Critters

March 29, 2019 Updated: March 31st, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Fluff, from Bananagrams, is actually the two-hundred-year-old game Liar’s Dice, with adorable but shady looking critters and clever dice cups. Claire tells you why we like it.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, animals, Anitra, audio, Bananagrams, bluffing, Claire, dice

SNAP Review – Shikoku: The Middle Path

March 22, 2019 Updated: March 4th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

In Shikoku, you learn that coming in first isn’t always the best. We try to tackle this game with rules that are easy to learn, but hard to explain, in about 8 minutes of audio.

SNAP Review – Get the MacGuffin

March 8, 2019 Updated: January 23rd, 2025 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Get the MacGuffin from Looney Labs is a fast-playing game of player elimination. It’s silly and incredibly quick, even at the maximum of 11 players. Can we find the MacGuffin or were we disappointed?

Poetry Slam: A Boardgame for Beatniks

March 5, 2019 Updated: February 15th, 2025 Anitra Smith Reviews

We’d recommend Poetry Slam to any hep cat. It’s fun for strategy gamers as well as fans of more casual word games.

SNAP Review – Sparkle*Kitty: Powerful Princesses in Peril

February 22, 2019 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Be a pretty princess and save yourself with sweet spells in Sparkle Kitty, a silly word game from Breaking Games. Hear our thoughts in 5 minutes with this audio review.

SNAP Review – The Champion of the Wild

February 8, 2019 Updated: February 2nd, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

The Champion of the Wild is a voting and negotiation game for 3-8 players. Coach your animal(s) to victory in a series of competitive events. Listen to our thoughts in about 5 minutes.

Scarabya: Excavations that Missed the Beet(le)

February 5, 2019 Updated: April 6th, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

It is up to you to find the most Scarab relics! From the desert to the rain forest, from the Bermuda Triangle to Antarctica, these golden beetles are scattered across the world. Set up camps and mark Excavation Areas. Can you find the most Scarabs and uncover the mystery of Scarabya?

SNAP Review – The Potion

January 25, 2019 Updated: June 23rd, 2021 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

In this group game, predict and out-think your opponents’ choices. Discard all but one of your ingredients and win. Listen to our wizards’ impressions in 5 minutes.

Dicey Peaks: Not High Enough

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.

Bugs on Rugs: Elementary Entomology

January 6, 2019 Updated: October 15th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

Welcome to the exciting world of bug collecting! Snatch bugs off the rug to add to your collection, but watch out for the bugs you don’t catch – they’ll fly onto the wall and do tricky things.

SNAP Review – Drop It

December 20, 2018 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Drop It was designed by Bernhard Lach & Uwe Rapp and published by KOSMOS. It feels a bit like Connect 4 played with tangram shapes, if your object was to make as few lines as possible. Hear our impressions of this strategic dexterity game in about 6 minutes, or read on for more.

Fruit Ninja Combo Party

December 5, 2018 Updated: February 21st, 2021 Nick Martinelli Reviews

You are young apprentices, in training to legendary Fruit Ninjas. Now that you’ve learned the basics of slicing fruit, you need to master the art of combos. Sharpen your blades and reflexes to slice the best possible combos to earn maximum each round. Perfect these skills and Honorable Sensei will name you the Master of Combos.

SNAP Review – Dragons & Chickens

November 30, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

We really enjoyed Dragons & Chickens, even though most of us aren’t huge fans of speed games. It makes a great filler game for a group of 3-5 players.

Karuba

November 30, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Mark Krans Reviews

Four explorers arrived on the beaches of Karuba in search of the lost temples. Which player can clear the best path through the forest, find the most treasure, and find their temples first? Karuba is a simultaneous tile-laying game designed by Rüdiger Dorn and published by HABA. A game lasts 30-40 minutes for 2-4 players age 6+. Setup To set up

Untold: The Best Stories are in your Mind

November 26, 2018 Updated: March 9th, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

Untold: Adventures Await - all components

Untold is an episodic cooperative storytelling game. The premise is that you and up to three fellow players are characters in a TV show. Using a framework of “scenes” and Rory’s Story Cubes, you’ll work out a role-playing story together.

SNAP Review – Catch! The Game of Cats and Mouse

November 23, 2018 Updated: February 21st, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Catch! The Stragegic Game of Cats and Mouse

In Catch! from Peaceable Kingdom, players work together to move 4 cats to surround a mouse and keep it from escaping the yard.

SNAP Review – Pigment

November 16, 2018 Updated: February 11th, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

You want to be a master painter? In Pigment, from Copper Frog Games, you can be. Send your apprentices out to collect or trade “pigment” cubes (red, yellow, blue). Then spend them in the right combination to paint Renaissance masterpieces.

SNAP Review – Chupacabra: Survive the Night

November 9, 2018 Updated: March 16th, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

In Chupacabra: Survive the Night, you use your chupacabra dice to steal other players’ animals.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, animals, Anitra, audio, dice, monster, spooky, steal, Steve Jackson Games

Dinosaur Tea Party: Delightful Dino Deduction

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

Dinosaur Tea Party: dinosaurs, teacup, board game

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.

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