The Family Gamers - Reviews

Bärenpark: A Koala-ity Family Experience

9/10

September 12, 2017 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

It’s time to bear down and start building! This week we take a look at one of the hottest games to come out of Origin this year, the tile-laying game Bärenpark from Lookout Spiele and Mayfair. We’ll tell you whether it’s a universally koality* experience, or if we think it’s a bit more polar-izing.

Avatar The Last Airbender: Aang’s Destiny

8.75/10

March 24, 2025 Jeremy Pike Reviews

We love Avatar: The Last Airbender. Now we can work together to fulfill Aang’s destiny, while building each character’s strengths.

Avant Carde

July 10, 2023 Updated: October 17th, 2024 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

Move over, Modern Art! It’s time for Avant Carde, an innovatively simple deck-building game.

Aurum – Metal Melding Alchemists

6/10

September 16, 2024 Updated: October 6th, 2024 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Aurum is a trick-taking game where players take on the role of alchemists melding base metals into gold. Earn points from gold and correctly bidding on number of tricks you’ll win. The unique trick-taking hook in Aurum is that players must not follow suit!

» Read more

3 players, 4 players, Nick, Pandasaurus, Shreesh Bhat, Stevo Torres, trick taking

Atheneum: Mystic Library – Feeling Bookish

8/10

April 12, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

A security guard caught you red-handed sneaking into the school library late at night for some before-the-final cramming. Your penance is to sort and reshelve all the books that need to be cleaned up! Athenenum: Mystic Library is a drafting and spatial planning game for 2-5 players ages 10 and up. It takes between 30-45 minutes to sort and shelve

» Read more

Andrew, books, drafting games, Family Games, humor, library, magic, Renegade, Spatial Puzzle

Arraial: A Pack-Em-In Portuguese Party!

7.5/10

October 7, 2019 Updated: April 7th, 2020 Dave Smith Reviews

Arraial is the closest analogue to Tetris we’ve seen yet, but with player interaction and the ability to choose your polyomino shape(s)! The goal of the game is to attract the most visitors to your festival in the form of meeples.

» Read more

build, Dave, Family Games, Pandasaurus, polyomino

Ark & Noah: A Game Drenched in Biblical Themes

5.5/10

July 3, 2017 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Andrew Smith Reviews

Crashing lightning, booming thunder, and thousands upon thousands of gallons of water pour from the sky. The drumming of torrential downpour on the roof of the Ark is calming in its regularity, as the unending rows of matched pair animals bray and paw nervously. There is a loud creaking as the rising water level begins to lift the massive boat

ArcheOlogic – Deductive Cartography

8/10

March 6, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews

Mapping a hidden city full of traps is the theme of ArcheOlogic, a new logic and deduction game from Ludonaute. ArcheOlogic is a deduction and polyomino placement game for 1-4 players ages 12 and up. A game should take a little under an hour. Setup In ArcheOlogic, players race to determine the correct placement of six buildings (represented by polyominos)

Anomia Kids: Sounds Like Fun!

9/10

June 18, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

Anomia is a word from a Latin root and means “without name”. It’s the term for being unable to come up with the name of an object. Anomia is also a game (from Anomia Press), in which players race to come up with a word that fits a certain category, ranging from “color” to “rock opera” to “shampoo brand”.

Animix – Set Collection in the Wild

8/10

August 2, 2021 Ryan Smoker Reviews

It’s time for a safari with Animix! Collect animals of different types and make sure the ones still on the table are arranged in their favorite patterns.

Animal Kingdoms

9/10

May 18, 2020 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

Gain the most influence in the Animal Kingdoms by placing Noble Beast cards that match each kingdom’s (randomly-chosen) Decree. Animal Kingdoms feels very “adult” but is definitely approachable for kids.

Andor: The Family Fantasy Game – Fight or Flight?

6.5/10

March 14, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

Legends of Andor is an awardwinning lightweight adventure. But what if players need something simpler, more approachable for young children?

Ancestree: Fiddling with Families for Family Fun

8.5/10

February 12, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

“My family is better than yours!” That’s the premise behind Ancestree, created by Eric Lang and published by Calliope Games. Draft tiles and build a dynasty worth commemorating! Or will your lineage be merely mediocre?

Águeda: City of Umbrellas – Showers of Colors

8/10

December 30, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews

Águeda does a masterful job with sequencing. Within each sequence of the game, there are only a few decisions to make…

Adventure Mart – Competitive Convenience Stores

8/10

January 18, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Manage your own Adventure Mart franchise in this deck-building card game. Buy stock, fixtures, and hire staff, then sell your stock for the best price to passing adventurers! Best for gamers who enjoy min/maxing with lots of discrete information.

» Read more

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, card games, DigiSprite, dungeon crawl, fantasy, Hub Games, sell

Adventure Land: May the Bravest Win!

8.5/10

December 10, 2019 Updated: October 23rd, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Call fellow adventures to the table and prepare for epic battles! Protect the realm from the dangers that lurk within the fog surrounding the banks of the great river. On your way, gather swords from the mountains and medicinal herbs from the forests. Will you heed the call to Adventure Land?

A Nice Cuppa: Focused Relaxation

8/10

January 10, 2025 Anitra Smith Reviews

In one of the most stressful times of my life, A Nice Cuppa is exactly what I need to slow my racing thoughts and spend a few minutes on something that is just for me.

» Read more

Anitra, Button Shy Games, Card Game, Scott Almes, solo

3 Ring Circus

7/10

August 28, 2023 Updated: June 28th, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews

Take on the role of a circus director who tours the United States at the end of the 19th century.

3 of a Kind: Kinda-Like This!

6.5/10

January 27, 2025 Jeremy Pike Reviews

3 Of A Kind taglines itself as “a party game of creative connections” and we expected a silly good time. We found in playing the game that this is exactly what happened. Sometimes.

2 Button Shy Games: Cow, Tiger, Santa Claus & In Vino Morte

6.5/10

April 2, 2018 Updated: July 11th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Button Shy is a micro-publisher dealing exclusively in micro-games. All of their games are small enough to fit in a wallet. Although some of these games are quite involved despite the small number of cards, we’ll be looking at two of their lightest games: a travel game and a fast deduction party game. Cow, Tiger, Santa Claus As a child,

« 1 … 34 35 36 37 »