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 – Mada

January 27, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

So the goal of Mada is to have the most prickly pears in your winnings pile at the end of the game. Try your luck to get high values – but if you ever grab a lower value card by mistake, you lose the round!

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, Andrew, Anitra, Helvetiq, Sophia Wagner

SNAP Review – Lucky Numbers

May 28, 2021 Updated: October 17th, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Place numbered clovers into a 4×4 grid. Can you make 4 rows and 4 columns where all numbers ascend?

SNAP Review – Little Alchemists

April 4, 2025 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Little Alchemists is a “room to grow” game all by itself, starting at a very low level and slowly adding more complexity. You can stop at any time on a level you feel comfortable with and just play that for a while, or even move back a level if you or your kids aren’t ready to move up.

SNAP Review – Last Defense!

August 28, 2020 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Andrew Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

You are your city’s Last Defense! Recover scientists to defend your city from outrageous monsters in this real-time game for 2-6 players.

SNAP Review – Landmarks

February 15, 2025 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

“For me this game varied wildly from very easy to very hard depending on the map tile that we happened to use.”

SNAP Review – KuZOOka

March 3, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

We’re going to help the animals escape from the zoo, in this cooperative game that feels a cross between Liar’s Dice and a video game rogue-like.

SNAP Review – Kombo Klash

April 9, 2021 Updated: March 17th, 2024 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Kombo Klash is a clever game of crazy combos, and we love it.

SNAP Review – Kiri-ai: The Duel

July 5, 2024 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

I really enjoyed the tight, back-and-forth nature of this duel. Even with so few cards in your hand, you’ll have to work hard to predict what your opponent will do, and try to counter it, or try to surprise them.

SNAP Review – King of 12

May 3, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

The two of us don’t usually love social deduction games, but having the die as the focus of the game gives a concrete goal. I want to get my die value high (or possibly low). Having that concrete goal made King of 12 a game we could really enjoy.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Card Game, dice, Lucky Duck Games, social deduction

SNAP Review – Kim-Joy’s Magic Bakery!

December 10, 2021 Updated: December 28th, 2021 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

Kim-Joy (of British Bake-off fame) and Skybound Games have teamed up to bring us a whimisical, adorable, and cooperative baking card game.

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Andrew, Anitra, card games, cooperative games, food, video

SNAP Review – Kids Chronicles: Quest for the Moon Stones

March 4, 2022 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

What does 7-year-old Elliot think of the new Kids Chronicles game? We think it’s best for kids right around his age.

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fantasy, Kids, Lucky Duck Games, mobile app, mystery

SNAP Review – Keys to the Castle

May 22, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

We’d recommend Keys to the Castle to families who are looking for a game with some player agency and some strategy that won’t be overwhelming for the younger end of your crew.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, Asher, Claire, maze, path finding

SNAP Review – Key to the Kingdom

July 14, 2023 Updated: March 27th, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Let’s go on an adventure! Roll and move to complete quests and find key pieces before defeating the Demon King!

SNAP Review – Kenny G: Keepin’ It Saxy Game

February 21, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Get Kenny G to the end of his day without losing his groove in this cooperative game for 2-5 players.

SNAP Review – Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts Game

January 22, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

A game about Pop-Tarts? Yes! Play action cards to manipulate a line of Pop-Tarts, from the freezer to the toaster, and “eat” the best ones for points.

SNAP Review – Kabuto Sumo

February 3, 2023 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

Let’s play a game about wrestling beetles! Slide items onto the board and try to push your opponent off.

SNAP Review – Junk Drawer

October 6, 2023 Updated: January 26th, 2024 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

A game about organizing my junk? I was skeptical. But Junk Drawer is easy to learn, while offering interesting decisions on every turn.

SNAP Review – Jinxx

August 16, 2024 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Two games in 5 minutes! Jinxx and Hijinks are Looney Pyramid games that feel like a classic 3-in-a-row with a few twists.

SNAP Review – Jetpack Joyride

July 24, 2018 Updated: October 6th, 2019 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Reviews – in a snap! Our inaugural SNAP review is Jetpack Joyride, from Halfbrick Studios and Lucky Duck Games. Jetpack Joyride, the board game, translates the frantic feel of the endless runner into a tile-laying puzzle. Speed puzzle: lay polyominoes (5-unit pieces) onto individual boards to build a path and be the first to “escape the lab”. Cover coins

SNAP Review – Jekyll vs. Hyde

September 30, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

A compact game that illustrates the struggle between balance and extremes. Will you be Mr. Hyde and win (or lose) it all? Or Dr. Jekyll, who strives to keep balance in all things?

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