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Stephanie

Stephanie Nye joined The Family Gamers writing team in 2023.

She also runs Cozy Little Brown House.com, a site devoted to all things cozy – including family board games, with associated instagram channels @cozylittlebrownhouse and @brownhouseboardgames.

Explore TFG reviews and podcasts Stephanie has contributed to:

Kingdom Battle

October 21, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Kingdom Battle game

It’s time for battle – a math battle!

Kingdom Battle is based on the classic card game War.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, educational games, math, Mind Inventions, Stephanie

Regroup! Chicken Army

September 9, 2024 Updated: October 6th, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Regroup! Chicken Army game

We love Regroup! Chicken Army and play it often. If your family enjoys easy-to-learn, tactical, card placement games, this could make a great addition to the game shelf.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Alejandro Pazarán, animals, birds, Card Game, Draco Studios, grid placement, Stephanie

Expeditions Around the World

August 26, 2024 Updated: October 6th, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Expeditions: Around the World

Expeditions Around the World is an abstract racing-style game where world adventurers compete to complete treks to the destinations on their expedition cards.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Stephanie, Super Meeple, Wolfgang Kramer

Destinies – A Spoiler-Free Review!

July 29, 2024 Updated: March 23rd, 2025 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Destinies box

Destinies is an incredibly immersive app-driven RPG that allows players to engage in quests and map out their fates, all without the need for a game master. The base game offers five unique scenarios with three characters for each, and each character has two paths to choose from.

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2 players, 3 players, Campaign, Lucky Duck Games, mobile app, RPG, semi-cooperative, solo, Stephanie

Episode 375 – Origins with Stephanie!

July 8, 2024 Andrew Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast
Episode 375 - Origins with Stephanie!

Welcome Stephanie Nye this week, to talk about the games we’ve been playing lately and the Origins Game Fair.

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Andrew, Anitra, convention, origins, Stephanie

The A.R.T. Project

June 10, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
The A.R.T. Project

Some board gamers might thrive on the nail-biting tension caused by resource acquisition and challenging fighting in this game. We, however, often found it overly frustrating in many of our plays.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Benoit Turpin, cooperative games, Family Gaming, Florian Sirieix, solo, Stephanie, The OP, Vincent Dutrait

Montmartre

May 13, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Montmartre game

Montmartre is an elegant card game that feels familiar and comfortable for avid board gamers but is also simple enough to introduce to new players.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, art, card games, hand management, Lucky Duck Games, set collection, Stephanie

10 Gallon Tank

March 4, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
10 Gallon Tank

10 Gallon Tank is a simple and fun drafting game that offers fans of “I-Split-You-Choose” an opportunity to use a favorite mechanism that is often overlooked in games.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, animals, card games, David Smith, drafting games, Fish, open draft, set collection, split and choose, Stephanie, Winsmith Games

GAP

February 12, 2024 Updated: October 17th, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
GAP card game

There has been no shortage of clever family-weight card games over the past couple of years, and for us, GAP is another welcome addition to this category of games.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Arcane Wonders, card games, Family Gaming, numbers, Stephanie

Goats’ Day Out

January 29, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Goats' Day Out

In this polyomino shape placement game from Thinkfun, players ages 8 and up fill the belly of their goats with food, clothing, sports equipment, and school supplies. The player who most strategically arranges the shapes in their goat’s stomach after three rounds wins the game.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, animals, drafting games, Family Gaming, polyomino, Ravensburger, Stephanie, ThinkFun

Nautilus Island

December 18, 2023 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Nautilus Island game and instructions

Nautilus Island is a vibrant drafting and set collection game. Collect objects from The Nautilus to survive and escape!

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, drafting games, Family Gaming, Funnyfox, Hachette Games, Johannes Goupy, set collection, Stephanie, Théo Rivière

Chomp

November 27, 2023 Updated: December 17th, 2023 Stephanie Nye Reviews
Chomp Cover

With simple rules and quick set up, Chomp is easy to dive into. The complexity lies in the decisions of card drafting and placement while considering end game scoring. And it works wonderfully as a solo puzzle game.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, AllPlay, Clarence Simpson, dinosaur, solo, Stephanie, tile laying

Cranium Big Brain Detective Game

October 30, 2023 Stephanie Nye Reviews

Cranium Big Brain Detective Game is more of a seek-and-find activity than a game. Young players can solve mysteries on a colorful, large-scale game board.

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2 players, Cranium, Funko Games, mystery, seek-and-find, solo, Stephanie, young children

Episode 357 – Spooky Games and Hidden Gems with Stephanie Nye

October 23, 2023 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast
Episode 357 - Spooky Games and Hidden Gems with Stephanie Nye

Today, we’re talking with the newest writer to join The Family Gamers, Stephanie Nye! What are some of her favorite games for the “spooky season”? And what games are awesome that not enough people talk about?

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Andrew, Anitra, Anomia, Family Gaming, print and play, spooky, Stephanie, Tile Drafting, tile laying

3 Ring Circus

August 28, 2023 Updated: June 28th, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews
3 Ring Circus

Take on the role of a circus director who tours the United States at the end of the 19th century.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Area Majority, circus, Devir, Remo Conzadori, Stephanie, tableau building

Splito – Making the Family Share

August 21, 2023 Updated: October 17th, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews
Splito game

If you need a little bit of help getting your family to share, it might be time to deploy Splito.

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25th Century Games, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, 7 players, 8 players, Andrew, card games, drafting games, Family Gaming, Luc Remond, numbers, Romaric Galonnier, Stephanie

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