The Family Gamers Podcast
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Listen along as Andrew and Anitra talk about games they played, games their kids played, they share tips and tricks to help you enjoy playing games with your kids - mostly tabletop games with the occasional video game thrown in.
The Family Gamers Podcast
1w ago
This week, we’re talking “slider games”. These are bite-sized, ultra-fast games that you can play in 10 minutes or less!
369 Fact
Nikolai Tesla’s obsession with the numbers 3,6,9!
Did you know that all multiples of 3 add to 3, 6, or 9 if you add the digits together?
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What We’ve Been Playing
Kiri-ai: The Duel
Sherlock Solitaire
Time’s Up! Family Edition – this is like Celebrity, which we talked about in episode ..read more
The Family Gamers Podcast
1M ago
Andrew is back home from GAMA Expo! GAMA was kind enough to select The Family Gamers as Hosted Media for this year’s Expo, and we thank them for their support! GAMA is a growing and changing organization and we commend them for their hard work!
367 Fact
We learn about the Model 367 Bipod hybrid flying car. https://newatlas.com/bipod-hybrid-flying-car/19258/
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What We’ve Been Playing
Compile – “like a cro ..read more
The Family Gamers Podcast
2M ago
Lunar New Year was not to long ago, and now we are in the year of the dragon! Sounds like a perfect excuse to give you our top 5 dragon-themed games.
366 Fact
There were 366 Episodes of the anime BLEACH (not counting the “Thousand-Year Blood War” arc which came after the main series).
366 is also the world record for most lemmings saved in a single playthrough of the arcade game Lemmings.
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For expert help applying some of the same principles that help you take down your friends in Agricola, head over to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers today to schedule a call.
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The Family Gamers Podcast
3M ago
We often talk about new games. But let’s look back a little bit. We were excited for a lot of new games at the beginning of 2023 – how did they fare? Were all of them as great as we hoped?
364 fact
Guinness World Record: 364 people simultaneously playing Rock-Paper-Scissors online.
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Have you heard of the fun ratio? This idea comes from The Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Lieber, if you want to talk about other ways to equip your children for their future, go to firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers to schedule a time to talk to First Move today.
What We’ve Been Playing
Calypso – becau ..read more
The Family Gamers Podcast
3M ago
Episode 363
Happy Camper Games
with Jason Schneider
This week, we are joined by the “Head Camper” at Happy Camper Games – Jason Schneider!
363 Fact
Do you like Wingspan? The largest wingspan for a bird species is 3.63 meters, measured on a Wandering Albatross.
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What We’ve Been Playing
Green Team Wins (a Family Gamers favorite)
Mah-jong
Trio
Pocket Paragons
Camel Up
Skyrock ..read more
The Family Gamers Podcast
4M ago
362 Fact
According to WikiFanona, there are currently 362 episodes of the incredibly popular television show NCIS. (But it’s still in production, so there will be more.)
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What We’ve Been Playing
Seven Bridges – a roll-and-write that feels different from any other.
Tesseract (our review)
Smug Owls (review coming soon)
Unmatched: Sun’s Origin (Tomoe G ..read more
The Family Gamers Podcast
4M ago
We’re back, with a bonus episode, featuring the rest of our PAX interviews.
361 Fact
Chinese submarine 361, nicknamed “The Great Wall”, is infamous for killing all members on board in 2003.
Sponsor Message
How do you help your kids understand that Christmas isn’t just a “get me more stuff” holiday? Listen to our sponsor message – and make sure you are modeling the behavior you want to be teaching your children. If you’d like to talk about other ideas to help pass on your values to your children schedule a time to talk to First Move by going to firstmovefinancial .com/familygamers today.
What ..read more
The Family Gamers Podcast
5M ago
This is part one of a two-podcast series covering just a fraction of what the Family Gamers team saw at this year’s PAX Unplugged.
360 fact
The American woodcock can see 360° around itself (horizontally) – https://birdprotectionquebec.org/coolest-bird-of-the-week10-facts-about-the-american-woodcock/
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How do you dig out of debt? Well the honest answer is slowly and painfully. There is no quick magic solution, and anyone who says otherwise is selling something.
First Move Financial is not a credit counseling company, but they’d be happy to spend a few minutes talking to you to he ..read more
The Family Gamers Podcast
5M ago
It’s gift giving season! Every year, we have Stephen Duetzmann from Engaged Family Gaming to tell us about their video game gift guide. What video games are the best picks for your family this year?
359 Facts:
“Island 359” – a VR game available on Steam
and “The Battle of Wolf 359” from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
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If you need help figuring out where to place your little “dollar workers” in the worker placement game of life, reach out to First Move Financial. You can find them at firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers to schedule a call today.
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The Family Gamers Podcast
6M ago
Welcome to the month of November! That means it’s time for our holiday board game gift guide.
358 Fact
3-5-8, also known as Sergeant Major, is a trick-taking card game for 3 players, using a standard 52 card deck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Major_(card_game)
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What We’ve Been Playing
CDSK (review below)
Disney Animated (our review)
Space Explorers (our review)
The Monthl ..read more