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Practicing skateboard tricks becomes a game with Jortner’s Trick Dice. Nick and Jace tell how to play and why it’s fun.
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The Funkoverse system was designed with a simple core rule set that’s streamlined and easy enough for kids to grasp.
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Concluzio is exactly what it appears to be: a simple, straightforward deduction game with no extra fluff.
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Unmatched: Cobble and Fog brings four men out of the shadows of classic literature and onto the table in an all-out battle for dominance.
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Quirky Circuits combines programming and multi-player cooperative play in a way we’ve never seen before. Players try to cooperate to get the robots to do the right thing; but what one player thinks is “right” might not match what another player intends.
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Mini BrilliAnts is an ant-based card game playable in 15 minutes, a resource-collection game for 2 to 4 players in which the goal is to complete objectives to score the most victory points. The player whose objectives are worth the most points will win this small euro-style game!
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Add on to your bear park with monorails and grizzly bears in this un-bear-lievably great expansion to Barenpark.
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Skulk Hollow is an asymmetric 1v1 battle game where the Foxen smallfolk try to defend Skulk Hollow from various Guardians! Will the Guardians overwhelm the Foxen, or will the smallfolk overcome the Guardian with sheer numbers?
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No, not “Chubby Bunny”! Marshmallow Test is a trick-taking game of delayed gratification, loosely themed on the Stanford marshmallow experiment.
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NFL Trade$ Card Game brings family friendly, fast paced card drafting to football. Your goal is to pick the best combination of players to rake in big money.
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In Clip Cut Parks, you’ll design parks by cutting and combining pieces to get exactly what you need. In our SNAP review, you’ll hear Andrew rap about it.
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In the game Koi by Bill Lasek, you’ll compete with other koi fish to stay well-fed. As the pond changes with new features, whoever can eat the most over seven days will win – and maybe have a chance to become a dragon one day!
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Gather pollen to make the most valuable honey in this set-collection game. We’re pleased to review a game that looks so “grown-up” while remaining accessible to pre-reading kids.
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It’s difficult to put a finger on one specific thing this game does differently that helps it rise above its competitors. From Jinkies to Meddling, this is a well-crafted game with an appropriate story and clever challenges. The group control and character investment is probably the element that made our kids so immediately eager to dive back into the world of Scooby Doo.
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We don’t know why Vikings go bowling, but the goal of the game is to collect the most coins. You do this by… pushing other people off the dock? It doesn’t have to make sense.
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This simple dungeon crawl plays in about 45 minutes with a random layout every time. If you’re a parent looking for an easy game to dip your toe into fantasy dungeon crawls, Karak may be just what you need.
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Flip cards and write Xs into your transit stops to fill your train lines and get passengers all the way to the end. Colorful and bright, Metro X always leaves us saying “let’s play again!”
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We love this game that combines bidding for resources with a 3D puzzle. It’s simple to understand but hard to predict, and works well for all ages.
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Remember our Downforce review? Restoration Games has released two expansions since 2017. The time has come for more Downforce reviews. Do Danger Circuit and Wild Ride amp up the fun?
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Warning: This SNAP review touches on death and the supernatural. One player takes the role of Ghost, and all other players work to determine how the Ghost met their untimely demise.
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