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Namiji – Setting Sail

8.5/10

January 22, 2024 Updated: April 24th, 2024 Jeremy Pike Reviews

Namiji, designed by Antoine Bauza for 2-5 players, is a relaxing, Japan-themed board game of worker placement and set collection. Taking 30-45 minutes, players 8+ sail around a track, engaging in fishing, net casting, and completing panoramas to earn points. Namiji offers multiple scoring strategies and a unique turn mechanism that keeps tension high.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, Antoine Bauza, Family Gaming, fishing, Flat River Games, Funforge, Japan, Jeremy

SNAP Review – Words of a Feather

January 19, 2024 Updated: February 15th, 2025 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Another bird-themed word game? Yes! We recommend Words of a Feather when you want a beautiful setting for a light, casual word game.

3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, 7 players, 8 players, Andrew, Anitra, betting, birds, clue giving, Grand Gamers Guild, guessing, Rusty Scioscia, word games, writing game

Scram! Critters vs. Campers

8/10

January 15, 2024 Updated: January 30th, 2024 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Scram! is a hit for our crew because it’s light, strategic, and without any mental overload. Turns go quick and kids will stay engaged. While we only were able to get four players to the table, it would be a hoot at six.

3 players, 4 players, 6 players, animals, Bezier, camping, card games, Family Gaming, hand management, memory, Nick, Ted Alspach

SNAP Review – Smug Owls

January 12, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

This is a game that encourages outside-the-box thinking, and also allows multiple players to be recognized for their answers and insight.

10 players, 11 players, 12 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, 7 players, 8 players, 9 players, Andrew, Anitra, birds, card games, Family Gaming, Grace Kendall, Kevin Ruelle, Mike Belsole, party game, Runaway Parade Games, word games

Sunrise Lane – A Town on the Rise

8/10

January 8, 2024 Ryan Smoker Reviews

In Sunrise Lane, players compete to build the most lucrative and attractive neighborhoods. The higher their town rises, the more prestige they will enjoy. Certain city blocks are better investments than others, but timing is everything, and sometimes blocking a fellow builder from a great investment is the way to get ahead! The player with the most clever balance of both short-term scoring and long-term planning will surely rise to the top.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, build, city building, Family Gaming, Horrible Guild, Reiner Knizia, Ryan

SNAP Review – Sherlock 13

January 5, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Sherlock Holmes and his associates star in this deduction game. Can you be the first to successfully discover the identity of the hidden criminal?

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, Arcane Wonders, card games, deduction, Hope S. Hwang, Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Dutrait

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!

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, cooperative games, dice, Dice Manipulation, Family Gaming, James Firnhaber, set collection, Smirk & Dagger Games, solo

Neotopia – Build a Harmonious Futuristic City

7.5/10

December 25, 2023 Updated: January 31st, 2024 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Build a harmonious city in this competitive, fast paced, tile placement game! We think it’s best at 4 players.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, action points, city building, futuristic, hand management, Nick, pattern building, tile placement

SNAP Review – Ecosystem: Savanna

December 22, 2023 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

Another game that explores ecosystems – this time, the African savanna.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Andrew, animals, Anitra, biology, card games, Daniel Davalos, drafting games, educational games, Genius Games, Matt Simpson, nature, plants, solo, Steve Schlepphorst

Nautilus Island

7.5/10

December 18, 2023 Stephanie Nye Reviews

Nautilus Island is a vibrant drafting and set collection game. Collect objects from The Nautilus to survive and escape!

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, drafting games, Family Gaming, Funnyfox, Hachette Games, Johannes Goupy, set collection, Stephanie, Théo Rivière

Space Explorers: Age of Ambition

8/10

December 11, 2023 Andrew Smith Reviews

Age of Ambition offers seven modules that can be added to Space Explorers. No matter which we chose, no mechanics felt out of place. If you want more Space Explorers, you can’t go wrong here.

2 players, 25th Century Games, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, history, space

SNAP Review – Tokaido Duo

December 8, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

It’s not as calming as the original Tokaido, but we recommend Tokaido Duo when you want a two player game that has tight competition without feeling super cut-throat.

2 players, Andrew, Anitra, Antoine Bauza, Flat River Games, Funforge, Japan

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.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, adults, dice, Jacob Fryxelius, Jeremy, solo, Stronghold Games, Terraforming Mars

SNAP Review – Turbo Kidz

December 1, 2023 Updated: December 17th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

“Drive” a blindfolded teammate with words – and by using their thumb like a joystick – to steer them around a racecourse on a dry-erase board.

We learned a lot about communicating with our kids through playing this game!

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Andrew, Anitra, blindfold, dexterity games, dry erase, Emmanuel Gauvain, Family Gaming, Hachette Games, racing games, Scorpion Masque, teams, Zombie Kidz

Chomp

7/10

November 27, 2023 Updated: December 17th, 2023 Stephanie Nye Reviews

With simple rules and quick set up, Chomp is easy to dive into. The complexity lies in the decisions of card drafting and placement while considering end game scoring. And it works wonderfully as a solo puzzle game.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, AllPlay, Clarence Simpson, dinosaur, solo, Stephanie, tile laying

SNAP Review – Purrfect Match

November 25, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Purrfect Match is a tableau building game – your goal is to have at least two of each type of cat in your cafe, and there are six types of cat.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, animals, Anitra, card games, cats, Flat River Games, Greater Than Games, tableau building, take that

Overboss: A Boss Monster Adventure

8/10

November 20, 2023 Nick Martinelli Reviews

Can you build the best “overworld” for your video-game monsters? “Overboss is a map-building game from the makers of Boss Monster.

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Aaron Mesburne, Brotherwise Games, Kevin Russ, Nick, open draft, pattern building, set collection, solo, Tile Drafting, tile laying, tile placement

SNAP Review – FORK: A Food Chain Trick-Taking Game

November 17, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Play your cards following almost-standard trick-taking rules, and try to “eat” (score) other players’ animals or kale, in FORK, a family-friendly card game.

3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, animals, card games, Lili Chin, Sunrise Tornado, Ta-Te Wu, trick taking

Flashback: Zombie Kidz – Memory Mysteries

8/10

November 13, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

A mystery-solving adventure game set in the Zombie Kidz universe. Examine three Memories over several sessions to figure out the zombies’ plan and how to stop them!

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Anitra, Baptiste Derrez, cooperative games, Family Gaming, Hachette Games, Marc-Antoine Doyon, mystery, Scorpion Masque, seek-and-find, solo, zombie, Zombie Kidz

Disney Animated – Drawn to Success

9.5/10

November 8, 2023 Updated: March 13th, 2025 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

Join the legendary team of Walt Disney Animation Studios to complete classic Disney films before the villains of those films stop them from being made!

2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, asymmetric, cooperative games, Disney, Family Gaming, Funko Games, movie, Prospero Hall

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