“Drive” a blindfolded teammate with words – and by using their thumb like a joystick – to steer them around a racecourse on a dry-erase board.
We learned a lot about communicating with our kids through playing this game!
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Play your cards following almost-standard trick-taking rules, and try to “eat” (score) other players’ animals or kale, in FORK, a family-friendly card game.
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We’ve compiled a list of great board games to help make your gift shopping a little easier.
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We recommend CDSK for gatherings of family and friends, maybe as a nice post-dinner, pre-dessert activity at your holiday gathering. It’s best for teens and adults, but younger kids can certainly join on teams. We had a great time with our family.
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Gamestormers is a creative, tableau-building card game where you take on the role of a game designer. But we found it hard to tell the STORY of a game.
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Cooperate to “film” five scenes and complete a (hopefully) successful movie in Roll Camera! It’s best for teens and adults.
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Mind Space is a strategic brain-themed game. Draw shapes on your board based on dice rolls, trying to fit in friends, romance, self improvement, and more.
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The Horrified series has expanded! Work together to defeat legendary Greek monsters, finding their lairs and solving their unique puzzles. This is the most complex game in the series, best for players aged 10 and up.
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Although Ra felt pretty simple to learn, it’s still going to be very challenging for younger kids. The well-designed player boards smooth the way to understand all the scoring, but it’s still a lot to keep track of. We think the 12+ age range on the box is about right.
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Valiant Wars is a unique deck-builder. Flip out cards one at a time to build your treasury and your strength to win locations and buy better cards… but don’t flip too many Dark Omens, or you’ll bust!
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“This is the most important expansion that Fireside Games has ever released for Castle Panic. It adds so much, it changes so much, but it retains the core of what Castle Panic is.”
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When I originally reviewed Prehistories, I noted it was very family friendly and would appeal to folks who enjoy tile placement games. This is still true, but I enjoyed it even more with the addition of the Evolution modules!
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If you need a little bit of help getting your family to share, it might be time to deploy Splito.
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Review science terms and stretch your brain in Nerd Words: Science – a party word guessing game for nerdy folks like us!
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Miller Zoo is a great introduction to cooperative resource-management games and legacy games. The challenges will encourage players to try new strategies, while tempting them with more stickers to show their progress.
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Let’s go on an adventure! Roll and move to complete quests and find key pieces before defeating the Demon King!
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Move over, Modern Art! It’s time for Avant Carde, an innovatively simple deck-building game.
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We love libraries. Who wouldn’t? Now the Illiterati are threatening the world with illiteracy. Can you build words to stop them?
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Velonimo is a bicycle-themed game where players race to the top-most summit of a mountain, scoring points by shedding cards from their hand in each round. The prize for winning this grueling race is the coveted Leader of the Pack Jersey!
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Stampfarm is a roll-and-write game without the “write”. Instead, you’ll place stamps into your farm.
This fairly simple game is intended for kids, but is it fun?
