The Family Gamers

SNAP Review – 10 Essentials

October 12, 2018 Updated: April 19th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

10 Essentials cards: Dangers and Essentials

A simple take-that game, 10 Essentials aims to to introduce kids to the standard “ten essential items” for backcountry hiking. Remedy dangers like dehydration or snow while playing similar dangers on the other players! What did Asher and Anitra think of this game? Listen to their review in 6 minutes, or read on below. 10 Essentials was designed by John

Twin Stars: Tiny Solo Adventures

October 8, 2018 Updated: June 23rd, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

I love science fiction and I love games; but I hate waiting around. Unfortunately, whether it’s a music class, sports practice, or just school pickup, I do a lot of waiting. Why not play a game? Twin Stars is a solo wallet-sized game from Button Shy, played with only 3 cards at a time.

Mmm!: Cooperative Family Fun

September 25, 2018 Updated: November 18th, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

Mmm! is a favorite game to play with children. Reiner Knizia has created a puzzle that is neither too easy for adults nor too hard for preschoolers.

SNAP Review – Super Kitty Bug Slap

September 21, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Super Kitty Bug Slap: Steve Jackson Games

Do you enjoy speed games like SlapJack, Spit, or Slamwich? Then you should listen to our review of Super Kitty Bug Slap, from Steve Jackson Games.

SNAP Review – Bob Ross: Happy Little Accidents Party Game

September 14, 2018 Updated: February 2nd, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Bob Ross Happy Little Accidents game box

Turn random scribbles into “happy accidents” in this fast paced sketching game.

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5 players, 6 players, Andrew, Anitra, audio, Big G Creative, Bob Ross, drawing

Sumer: Mesopotamia in Real Time

September 10, 2018 Updated: March 8th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Sumer is a unique game. Neither fully a video game nor fully a board game, it meshes the best aspects of both for an engaging experience.

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Anitra, real time, speed games, Studio Wumpus, video game, worker placement

SNAP Review – Shaky Manor

September 7, 2018 Updated: February 24th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

A unique dexterity game from Blue Orange Games. We’ll tell you about both modes of play for this speedy puzzle game

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Andrew, animals, Anitra, Blue Orange Games, dexterity games, ghost, treasure

SNAP Review – Card Caddy and Accessories

August 24, 2018 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

At its core, the Card Caddy is a hard-sided box to hold a deck of cards. Once open, you can re-attach the two sides to create a draw/discard tray. Useful and extremely durable. (You could probably run it over with a truck. We talked to Chris Nichols, the designer of the Card Caddy, on episode 55 of the podcast –

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accessory, Andrew, Anitra, Card Caddy, Card Game, card games

MegaLand: Video Game Theme in Board Game Land

August 20, 2018 Updated: August 18th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

A band of hearty explorers sets off on an adventure. Will they return victorious, with treasure to spend, or will they crawl back in defeat? Sounds like a video game RPG, but this is the concept behind MegaLand by Ryan and Malorie Laukat, the forces behind Red Raven Games.

SNAP Review – POW!: Comic Equality

August 17, 2018 Updated: July 19th, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

POW! is a press-your luck game of comic book character drafting, from Reiner Knizia and Gigamic. Your goal: build a cast of characters for your comic book. Collect both superheroes and supervillians, to create a balanced comic. Listen to our SNAP review of POW! in 5 minutes, or read on below. Gameplay Setup by randomizing the superheroes (blue/teal) and supervillians

SNAP Review – Think ‘N Sync

August 13, 2018 Updated: April 24th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Think ‘N Sync, a party game from Gamewright, is a icebreaker type game for a group. Can you and your teammate think in sync?

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3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, 7 players, 8 players, Andrew, Anitra, audio, Gamewright, party game, trivia

Sundae Split: The Game of Delicious Choices

August 6, 2018 Updated: July 21st, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

Who doesn’t love ice cream? If I was serving up sundaes for the family, I would try to hold back some favorites for myself. But what if everyone else gets to choose their sundae first? How do I keep the family away from “my” favorites? That’s the concept behind Sundae Split.

The Tea Dragon Society Card Game: Adorable Deck Building

July 16, 2018 Updated: March 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

The Tea Dragon Society now has meetings in board game land! Does the game hold up to the tone and message of the comic? Is it still fun to play if you’ve never read the comic? Yes to both!

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Anitra, books, card games, comic, deck building, dragons, flowers, nature, plants, Renegade

Anomia Kids: Sounds Like Fun!

June 18, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

Anomia is a word from a Latin root and means “without name”. It’s the term for being unable to come up with the name of an object. Anomia is also a game (from Anomia Press), in which players race to come up with a word that fits a certain category, ranging from “color” to “rock opera” to “shampoo brand”.

Skribble Dash: Picture This!

June 11, 2018 Updated: February 21st, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

But have you noticed that simply holding a pencil encourages nearly everyone to doodle? Why not make it a game?

PDQ: Are You Pretty Darn Quick?

June 4, 2018 Updated: March 28th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

What’s a word that starts with A and contains a P and then an L? Maybe you thought “apple”, but how about “application” or “anthropology”?

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Anitra, Gamewright, speed games, word games

Monster Match: Can you do the Match?

May 21, 2018 Updated: February 13th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

The bakers in Sprinkleton have a big problem – monsters keep stealing all their donuts! Can you pick out the suspects and help the bakers recover their donuts? Monster Match is a new collaboration from the team that brought us Happy Salmon – designers Ken Gruhl & Quentin Weir, with art by Linda DeSantis. As with Happy Salmon, Monster Match

Robo Diner: Order Up!

May 7, 2018 Updated: January 6th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

Robot waiters gather food and bring it to customers. But can you deliver the food combinations your customers need?

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Anitra, card games, food, Game Crafter, robot, set collection, take that

Fairy Tile: Build The Kingdom

April 16, 2018 Updated: August 16th, 2018 Andrew Smith Reviews

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” – William Shakespeare In Fairy Tile, you create the map of the kingdom and move the fairy tale characters through their story. Use the Pages in your Book to recount the adventure of the princess, the knight, and the dragon.

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Anitra, dragons, exploration, fairy tale, Storytelling, Tabletop, Tabletop Games, tile laying

2 Button Shy Games: Cow, Tiger, Santa Claus & In Vino Morte

April 2, 2018 Updated: July 11th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Button Shy is a micro-publisher dealing exclusively in micro-games. All of their games are small enough to fit in a wallet. Although some of these games are quite involved despite the small number of cards, we’ll be looking at two of their lightest games: a travel game and a fast deduction party game. Cow, Tiger, Santa Claus As a child,

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