The Family Gamers - Reviews

CAMP: The Family Pastime

7.5/10

August 7, 2017 Updated: October 29th, 2018 Andrew Smith Reviews

We went camping this past weekend, and what better way to celebrate camping than to play camping themed board games? This week we take a look at CAMP: The Game that Grows With You, the Dr. Toy award winning game from Education Outdoors. CAMP has a lot of features that are really appealing, but do they come together to make

Camp Pinetop

7/10

August 16, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Explore and collect outdoorsy merit badges to increase your scout troop’s rank in this game for 1-5 players.

Bye Felicia! – Where Great Minds Must Quickly Think Alike

7/10

June 7, 2021 Updated: July 6th, 2021 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Bye Felicia! is one of the few party games that makes the cut to stay in my library. It’s light and easy to teach, but gets your brain working.

Bugs on Rugs: Elementary Entomology

7/10

January 6, 2019 Updated: October 15th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

Welcome to the exciting world of bug collecting! Snatch bugs off the rug to add to your collection, but watch out for the bugs you don’t catch – they’ll fly onto the wall and do tricky things.

Brainwaves: Stretch Your Memory Muscles

8.5/10

November 25, 2019 Updated: March 27th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

Brainwaves games challenge you to remember details about previously-revealed cards. But each stretches your working memory in a different way.

Box of Rocks & Parent Quiz: Trivia Games the Whole Family Can Play

8.5/10

July 6, 2017 Updated: January 17th, 2019 Anitra Smith Reviews

Box of Rocks and Parent Quiz are two simple trivia games designed for family play. Each takes just a few minutes and encourage discussion among the players. Which one is right for your family?

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Anitra, Family Games, Haywire Group, trivia

Boomerang – Draft Your Way Through Australia

8/10

March 1, 2021 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Nick reviews the first edition of Boomerang, a phenomenal small box game. Draft cards to collect photos and souvenirs all around Australia, but be careful that your “throw” card is less than the final card you “catch”!

BOO: A Petite Phantasmal Puzzler

7/10

October 23, 2017 Updated: September 7th, 2018 Anitra Smith Reviews

Did you know that ghosts can scare each other? Neither did I until I played BOO, a compact game for two players from Perplext. Did this ghostly game grip us, or were we perplexed by this petite phantasmal puzzler?

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2 players, Anitra, card games, ghost, halloween, Microgames, Perplext, spooky

Bonsai – Peaceful Potted Potensai

9/10

July 31, 2023 Andrew Smith Reviews

Bonsai – The ancient Japanese art of cultivating miniature trees in pots becomes a captivating tile-placement board game!

Bloom Town – Hope is in Bloom

8.5/10

December 14, 2020 Updated: February 26th, 2021 Ryan Smoker Reviews

haven’t encountered another 30-minute game that we’ve put on the table as often as Bloom Town. Easy to play and surprisingly deep in strategy, it’s a great game with unique mechanics and a variety of paths to victory.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, city building, flowers, plants, Ryan, Sidekick Games, tile laying

Blazon – Design a Heraldic Shield

7/10

August 7, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

I’ve always been a fan of the medieval time period for its astonishing castles and Arthurian lore. Blazon focuses on one aspect of medieval history; heraldry.

BLANK: A Game That Teaches Game Design

7.5/10

December 12, 2017 Updated: February 19th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

BLANK is basically a starter pack for the interested designer; it provides a template to create rules and effects to make the game your own.

Blank Slate – Where ____ Minds Think Alike

7/10

May 25, 2020 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Blank Slate is a party style game in which players try to come up a word that completes a cue card and matches exactly one other player. My gaming tastes don’t really lean towards party gaming at all, but I did find Blank Slate to be enjoyable for certain occasions…

Big Easy Busking

7/10

December 14, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

“Busking” is playing music in a public place to earn money. And there’s no better place in the world for street musicians than New Orleans, the Big Easy. Use your band’s energy to play jazz standards and new pieces – then gain money and influence from the crowd! Big Easy Busking is a game for 1-5 players by Joshua J.

Betta – Arrange Fishy Displays

7/10

May 29, 2023 Updated: June 18th, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Betta is an enjoyable game that will remain in our library. It only takes about a minute to explain the rules and players will be off swimmingly.

Bellum Magica

7.5/10

March 7, 2022 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Become the overlord you’ve always dreamed to be; flip the script by taking on the role of an Evil Lord. Invite goblins and dragons to join your ranks, gathering resources and looting human kingdoms.

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5 players, Bellum Magica, fantasy, Fantasy Board Games, Income, Market, Medieval, Nick

Beacon Patrol

8.5/10

August 12, 2024 Jeremy Pike Reviews

Beacon Patrol delivers a calm, enjoyable experience that’s accessible to many ages. Explore the North Sea by laying tiles, together.

BattleGoats: Fun for All Ages!

7/10

February 26, 2017 Updated: December 29th, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

Family Gamers, we think silliness is a great way to relate to your children, and with the game BattleGoats from CardLords, there is ample opportunity for less-than-serious play.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Andrew, animals, BattleGoats, card games, CardLords

Battle Sheep: One Sheep, Two Sheep, Red Sheep, Blue Sheep

8/10

April 17, 2017 Updated: February 2nd, 2021 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

I love playing games with my kids that have either a simple setup, a simple cleanup, or simple rules. Battle Sheep, designed by Francesco Rotta and published by Blue Orange Games, has all three. With just a handful of quality components and a very limited set of choices to make each turn, games are breezy fun with your little lambs…

Batman: Everybody Lies – Dark Detective Drama

7.5/10

June 13, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

From its first notes, Batman: Everybody Lies taps deeply into its roots in the award-winning Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game. But as big fans of Batman, we wish it had something more.

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Andrew, Batman, Portal Games

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