Animals are a popular theme for children’s games, but they also show up in many games intended for an older audience as well.
What’s the difference between a body builder and a zombie? One says “No pain no gain, and the other says no brain no pain!”
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For kids studying food webs and ecosystems, this new marine biology card game from Genius could really help to reinforce concepts. But will parents actually enjoy playing it?
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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.
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We’re squirming with delight over this all ages game from Phil Walker-Harding. Can your scribbly gum larva collect the most food?
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Ignore the silly bird. We’d recommend Featherlight for couples or families with older kids who want a game that will engage your brain while staying light and fast.
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Let’s play a game about wrestling beetles! Slide items onto the board and try to push your opponent off.
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Collect and arrange pages about the four kingdoms living in the forest: animals, plants, insects, and fungi, to add to the Codex Naturalis.
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In Raccoon Robbers, players control a band of raccoons who scale buildings and leap from great heights to score movement points for their boss raccoon.
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Prehistories is very family friendly and fun at all player counts (2-5). Send out hunting parties and paint your cave to celebrate your victories in this tile-laying game.
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The junkyard rats have been dreaming about the moon made of cheese. Now they’re going to build a rocket and see if they can make it there!
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Pavlov’s Dogs is a game full of puns and psychology humor.
Are you ready to test your memory and your ability to follow directions?
No matter how you feel about tiny fish, Sunny Day Sardines is a compact, fast-moving game that everyone in the family can play.
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What if the moles had a building competition, pushing up dirt from underground to turn their molehills into mountains?
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2022 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. So why not talk about some board games you can play with tigers in them?
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It’s time for bed, and we’re going to use a game. But Andrew’s too old to help with this review – so we get Elliot instead!
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Under the Moonlight is an expansion to Photosynthesis that promises complexity without adding randomness. Unfortunately, complexity is all that it brought to the table.
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Andrew dresses up with his fancy plumage – but I’m not sure that will work to attract Anitra.
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The baby hedgehogs are playing dress up, but they don’t have spiky quills like mom and dad. How can they dress up and pretend to be adults? Maybe with this bag of pointy leaves?
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