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The Board Game Family loves board games and they want to share their love of family board games and card games with the world. This blog shares reviews and thoughts about family card games, dice games.
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1w ago
The Board Game Family
The first weekend of March, I spent a couple of days playing a bunch of fun games at SaltCon Spring 2024.
SaltCon Spring is a 4-day event held on the first weekend of March. This year, I arrived Thursday night after work and stayed through Saturday afternoon (taking Friday off work so I could play all day).
Even though SaltCon now hosts game events a few times each year, the spring gathering is the biggest of the bunch and one I look forward to every year.
This year, the attendance hit 2,400!
Read on to get a quick recap of the 16 different games I played and my thoughts ..read more
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3M ago
The Board Game Family
This time of year, it’s great to gather as family and friends for some light-hearted games.
Similo, by Horrible Guild, fits that very well.
That’s because Similo is a cooperative deduction game where everyone either wins or loses together. It comes in a variety of card sets of 30 cards such as Fables, Myths, Animals, History, and more. All of which have fantastic artwork that add to the enjoyment of the game.
The goal is to make the other players guess one secret character by playing other character cards from your hand as clues, stating whether they’re similar to or diff ..read more
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8M ago
The Board Game Family
Way back in 2012, we reviewed a hot new card game getting a lot of buzz – 7 Wonders.
While it looked intimidating with so many colors and symbols, it quickly became a family hit – even for mom!
Fast forward a decade and Asmodee released a new standalone iteration on the theme with 7 Wonders Architects.
The game play is quite different while still feeling familiar for those who enjoy the original. It’s a much simpler card game and also includes players physically building their personal wonder in stages.
And because it’s a standalone game, one wonderful thing is that you d ..read more
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11M ago
The Board Game Family
Happy Star Wars Day!
To celebrate, we’re diving into a review of another Star Wars family board game – Star Wars: Unlock!
That’s right, the very cool Unlock! escape-room series of games now has a Star Wars themed game – with 3 distinct game adventures. As far as escape-room games go, the Unlock! series have been our favorite. So I was super excited when Asmodee published a Star Wars version.
After having played through all 3 adventures, I’m happy to report that all of them are super fun to play.
Star Wars: Unlock! game review is an article from The Board Game Family ..read more
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1y ago
The Board Game Family
SaltCon Spring just keeps getting bigger and better every year!
This year over 2,000 people enjoyed playing board games, card games, dice games, party games, and more for 4 days straight as part of SaltCon Spring 2023.
And with that many people, there’s a broad range of gaming interests. That’s why there are also areas in the convention center set aside for RPGs, miniatures painting, dexterity games, play-to-win games, competitions, and an Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator.
But even as the event itself keeps getting bigger, this year the game playing for me was much more ..read more
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1y ago
The Board Game Family
Time is ticking down and there are only a few more shopping days left until Christmas Day.
If that puts you in a frantic rush for finding game gifts for your friends and family this year, we can help with that!
For starters, jump over to our 2022 Board Game Gift Guide and you’ll find a bunch of great games to choose from as gifts.
If you already have what you need with those game gifts and just need a few smaller games to pack a Christmas stocking with game goodies, then this list of 15 recommended games is for you.
15 Stocking Stuffer Games for 2022 is an article from Th ..read more
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1y ago
The Board Game Family
As the holidays approach, it’s super common for people to look for the best family board games to give as gifts to family members and friends.
This is our 12th year publishing a Board Game Gift Guide to help you find fantastic board games, dice games, card games, party games, and more for those you love.
And this year we’ve got 36 new board games to recommend!
Since there’s a wide range of people to consider for game gifts, we break down this board game gift guide into various categories with a handful of game ideas in each.
Board Game Gift Guide 2022! is an article from ..read more
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1y ago
The Board Game Family
When everyone you introduce a new game to starts buying their own copies, you know you have a hit game on your hands.
Such has been the case for us with the card game Silver!
It's a card game with a mix of hidden information, memory, strategy, luck, variable character abilities, and fun artwork that has us playing it over and over.
Plus, the expansions Bezier Games has published for it makes it infinitely replayable.
Silver Card Game Review is an article from The Board Game Family ..read more
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1y ago
The Board Game Family
The number of people wanting to plays games over lunch at the company I work at has been growing. And for such a group and setting, the board games and card games that get played are those that are relatively short and can accommodate many players.
So when I got a review copy of Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace - A Love Letter Game from Asmodee, and realized that up to 6 players could play, I knew the perfect place to break it in!
Not only are the Love Letter games fun and quick-playing, but this new iteration is a Star Wars version of the game. And there are plenty of people wh ..read more
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2y ago
The Board Game Family
When our monthly game night fell close to Star Wars Day earlier this month, we had to dive into some Star Wars games.
And that meant it was a perfect time to play Star Wars: Destiny!
It's a 2-player card and dice game battle that we have tons of cards for – so we could set up multiple head-to-head battles among everyone there. Plus, it can be played in 30 minutes and then we can be on to the next battle against a different opponent.
That's also when I realized that even though we've had the game for a number of years, we haven't posted our full review of Star Wars: Destin ..read more