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2019 Holiday Gift Guide for Games

November 25, 2019 Updated: July 5th, 2022 Anitra Smith Resources for Parents

Board games bring families together around the table. So why not give games to your loved ones this holiday season? Here are our suggestions for every age and ability level.

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2 players, 5 players, 6 players, 7 players, 8 players, adults, AEG, all ages, animals, Ankama, Anomia, Anomia Kids, Best of 2019, Blue Orange Games, Brain Games, Breaking Games, card games, deduction, Deep Water Games, dexterity games, dinosaur, dragons, Educational Insights, EXIT, Family Games, Family Gaming, Fireside Games, FoxMind, Gamewright, gifts, HABA, Happy Planet, KOSMOS, Looney Labs, Luma Games, North Star Games, Oink Games, party game, Peaceable Kingdom, Presents, Renegade, Restoration Games, Roxley Game Laboratory, Skybound Games, Smirk & Dagger Games, solo, Stonemaier Games, Tabletop, Tabletop Games, word games, young children

154 – Player Interaction – The Family Gamers Podcast

July 29, 2019 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

We talk about player interaction this week. What games will encourage your family to really connect or collaborate? Andrew (and Anitra) also try Mexican hawthorne pulp, “for science!”

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2 players, attack, audio, cooperative games, guessing, Happy Planet, Maze Racers, Storytelling, take that, trick taking

SNAP Review – Dirty Pig Card Game

July 6, 2019 Updated: April 6th, 2021 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

Your goal: get all your pigs dirty first – because dirty pigs are happy pigs!

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, animals, Anitra, Asher, audio, Happy Planet, North Star Games, party games, take that

Funky Chicken: Dance Like No One is Watching

July 2, 2018 Updated: February 13th, 2023 Andrew Smith Reviews

How do you write about a game that is all about the experience of playing? Funky Chicken isn’t much to look at, but it is amazingly silly fun. Can you make a fool of yourself to get rid of your cards first, or will you be too chicken?

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5 players, 6 players, Andrew, Card Game, Happy Planet, Ken Gruhl, matching, movement game, North Star Games, Quentin Weir, Satish Pillalamarri, speed games

Monster Match: Can you do the Match?

May 21, 2018 Updated: February 13th, 2023 Anitra Smith Reviews

The bakers in Sprinkleton have a big problem – monsters keep stealing all their donuts! Can you pick out the suspects and help the bakers recover their donuts? Monster Match is a new collaboration from the team that brought us Happy Salmon – designers Ken Gruhl & Quentin Weir, with art by Linda DeSantis. As with Happy Salmon, Monster Match

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Anitra, educational games, Happy Planet, Ken Gruhl, Linda DeSantis, matching, monster, North Star Games, Quentin Weir, speed games, young children

92 – The Family Gamers Podcast – Games to Get You Moving

April 15, 2018 Updated: May 19th, 2018 Anitra Smith Podcast Episodes, The Family Gamers Podcast

Spring is here, but that doesn’t always mean great weather. We look at some tabletop games that can get your family moving, even if you’re stuck inside.

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Buffalo Games, dexterity games, Family Gaming, flicking games, Gigamic, HABA, Happy Planet, silly games, Studio Woe, Tabletop Games