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 – Maki Stack

January 4, 2019 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

California rolls, cucumber rolls, soy sauce, wasabi – sounds delicious. In Maki Stack, you stack wooden replicas of these items. Does Maki Stack stack up? Listen to our SNAP review in under 5 minutes, or read on below.

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6 players, Andrew, Anitra, audio, Blue Orange Games, dexterity games, food

SNAP Review – Robots & Rockets LIGHTSPEED

December 31, 2018 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

Robots & Rockets: LIGHTSPEED is the second entry in the Robots & Rockets series from designer Sye Robertson. Now that you’ve mastered robot tourism, you must practice the art of building rockets. Did our rockets launch to lightspeed, or did this game fizzle out? Listen to our thoughts in under 5 minutes, or read on below.

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audio, card games, Family Games, Izzy, Kids, Nick, robot, Rule and Make Games

SNAP Review – Drop It

December 20, 2018 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Drop It was designed by Bernhard Lach & Uwe Rapp and published by KOSMOS. It feels a bit like Connect 4 played with tangram shapes, if your object was to make as few lines as possible. Hear our impressions of this strategic dexterity game in about 6 minutes, or read on for more.

SNAP Review – Simon’s Cat: The Card Game

December 14, 2018 Updated: February 24th, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Simon’s Cat Card Game is a simple shedding game with a minor twist. The suits aren’t evenly distributed, and you take a “mess” if you can’t play a card on your turn.

SNAP Review – Home Alone: The Game

December 8, 2018 Updated: November 24th, 2020 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

Hello? Hello? Mom, Dad? Don’t leave me home alone!

Play as Kevin McCallister or the Wet Bandits in the Home Alone Game from Big G Creative. Hear our thoughts in about 10 minutes, or read on below.

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audio, Big G Creative, bluffing, Card Game, hide and seek, Izzy, Nick

SNAP Review – Dragons & Chickens

November 30, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

We really enjoyed Dragons & Chickens, even though most of us aren’t huge fans of speed games. It makes a great filler game for a group of 3-5 players.

SNAP Review – Catch! The Game of Cats and Mouse

November 23, 2018 Updated: February 21st, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

In Catch! from Peaceable Kingdom, players work together to move 4 cats to surround a mouse and keep it from escaping the yard.

SNAP Review – Pigment

November 16, 2018 Updated: February 11th, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

You want to be a master painter? In Pigment, from Copper Frog Games, you can be. Send your apprentices out to collect or trade “pigment” cubes (red, yellow, blue). Then spend them in the right combination to paint Renaissance masterpieces.

SNAP Review – Chupacabra: Survive the Night

November 9, 2018 Updated: March 16th, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

In Chupacabra: Survive the Night, you use your chupacabra dice to steal other players’ animals.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, animals, Anitra, audio, dice, monster, spooky, steal, Steve Jackson Games

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 – Robots & Rockets

October 19, 2018 Updated: February 19th, 2021 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

BEEP – Get the most robot tourists to their destinations in Robots & Rockets. Nick & Izzy tell us what they enjoy about this fast family game.

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audio, Izzy, Nick, robot, Rule and Make Games, spaceship

SNAP Review – 10 Essentials

October 12, 2018 Updated: April 19th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

A simple take-that game, 10 Essentials aims to to introduce kids to the standard “ten essential items” for backcountry hiking. Remedy dangers like dehydration or snow while playing similar dangers on the other players! What did Asher and Anitra think of this game? Listen to their review in 6 minutes, or read on below. 10 Essentials was designed by John

SNAP Review – Codenames: Disney Family Edition

October 5, 2018 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Codenames: Disney Family Edition applies a Disney theme to the modern classic Codenames. Does it strike gold like Scrooge McDuck, or is it Eeyore?

SNAP Review – Fanzy: Quick Dice for Sports Fans

September 27, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Fanzy is a sports-based speed dice-rolling game from Andy Geremia. Published by MasterPieces, it’s available in MLB, NFL, and NHL editions.

SNAP Review – Super Kitty Bug Slap

September 21, 2018 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Do you enjoy speed games like SlapJack, Spit, or Slamwich? Then you should listen to our review of Super Kitty Bug Slap, from Steve Jackson Games.

SNAP Review – Bob Ross: Happy Little Accidents Party Game

September 14, 2018 Updated: February 2nd, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Turn random scribbles into “happy accidents” in this fast paced sketching game.

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5 players, 6 players, Andrew, Anitra, audio, Big G Creative, Bob Ross, drawing, party games

SNAP Review – Shaky Manor

September 7, 2018 Updated: February 24th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

A unique dexterity game from Blue Orange Games. We’ll tell you about both modes of play for this speedy puzzle game

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Andrew, animals, Anitra, Blue Orange Games, dexterity games, ghost, treasure

SNAP Review – Monster Crunch! – Sweet and Delicious

August 31, 2018 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

Monster Crunch! is a ladder-climbing, trick taking game for 2-5 players, ages 9 and up. Monster Crunch! is published by Big G Creative.

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5 players, Big G Creative, Card Game, card games, food, ghost, Izzy, monster, Nick

SNAP Review – Card Caddy and Accessories

August 24, 2018 Updated: August 20th, 2019 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

At its core, the Card Caddy is a hard-sided box to hold a deck of cards. Once open, you can re-attach the two sides to create a draw/discard tray. Useful and extremely durable. (You could probably run it over with a truck. We talked to Chris Nichols, the designer of the Card Caddy, on episode 55 of the podcast –

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accessory, Andrew, Anitra, Card Caddy, Card Game, card games

SNAP Review – POW!: Comic Equality

August 17, 2018 Updated: July 19th, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

POW! is a press-your luck game of comic book character drafting, from Reiner Knizia and Gigamic. Your goal: build a cast of characters for your comic book. Collect both superheroes and supervillians, to create a balanced comic. Listen to our SNAP review of POW! in 5 minutes, or read on below. Gameplay Setup by randomizing the superheroes (blue/teal) and supervillians

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