Andrew Smith is the executive editor of The Family Gamers, and co-host of The Family Gamers Podcast.
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Dan Hughes tells us about CoraQuest. What started as a pandemic homeschool project with 8-year-old Cora has now become a full-fledged family dungeon crawl you can support on Kickstarter!
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Create your own constellations in StarLink, a drawing-and-guessing game that manages to be puzzley while avoiding the frantic shout-fest common to other drawing games.
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Your hosts Andrew and Anitra went away for 48 hours. We filled those hours with a giant stack of games, and we’ll tell you about them.
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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.
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It’s almost Anitra’s birthday! That means it’s time for her to talk about a few of her favorite games. Find out her favorite “regular” game, one to play with kids, solo game, and 2-player game.
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This week’s guest is Jeremy Howard, an educator and a strong voice in the board game industry. What does he have to say about playing games with kids?
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Match land types to hatch dragon eggs. Can you find the most dragons in this “My First Kingdomino” game?
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Christmas time is here… and now past. We talk about the board game gifts we gave and received, as well as traditions we have and tactics we employ to keep Christmas morning from feeling too crazy.
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Deduce the bulbs in your hand and get them out in the right order in Christmas Lights, a light family game for the holiday.
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It may be too late to shop for board games, but you can still get video games (downloaded) in time for Christmas! We have Stephen Duetzmann from Engaged Family Gaming on to talk about the games he would recommend for families this year.
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This week, we are drowning in a deluge of dice games. It has been a really long time since we talked specifically about dice games (all the way back in episode 66!) and we thought that instead of doing a top 5, we’d talk about all the different ways dice get used in games.
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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.
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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.
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It’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? We’re joined by Isaac Villa and Ryan Gutowski to share our top five games of the year – and one that was a big disappointment.
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Build the hive and empty your hand in The Bears and the Bees, a 2-5 player game from Grandpa Beck’s Games.
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On this week’s podcast, we walk you through our holiday gift guide. Not sure what games fit the people on your list? We can help!
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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.
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Cross the river and escape the Enchanted Forest! A spoiler-free review of this family friendly, fairy tale inspired, EXIT adventure.
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Can you find the hidden Order of the Phoenix members? Or will you be stopped by Ministry officials and run out of time? Codenames Harry Potter combines the classic clue-giving experience with the magical wizarding world. Cooperate with your partner(s) to find all the Order of the Phoenix members without running out of time-turners or picking a Death Eater.
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