Endangered: A Wildlife Journey
Save the tigers and the sea otters in Endangered, a cooperative game for up to 5 players. Slow habitat destruction, encourage wild animal breeding, and sway ambassadors to vote for your cause.
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207 – Marc Specter / Endgangered Expansion – The Family Gamers Podcast
We are talking to Marc Specter from Grand Gamers Guild this week, primarily about the expansion to their game Endangered. We learn about a major league pitcher with 207 wins – but he’s famous (or infamous?) for something very different. Look up Carl Mays and find out the gruesome details. Thanks again to First Move Financial for sponsoring this episode!
» Read more194 – Quick Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
What do you turn to when you want a quick game to help your brain take a break? Whether it’s with your spouse, or with your kids, you want something with limited setup and a quick play time.
» Read more193 – Evolution: Education Edition with Scott – The Family Gamers Podcast
We’re going to talk about Evolution: Education Edition with Scott Rencher. Why bring this award-winning boardgame to digital? And what makes it educational?
» Read moreGiveaway – Monza
Monza: Race Ahead with Sequencing
At first glance, Monza from HABA looks like any other racing game – six cars and a multi-colored track. But there’s more going on there than meets the eye.
» Read moreBuild Your Own Amusement: Tiny Park
Building an amusement park immediately captures kids’ interest. Tiny Park from HABA teaches decoding, critical thinking, and encourages emotional intelligence and experimentation.
» Read moreGiveaway – HABA Brandon the Brave
Adventure with Brandon the Brave
In a game like Brandon the Brave, kids also get the chance to practice strategy, to stretch their brain muscles as they decide which quest they want to complete first.
» Read more186 – Education in Quarantine – The Family Gamers Podcast
Being suddenly thrust into homeschooling is scary, and it’s not made any easier by trying to juggle kids’ needs with working from home. But there is hope! We’re going to talk this week about things we can do to support our kids learning at home (mostly through games, of course!)
» Read moreGiveaway – HABA Animal Upon Animal
we’ve teamed up with both HABA USA and with our sponsor First Move Financial to give one lucky winner a copy of Animal Upon Animal Crest Climbers.
» Read moreWhy Play Games with Your Kids? (Why Join… Part 3)
We’ve addressed why board game classes and cafés are great for your kids, but now we’ll pause and talk about why YOU should play games with your kids.
» Read morePAX Unplugged 2019: Genius Games – Ecosystem
It’s Okay to Fail
But something I’ve learned as an adult is that when we fail, when we strive for something and it doesn’t work out, when we’ve fallen face-down in the mud and aren’t sure we can get back up again (let alone try again)—those are the real opportunities. The opportunities to grow, to get better, to learn from our mistakes and try again.
» Read moreMore than Strategy – Teach Emotional Intelligence through Board Games
Board games are amazing for teaching our kids strategy and critical thinking, supporting their growing reading skills and comprehension. But board games also offer something that’s not talked about as much…
» Read moreWhat in the Wild?: Catch Frogs Without the Mud
Match It, Slap It, Group It, Build It, and Connect It, building habitats for wildlife in this educational card game system. What In The Wild? is produced by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, but covers species native to most of the northern United States.
» Read moreConstellations: Hexagonal Stargazing!
Constellations is a tile-laying, pattern matching game for 2-4 players, lasting from 30-60 minutes. The game was designed by Ian Zang and Dante Lauretta and beautifully illustrated by Ashley Kenawell. Lay hexagons to grow the night sky and score points as you match patterns on your tiles!
» Read more141 – Joe Hopkins, Endangered – The Family Gamers Podcast
Let’s talk to Joe Hopkins, the designer of Endangered. Endangered is on Kickstarter right now. Published by Grand Gamers Guild, with art by Beth Sobel and Ben Flores, we think it looks great!
» Read moreXtronaut: The Game of Solar System Exploration
Xtronaut introduces a level of realism we don’t see in other space-themed games. Its mission: to introduce kids to the wonders of space flight.
» Read more123 – NASA Mission Leader Dante Lauretta – The Family Gamers Podcast
Today we have a real NASA scientist on the show! Welcome Dante Lauretta, Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona.
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