The Family Gamers - Reviews

The Mansky Caper: An Offer You Can’t Defuse!

8/10

November 12, 2018 Updated: November 24th, 2020 Andrew Smith Reviews

It was a big night for our family – the night we finally showed the world we were deserving of respect. We were tired of Al Mansky (the richest mobster in the country) getting all the glory – and hogging all the loot. Al was out of town, and had left all his loot stashed in his mansion. No guards,

The Loop

7.5/10

April 26, 2022 Updated: November 28th, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

You won’t have to step into a blue box or twist your necklace to turn back time in The Loop. Do you have the wits to tread and retread ground to defeat Dr. Faux? Only time will tell.

The Key: Sabotage at Lucky Llama Land

8.5/10

April 26, 2021 Updated: September 5th, 2024 Anitra Smith Reviews

The Key feels a lot like a logic grid puzzle. As you work to gather your clues, you’ll feel that you’re getting closer and closer until you find the key piece of information that makes everything else snap into place. More complex than games like Outfoxed and Concluzio, this might be the next step if your family wants a more challenging deduction game.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Anitra, deduction, HABA, mystery, solo, The Key, Thomas Sing

The Grimm Masquerade

9.5/10

January 20, 2020 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

We have adored The Grimm Masquerade since we first saw it. It’s easy to learn and accessible, appropriate for a wide range of players. Whether you love social deduction or hate bluffing, you owe it to yourself to try it.

The Goonies: Under the Goondocks – A Never Say Die Expansion

8/10

September 19, 2022 Nick Martinelli Reviews

In the base game we all wondered where Stef, Andy, and Brand were. The crew didn’t seem complete without them. Under the Goondocks brings them into the fold!

The Goonies: Never Say Die

7.5/10

January 17, 2022 Updated: July 17th, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

The Goonies: Never Say Die hits the nostalgia button pretty hard with its evocative art style and gameplay. You’ll feel like a Goonie yourself, working together to find One-Eyed-Willie’s lost treasure. At its core, this is a co-op game with a splash of roleplaying. The gameplay is solid and the mechanics blend perfectly with theme.

The Game: Face To Face

6.5/10

July 6, 2021 Updated: May 15th, 2023 Andrew Smith Reviews

To truly succeed in marriage and parenting you need to be inside your partner’s head as much as possible to support one another and be on the same page. But sometimes you can get into the head of your partner for your own benefit…

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2 players, Andrew, Pandasaurus

The Game of 49: Three in a Row, Go for One More

4/10

August 27, 2018 Updated: April 24th, 2021 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

The Game of 49 can be described very simply as Connect Four, but with bidding.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, abstract, auction, bidding, Breaking Games, Corey, math, probability

The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine

9/10

October 12, 2020 Updated: April 19th, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

There seems to be a planet at the edge of our solar system. Can you and your fellow astronauts complete the missions ahead of you to unlock the mystery of planet nine? The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine blends loose story-telling with truly inventive cooperative trick-taking while limiting players’ ability to communicate. The result is a tense collaborative experience,

The Color Monster… And Emotional Intelligence

8/10

February 24, 2020 Updated: March 4th, 2020 Chrissy Wissler Reviews

The Color Monster is all mixed up; he can’t tell what he’s feeling and his friend, the little girl, offers to help sort it all out. Work together to sort all the Color Monster’s emotions in the correct jars…

The Adventures of Robin Hood

9.5/10

November 29, 2021 Updated: January 2nd, 2023 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

A large interactive map and a genuine hardcover book guide your multi-part narrative adventure as you and up to three friends live the lives of Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet, and Maid Marian.

The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance – When Stories Get Crazy

8.5/10

July 12, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

Bureau of Balance is a fun, farcical storytelling game designed to get everyone around the table laughing. It’s light on rules because it’s supposed to be. If you’re looking for a crunchy, min-maxing dungeon crawl adventure, pass on this one.

The A.R.T. Project

7.5/10

June 10, 2024 Stephanie Nye Reviews

Some board gamers might thrive on the nail-biting tension caused by resource acquisition and challenging fighting in this game. We, however, often found it overly frustrating in many of our plays.

Tesseract – Cooperative Cube Containment

8/10

January 1, 2024 Andrew Smith Reviews

Are kids allowed when you’re saving the known universe? We think so. Cooperate to contain cubes from the collapsing Tesseract before it causes an irreparable breach!

Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game

7.5/10

December 5, 2023 Updated: April 24th, 2024 Jeremy Pike Reviews

Players chuck dice to make Mars habitable: increasing oxygen, raising temperature, and creating oceans. The dice represent different resources players can spend to raise these terraforming parameters or play Project cards.

Tangram City

7/10

September 2, 2024 Anitra Smith Reviews

“Take me down the Tangram City
Where the blocks are square
And balance is pretty…” In Tangram City, up to five players compete to build the largest city blocks, while keeping a balance between buildings and green space.

Tang Garden : Meditative and Artistic

8/10

November 16, 2020 Andrew Smith Reviews

2020 has been tough, and there hasn’t been a lot of beauty to behold. Stop and smell the peonies in this gorgeous garden building game from Lucky Duck Games and ThunderGryph.

Tall Tales: Story Weaving

6.5/10

August 22, 2022 Andrew Smith Reviews

As you can imagine, we’re no stranger writing and stories here at The Family Gamers. Tall Tales lets us do exactly that.

Tajuto: Pagoda Pandemonium

8/10

September 7, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

In Tajuto from Renier Knizia up to four players will construct pagodas to increase their Meditation and achieve Spirituality points. Tajuto is published by Super Meeple (Luma Imports distributes it in the US & Canada) and is best for players ages 10+. How to Play Your goal is to have the most Spirituality points when the fourth pagoda is completed.

Sweet Deals – A Sweet Treat In Moderation

6/10

June 24, 2024 Jeremy Pike Reviews

Our family thought Sweet Deals was a sweet little game, in small doses.

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