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191 – Clever Kids Mysteries with John Zilch – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 27, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Our guest this week is John Zilch, creator of Clever Kids Mysteries. Looking for something to teach your kids and give them something to do while they’re stuck at home? Check these out!

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Andrew, Anitra, Clever Kids Mysteries, EXIT, Interview, mail, mystery

190 – Our Top Roll & Writes – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 20, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Rather than a top 5, we talk about our favorite roll & write games for specific situations. And don’t miss the giveaway!

189 – Boardgames & Books – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 13, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Our guest this week is Jenn Bartlett, AKA The Boardgame Librarian. We examine the idea of pairing up books with games.

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Andrew, Anitra, books, Family Gaming, library

188 – Play This, Not That, AGAIN – The Family Gamers Podcast

April 7, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

After some technical difficulties, we’re back, and talking about more games for you to play with your family. Tired of UNO and Life? We’ve got suggestions for some substitutes.

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Andrew, Anitra, Play This Not That

187 – Games and Finance with First Move Financial – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 30, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

First Move Financial - Financial planning for all stages of life. What's your first move?

Our guest on this podcast is Donnie Carpenter, who runs First Move Financial. First Move Financial is a sponsor of The Family Gamers Podcast.

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Andrew, Anitra, Donnie, financial, First Move Financial, Interview, money, treasure

186 – Education in Quarantine – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 23, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, 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!)

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Andrew, Anitra, educational games, Family Gaming

185 – The Charity Boardgamer – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 16, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Our guest this week is Chris Goodlet. Chris runs “The Charity Boardgamer”, raising money for charities while playing games.

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Andrew, Anitra, charity, Charity Boardgamer, Extra Life, fundrasier, Interview, Tabletop

184 – Play This, Not That – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 9, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

We introduce a new format on this show: Play This, Not That. We examine a few popular children’s games and suggest games that use the same concepts in a better way. We also try Wendy’s breakfast sandwiches… FOR SCIENCE!

183 – NY Toy Fair with Engaged Family Gaming – The Family Gamers Podcast

March 2, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

This week, we are with Stephen Duetzmann and Linda Wrobel from Engaged Family Gaming. They attended New York Toy Fair 2020 – and brought Andrew along. What really stood out to the three of them?

182 – Year of the Rat – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 25, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

It’s the Year of the Rat, and we offer up our top 5 games featuring mice and rats – and 5 more where rodents play a “supporting role”.

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Andrew, animals, Anitra, mouse, rat

181 – George Kaponay & The Intuition Game – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 17, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Our guest this week is George Kaponay. George and his family have been traveling the world for many years. They designed The Intuition Game to help families explore their superpower.

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Andrew, Anitra, At Home In The World, Family Gaming, Interview

180 – Date Night Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 10, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and it got us thinking about games that work well for a date night. What makes a good game for date night? What are a few of our favorites?

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2 players, Andrew, Anitra, Date Night, Family Gaming, small games

179 – Board Gaming with Education – The Family Gamers Podcast

February 3, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Our podcast guest this week is Dustin Staats, from the Board Gaming with Education podcast!

178 – Sick Games – The Family Gamers Podcast

January 27, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Lung 1: one green virus, one yellow virus. Lung 2: one yellow virus, two purple viruses.

Andrew is sick. Let’s keep this short and talk about games with a sick theme.

177 – Best of 2019 – The Family Gamers Podcast

January 20, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Nick joins us as we share our favorite games of 2019.

176 – 2019 Retrospective and 2020 Goals – The Family Gamers Podcast

January 13, 2020 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Episode 176 - 2019 Retrospective & 2020 Goals

We’re looking both forward and backward this week, examining last year’s resolutions and using what we’ve learned to come up with new goals for 2020. Thanks to our sponsor, First Move Financial, for helping support The Family Gamers Podcast. What We’ve Been Playing Koi – from Smirk & Dagger. Goldfish are mean. Dungeon Academy – from The OP. We have

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Andrew, Anitra, Best of 2020, challenge, game night, gifts, goals, mobile app, Similo