SNAP Reviews

Let us tell you about new family games – in a SNAP review! We take just 5 minutes of audio or video to review GAMES – Game, Art, Mechanics, Expectations, and Surprises.

No time to listen? Prefer your short reviews in another format? Read the written summary. Pictures and a star rating will help you learn about games quickly.

Are these games the right fit for your family? Listen and find out – in a SNAP!

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SNAP Review: Kingdomino Duel

March 20, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Use Kingdomino scoring as you draft dice and draw “dominoes” into your kingdom. Use the same dice to unlock special powers in the spellbook!

SNAP Review – Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy

February 4, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Scan object cards to “feed” the monsters and match the color of their fur in this app-driven card game.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, food, mobile app, monster, young children

SNAP Review – Yum Yum Island

May 15, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Rescue all the animals on Yum Yum Island by feeding them food tokens. But don’t let the giant steal it! We’ll tell you all about this cooperative dexterity game… that involves blindfolds.

SNAP Review – Yokai Sketch

May 26, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Play cards to attract yokai (forest spirits) and sketch them. Maybe you can even lure them away from your opponent in this fast-moving game for 2 players.

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2 players, Andrew, Anitra, card games, Devir, duel, Ignasi Ferre, monster, Vincent Dutrait

SNAP Review – Words of a Feather

January 19, 2024 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.

SNAP Review – Word-A-Melon

August 26, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

What’s this word game doing in my watermelon? An extra-short SNAP review.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, Andrew, Anitra, Bananagrams, food, word games

SNAP Review – Winter

December 23, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Winter is a tiny abstract strategy game for two players that captures the freeze and thaw cycle of a mid-winter day.

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2 players, abstract, Andrew, Anitra, card games, Devir, nature, small games, winter

SNAP Review – Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

February 26, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Roll dice and grab chickens from the coop to put in your bag. Cook the chickens for more points while stealing chickens from your fellow crafty foxes. Can you win the best chicken dinner?

SNAP Review – Wildtails: A Pirate Legacy

March 10, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Players’ choices really matter in solo or cooperative legacy games – what you do changes aspects of the game permanently!
So how on earth can Button Shy Games make a legacy game with just 18 cards and a few stickers?

SNAP Review – Who’s The G.O.A.T.?

October 16, 2020 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

This hilarious party game is one part prediction, one part competition, and all parts fun. Pick who you think will be the best at a variety of off-the-wall challenges, then vote by tossing your squishy goat.

SNAP Review – Who Did It?

August 8, 2018 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Who Did It? is a game of memory, deduction, and rapid discarding from Blue Orange. Prove that your pet didn’t do the poo!

SNAP Review – Where’s Mr. Wolf?

November 2, 2018 Updated: January 17th, 2023 Corey Lagunowich Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Looking for more games to play with the littlest gamers in your family? Corey and his daughter Sasha have got you covered, with this snap review of Where’s Mr. Wolf from Blue Orange Games.

SNAP Review – Viral: The Hive expansion

April 16, 2022 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

We love the area control game Viral. Does this expansion make a good game even better, or bog it down with too much to do?

SNAP Review – VENN

September 24, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Use crazy Art cards to clue 3 words in this nerdy word-guessing game.

SNAP Review – Valley of the Vikings

June 19, 2020 Updated: January 17th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

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.

SNAP Review – Unmatched: Sun’s Origin

February 23, 2024 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Unmatched is at its best when it’s blending history or legend with their incredible mechanics, and I definitely think that’s true here, as well.

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2 players, Andrew, Anitra, Family Gaming, history, Japan, Restoration Games, Unmatched, Yuta Onoda

SNAP Review – Unmatched: Marvel Teen Spirit

August 25, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

We love Unmatched. But one thing we hadn’t done yet was dig into those branded Marvel sets. So that’s the question we’re going to ask this week. How does Unmatched hold up with super heroes?

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2 players, 3 players, Andrew, Anitra, attack, battle, comic, duel, heroes, Marvel, Restoration Games, Unmatched

SNAP Review – Unmatched: Jurassic Park – Dr. Sattler vs. T. Rex

June 17, 2022 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Who hasn’t secretly wanted to be a dinosaur who could bite people’s heads off? Now you can, in Unmatched: Jurassic Park – Dr. Sattler vs. T. Rex.

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Andrew, Anitra, dinosaur, movie, Unmatched

SNAP Review – UNDO: Cherry Blossom Festival

July 15, 2022 Updated: October 27th, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

A man in his sixties is lying lifelessly on the floor of his living room. He has no visible injuries, but there is a broken wineglass and an old photo next to him. His cellphone is ringing. Can you undo his tragic death?

SNAP Review – Unboxed

August 2, 2024 Updated: August 23rd, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Unboxed is a set of puzzles based on deciphering the rules to games. Each puzzle should take about 30 minutes to solve, for up to 4 players.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, Family Gaming, Jordan Sorenson, mystery, WizKids

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