Andrew Smith is the executive editor of The Family Gamers, and co-host of The Family Gamers Podcast.
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Especially given its small size and ease of portability, I think we’ll be taking Verdant Arizona out for a spin fairly frequently. Just look out for those spines! Ouch!
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Escape rooms let your family cooperate in new and interesting ways. But do you prefer a physical, in-person escape room, a video game, or a board game experience?
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How do you know when you’re done with a game and it’s time to get rid of it? Your kids have aged out of it – are you sure?
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Fans of Dice Throne and fans of the X-Men will both bet getting something out of this box.
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In this box we were a little disappointed by the implementations of Wolverine and Psylocke, while we loved what was done with Storm and Iceman.
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Andrew & Anitra talk about their experience growing a gaming family, from toddlers to teenagers. Every kid is going to be different!
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How about some card games? We recommend one for beginners, two for intermediate, and three for advanced players.
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What games are the most popular among viewers and listeners who click our affiliate links? And what were our own favorite games this year?
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Person Do Thing hardly reinvents the wheel in the clue-giving genre. In fact, one could be forgiven for mistaking Person Do Thing for another popular game, Poetry for Neanderthals.
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PAX Unplugged is our favorite time of year. Share an hour with us and listen to some interviews we got with creators and publishers.
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Ladder climbing games have been around forever. But since Tichu reintroduced the mechanic to the modern age in 1991 and especially since the award-winning Scout burst on the scene six years ago, it seems these card-shedding games of rising stakes have truly stepped into the limelight. Recently we reviewed Odin, a strategic take on this genre. Today we turn our
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PAX Unplugged is our favorite time of year. Share an hour with us and listen to some interviews we got with creators and publishers.
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INK is a very satisfying puzzle, even playing solo, that takes less than an hour from start to finish.
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We’ve been looking forward to making this episode for a little while. Sometimes you don’t have a lot of time to play games – so let’s talk about our family favorites that play in 15 minutes or less. 00:00 Fact for 407 This one is for Zach. on 15 November 2012 a new world record was set. The most people
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We played the first Back Stories – and it was awesome! We hoped our kids would enjoy this second spy-themed mission.
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This cooperative game includes monsters from all over the world. Can you defeat the Sphinx, Jiangshi, the Yeti, or even… Cthulu?
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