Yarrr Har Hunt: X Marks the Co-op Spot
Friendly pirates cooperate, following clues to get the treasure. Collect as many treasures as there are pirates before the boat comes to the shore and pick them all up!
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SNAP Review – Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts Game
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.
» Read moreAdventure Mart – Competitive Convenience Stores
Manage your own Adventure Mart franchise in this deck-building card game. Buy stock, fixtures, and hire staff, then sell your stock for the best price to passing adventurers! Best for gamers who enjoy min/maxing with lots of discrete information.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Color It! – A Coloring Roll and Write
Color It! is a very simple roll-and-color game. Use it to practice taking turns, or to begin to teach strategy. We also like it as a way to wind down before bedtime.
» Read moreWhat the Heck? – The Highs and Lows of Bluffing
In What the Heck? players bluff their way to victory using a deck of cards numbered from 1 to 15. Each card can only be played once, and players who play the same card cancel each other out. The game rewards crafty and unexpected play — with either a Point Card in your pocket or a friend berating you for your silly play style!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Dungeon Drop
Dungeon Drop is an innovative, abstract dungeon crawl created by Scott R. Smith, published by Gamewright and Phase Shift Games. 1-4 players take turns dropping cubes that represent treasure, monsters, and rooms – then loot the dungeon!
» Read moreCloud City – Puzzling Layers of Pathways
If you have a budding architect who enjoys puzzles and want a light family game to play together, Cloud City is a good choice.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Christmas Lights
Deduce the bulbs in your hand and get them out in the right order in Christmas Lights, a light family game for the holiday.
» Read moreBloom Town – Hope is in Bloom
haven’t encountered another 30-minute game that we’ve put on the table as often as Bloom Town. Easy to play and surprisingly deep in strategy, it’s a great game with unique mechanics and a variety of paths to victory.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Shifting Stones
Shifting Stones is a tile-moving puzzle game for 1-5 players. With no reading required, it’s perfect for the whole family, but also plays well solo.
» Read moreYacht Rock – More Like Musak
It’s hard to understand the right target demographic for Yacht Rock. The game tries to do a lot of different things, but it doesn’t do any of them well enough to stand out.
» Read moreSNAP Review – The Bears and The Bees
Build the hive and empty your hand in The Bears and the Bees, a 2-5 player game from Grandpa Beck’s Games.
» Read moreHarry Potter: House Cup Competition – Twenty Points to The OP!
Play as one of the four houses at Hogwarts. Be the best house at lessons and challenges to win the Hogwarts House Cup Competition! An introductory worker placement game in the Harry Potter universe.
» Read moreTang Garden : Meditative and Artistic
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.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Telestrations: Upside Drawn
Draw and guess… now in a new way, with Telestrations: Upside Drawn. Teamwork is absolutely necessary for this 4-12 player game.
» Read moreHoliday Gift Guide 2020
It’s been a long year. Maybe you have a better idea of what your family likes in board games? Or maybe you need some different, more accessible games. We’ve got your back, with board game gift suggestions for any age, player count, and experience level.
» Read moreUnfair Expansion: Alien B-movie Dinosaur Western
Why would you possibly need to add more to an already awesome game? Unfair Expansion: Alien B-movie Dinosaur Western brings creativity and new challenges to an already phenomenal gaming experience.
» Read morePrisma Arena: Hope is Stronger than Despair
Prisma Arena is one of the most kid-friendly fighting games we’ve ever seen. Customize your hero with stickers, and train in the Arena to become a Guardian of Hope.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Cupcake Academy: Are you the Star Baker?
Cupcake Academy feels like a successor to Dr. Eureka, even though it is cooperative and is not really a dexterity game. We found playing Cupcake Academy helped our kids realize that there are things they can control, and things they can’t.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Baby Dragon Bedtime
Baby Dragon Bedtime is unusual because it’s a speed game and a memory game, and a deck-building game. We hoped it would hook both our children who prefer slower memory games, and our children who like speed games but aren’t keen on memory.
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