Gimme 5
Gimme 5 is a trivia party game that is designed to scale up to an arbitrarily large number of people. Seriously – The game is advertised to support 50 players.
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Crazier Eights: Camelot – How will it end? Good fun while you try to win or not lose!
Crazier Eights: Camelot is the sequel to Crazier Eights from creator James Gray, this time with a King Arthur theme. The basis of the game is Crazy Eights, but getting rid of your cards isn’t the only way to win; and anyone can lose if they aren’t paying attention. Between discarding to reduce your hand or playing action cards for power-ups and attacks like
» Read moreWindUp War: Cute Cards, Cataclysmic Combat!
Be the last toy faction standing; battle other toys by picking your five actions to attack and block – but you won’t be able to change the order once the round starts! An action-programming battle game for 3-6 players.
» Read more28 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Boston FIG Tabletop games
We saw more digital games aimed towards kids than kid-friendly tabletop games this year. Weird! But we still had quite a few favorites.
» Read moreWomen in Science
Women in Science is a card game celebrating women in science, naturally. We theorized that this game would be fun. But does Women in Science + The Family Gamers = FUN?
» Read more26 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Extended Play (Gotta Catch ‘Em All!)
The games that keep on giving! We’re talking about expansions, collectibles, toys-to-life, and other game add-ons.
» Read more24 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Micro games
This week, we discuss a few micro/tiny games. These are games that generally fit easily in your pocket or purse. A few cards, a few tokens, a few dice. They’re usually 15 minutes or less to play and easy to pick up.
» Read moreJunKing: Impish Fun with all the Interesting Junk you can Grab!
We recently got the chance to work with Junk Spirit Games to check out their new game, JunKing, a game where you play as an imp avatar picking through a massive junk pile to collect the most impressive trash heap ever! Does it make the cut or is it junk? Read more to find out!
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