Listen along as Andrew and Anitra talk about games they played, games their kids played, and a weekly discussion topic.
Podcast Episodes
246 – Five Tips for App-Integrated Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
There has been huge growth in board games that also use mobile apps over the last couple of years. We’re seeing more and more of it. We have 5 tips for playing app-assisted family board games.
» Read more245 – Jonathan Chaffer – The Family Gamers Podcast
Jonathan designed several of our family’s favorite games, including Filler, Stroop, and The Kringle Caper. He tells us a bit more about those, and about his newest micro-escape room, The Independence Incident.
» Read more244 – Play This, Not That! Scrabble & Monopoly – The Family Gamers Podcast
In Play This, Not That, we examine two “classic” games that you might be tired of – you want to encourage your kids, or parents, or friends away from these games, keeping the parts you enjoy from these games and ditching the parts you don’t.
» Read more243 – Purging Board Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
Why do we need to “spring clean” our board games? How can you make the decisions on what to purge? We tackle the tough question of “how” in this podcast.
» Read more242 – Room to Grow: Deduction Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
Our goal with Room to Grow is to help you bring your kids through a series of games that grow in complexity.
Logical deduction is a skill that usually needs to be intentionally taught; these three games will help you teach it!
241 – Beyond Board Games – Reading with Rajani LaRocca!
Once a quarter, we welcome a guest to the show who has NOTHING to do with board games, but is still awesome. This week, for our first episode of Outside Board Games, we welcome author Rajani LaRocca.
» Read more240 – Room to Grow: Roll & Write Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
We pick roll and write games that avoid arithmetic and sequencing, in four levels of difficulty. Which roll and writes give players room to grow?
» Read more239 – James Hudson, Skybound Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
This week, we welcome James Hudson, friend of the Family Gamers and part of Skybound Games publishing. Also, it’s become tradition – James on the ’39s!
» Read more238 – No Reading? No Problem! – The Family Gamers Podcast
Reading is great! But this week we want to talk about board games that don’t require reading (or only numbers). You might be surprised at just how many options there are.
» Read more237 – Dungeons & Dragons & Untold! With Rory O’Connor – The Family Gamers Podcast
Rory O’Connor shares with us his recent experiments in storytelling, using the Untold system to flesh out the world of Prisma Arena and as a framework to run a solo D&D campaign.
» Read more236 – Babies and Boardgames – The Family Gamers Podcast
When did you start playing games with your kids? And how do you get started if you haven’t played with them before – no matter what age they’re at?
» Read more235 – Board Games in a Minute with Sarah Shah – The Family Gamers Podcast
We’re not known for doing anything in only a minute, but Sarah Shah is. She created “Board Games in a Minute” videos!
» Read more234 – Children’s Books as Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
This week, we’re talking about games inspired by children’s books – games that actually exist, and games we’d like to see!
» Read more233 – with Alex Radcliffe – The Family Gamers Podcast
On this episode, we talk with Alex Radcliffe, founder of BoardGameCo and ambassador for boardgames all over the internet. His mission is spreading the love of board games and we just love it.
» Read more232 – Most Anticipated 2021 – The Family Gamers Podcast
It’s been a brutally long year since last February. And February is also the coldest, most miserable month. I’m so done with winter! But we will make it through. The pandemic is not done yet, but maybe we can suggest a few things we’re looking forward to for this year.
» Read more231 – CoraQuest with Dan Hughes – The Family Gamers Podcast
Dan Hughes tells us about CoraQuest. What started as a pandemic homeschool project with 8-year-old Cora has now become a full-fledged family dungeon crawl you can support on Kickstarter!
» Read more230 – Intensive Gaming Getaway – The Family Gamers Podcast
Your hosts Andrew and Anitra went away for 48 hours. We filled those hours with a giant stack of games, and we’ll tell you about them.
» Read more229 – Boston FIG Virtual – The Family Gamers Podcast
We attended the virtual Boston FIG Fest this weekend, and have interviews with Manaworks Games, Runaway Parade Games, Hot Banana Games, and Tidbit Games.
» Read more228 – Anitra’s Favorite Games – The Family Gamers Podcast
It’s almost Anitra’s birthday! That means it’s time for her to talk about a few of her favorite games. Find out her favorite “regular” game, one to play with kids, solo game, and 2-player game.
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