Anitra Smith is the managing editor of The Family Gamers, and co-host of The Family Gamers Podcast.
Explore the reviews and podcasts she has contributed to.
The Greek gods and demi-gods are always fighting each other. Now they’ve been removed from Mt. Olympus, but they’re still at war in Mythalix, a game for 2-4 mature players.
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The Cupid Crisis is an 18 card mini escape room that takes about an hour to play. We review it in 4 minutes!
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Dice and cards can be hard for little hands. What can you do to make game components – especially from “grown up” games – easier for kids to handle?
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Welcome to Ryan and Erin from One Board Family. What are their favorite games to play as a couple?
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This week, we are pleased to welcome Danielle, known for her Youtube channel Board Game Bakes.
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We’re joined by staff writer Corey this week. Andrew and Corey attended PAX Unplugged 2021 and they’re going to tell us about the games (and food!) they experienced there. 272 Fact! The tallest human in recorded history (according to the Guinness World Records), was Robert Wadlow, at 272cm (8ft 11.1in) tall. Thanks as always to First Move Financial for sponsoring
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Play Canopy to learn more about rainforests while enjoying lush tropical art from Vincent Dutrait. Technically a 2 player game, but we enjoy it better at 3 players!
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“Busking” is playing music in a public place to earn money. And there’s no better place in the world for street musicians than New Orleans, the Big Easy. Use your band’s energy to play jazz standards and new pieces – then gain money and influence from the crowd! Big Easy Busking is a game for 1-5 players by Joshua J.
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Andrew just got back from PAX Unplugged, and we’ve got a show for you! Interviews from Pandasaurus, SlugFest Games, CGE, KOSMOS, and Gamewright.
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Kim-Joy (of British Bake-off fame) and Skybound Games have teamed up to bring us a whimisical, adorable, and cooperative baking card game.
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We’re not following the regular podcast format this week, but we still have a few things to share: 4 giveaways, a FOR SCIENCE! and what to look for at PAX Unplugged.
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We welcome Mr. Videogame himself, Stephen Deutzmann, to answer all our questions about video games for this holiday season. Skip to 38:00 to get right into the recommendations!
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The Results Oriented Versatile Explorer (ROVE) has crash-landed on an alien planet. It must reconfigure its modules to navigate the planet and report back! Game ROVE is a game for one player, age 8+. It was designed (and illustrated!) by Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic and it’s published by Button Shy. Art The art uses some familiar sci-fi and robot
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We recently released our holiday game guide, and we review it on this episode of the podcast.
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There’s something mysterious about a bartender. They know how to combine ingredients in just the right proportions to make drinks that are attractive (and hopefully delicious).
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Sometimes, we talk about things other than board games! This week we start with games Anitra played at CuseCon, then continue on to find out more about geocaching.
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