The Family Gamers

Dice Throne: Throwin’ Dice and Takin’ Names

July 22, 2019 Updated: February 2nd, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Dice Throne is an easy game to pick up and learn. The core of the game is manipulating your dice to get the best result, leading some people to call it “battle Yahtzee”. However, the wide variety present in the cards and characters keeps games feeling fresh and allows for many different overall strategies.

153 – Ann Losito, TWIST Gaming – The Family Gamers Podcast

July 22, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Our special guest for this episode is Ann Losito. She runs the TWIST Gaming channel with her c0-hosts Matt and Josh. TWIST was the first ever Twitch partnered channel that is focused on board games. Andrew met Ann at last year’s PAX Unplugged. They played Deep Sea Adventure together, with Claire, and had a great time. TWIST is best known

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Andrew, Anitra, Interview, TWIST gaming, Twitch

152 – Con and ReCon – The Family Gamers Podcast

July 17, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

We are finally back into the normal routine (more or less) after a month of con-related craziness. We’ll talk about highlights from Anitra’s trip to Origins and Andrew’s trip to Dice Tower Con.

SNAP Review – Filler: Bite-Size Baking

July 14, 2019 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

I love eating baked goods, but my daughter loves making them. In Filler, 1-6 players are pastry chefs, reporting to work at the bakery. Use your supplies to fill recipes; may the best baker win!

SNAP Review – Dirty Pig Card Game

July 6, 2019 Updated: April 6th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Your goal: get all your pigs dirty first – because dirty pigs are happy pigs!

151 – Origins 2019 Interviews – The Family Gamers Podcast

July 1, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Join us for interviews from Anitra’s trip to the Origins Game Fair.

150 – Theme – The Family Gamers Podcast

June 24, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Nick joins us for episode 150, where we cover some recent favorite games, and discuss THEME. Each of the three of us has a different take on theme and its role in board games.

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Anitra, Family Games, Family Gaming, Game Theme, Nick, origins

Clever Kids Mysteries: Fun for Young Detectives

June 24, 2019 Updated: June 25th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

On a recent rainy day, we received a mystery box from Clever Kids Mysteries – the Mystery at the Lux Museum. Opening the box, the kids were immediately interested in what this mystery might be, and how they could solve it!

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2 players, 3 players, Anitra, escape room, mystery, puzzles

SNAP Review – Best Treehouse Ever – Forest of Fun

June 21, 2019 Updated: March 24th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Best Treehouse Ever: Forest of Fun from Scott Almes and Green Couch Games is a solid game that improves and expands on the original. What does an 8 year old think? Listen and find out!

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Anitra, Asher, audio, Best Treehouse Ever, card games, Green Couch Games

SNAP Review – Tokyo Jutaku

June 14, 2019 Updated: February 14th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Have you always wanted to be an architect? Try your hand at creating towers to fit in tight spaces in Tokyo Jutaku, a speed building game from Jordan Draper Games.

149 – Origins Preview with the Kirbys – The Family Gamers Podcast

June 10, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

We have a great conversation with Ellen and Randy Kirby, of We Game Together, about all things gaming and kids… and what we’re looking forward to at Origins this year.

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Andrew, Anitra, convention, dice tower network, Interview, origins, trade, We Game Together

IceCOOL 2: Frozen Boogaloo

June 4, 2019 Updated: March 3rd, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

When the teacher’s away, the penguins will play! Each player will take a turn being the hall monitor (or Catcher) while the other penguins (Runners) try to collect fish hanging over the doors. IceCOOL 2 is a sequel and/or expansion that we prefer slightly over the original IceCOOL.

148 – FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) – The Family Gamers Podcast

June 3, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

We all have experiences in life we don’t want to miss. FOMO, or fear of missing out, seems to hit particularly hard when it comes to hot new boardgames. Between Kickstarter and conventions constantly hyped on social media, how can we deal with this irrational response?

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Andrew, Anitra, Board Games, convention, deals, fear, Kickstarter

147 – Isaac Villa, Gaming with Sidekicks – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 27, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

This week we’re happy to welcome Isaac Villa. He runs a site similar to ours, called Gaming with Sidekicks. We first met at PAX Unplugged, and we’re always happy to talk with other family-focused gamers. Gaming with Sidekicks branched off from a different website; the founders met while playing Dice Masters competitively. At one point, they had four different podcasts!

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Andrew, Anitra, Family Gaming, Gaming With Sidekicks, Interview

Pyramid of Pengqueen: Curse of the Mummy

May 27, 2019 Updated: March 20th, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

In Pyramid of Pengqueen, Treasure Hunters collect magical objects while the Mummy (seated on the other side of the vertical board) searches for them.

SNAP Review – Shadows in Kyoto

May 25, 2019 Updated: March 20th, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

A two-player game of hidden identity. Move your agents across the board and try to get agents with *real intelligence* into your opponent’s home row.

146 – Top 5 Family Food Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 20, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Who doesn’t like food? There are tons of great food games, and we can’t play them all. We rank our top 5, from preschooler-friendly to adults-only.

Play along as we try a food-themed round of Order of Invention. You’ll be surprised which food innovation came first!

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Andrew, Anitra, Family Gaming, food

SNAP Review – The Stars Align

May 17, 2019 Updated: November 12th, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Who doesn’t like shooting stars – and laid-back puzzley gameplay? That’s the premise behind The Stars Align from Breaking Games.

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2 players, abstract, Anitra, audio, Breaking Games, polyomino, puzzles, stars

145 – Mother’s Day with Linda Wrobel – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 15, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Episode 145: Mother's Day with Linda Wrobel

Happy Mother’s Day! Anitra talks to Linda Wrobel, Managing Editor of Board Games for Engaged Family Gaming. She’s also a mom and a first-grade teacher. How does that affect her gaming preferences?

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Anitra, Engaged Family Gaming, Linda Wrobel, Mom, school

144 – All Filled Up! Top 10 Filler Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

May 6, 2019 Andrew Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

We’ve got a top 10 today – yes, actually 10! Inspired by some filler games we recently received in the mail, and looking forward to hanging out with One Board Family (because we talked filler games when we had them on the podcast), we decided we’d talk about our favorite filler games today. First we thank Breaking Games, whose game

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