The Family Gamers

Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef

May 31, 2021 Andrew Smith Reviews

“It has been fifteen years since the Great Battle. Fifteen years since our esteemed Engineers from the Citadel of Time made their wrenching decision and created The Fold; fifteen years since the last assemblage – and ultimate sacrifice – of the Tidal Blades.”

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?

Fruit Passion: Work Your Melon

May 7, 2021 Anitra Smith Reviews

Play fruit-themed cards one at a time into columns. But don’t peek at what you’ve played before! Test your memory with this simple but challenging card game.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Anitra, Eagle-Gryphon Games, food, memory game, solitaire, solo

The Key: Sabotage at Lucky Llama Land

April 26, 2021 Updated: September 5th, 2024 Anitra Smith Reviews

The Key feels a lot like a logic grid puzzle. As you work to gather your clues, you’ll feel that you’re getting closer and closer until you find the key piece of information that makes everything else snap into place. More complex than games like Outfoxed and Concluzio, this might be the next step if your family wants a more challenging deduction game.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Anitra, deduction, HABA, mystery, solo, The Key, Thomas Sing

Stop Thief! – A Game Night Steal

March 15, 2021 Ryan Smoker Reviews

This game is just elegantly smooth in how it plays. Simple mechanics, easy to learn, and so much fun to deduce where the thief is.

SNAP Review – Decktective: Bloody Red Roses

March 5, 2021 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Decktective is a mystery presented as a deck of cards with a full case for 1-6 detectives to solve.

SNAP Review – Dungeon Drop

January 9, 2021 Updated: January 6th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

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!

SNAP Review – Christmas Lights

December 25, 2020 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

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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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, Andrew, Anitra, Asher, Card Game, card games, deduction, Holiday, solo

SNAP Review – Shifting Stones

December 11, 2020 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

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.

Sneaky Cards 2: Bridge the Social Distance

October 26, 2020 Updated: November 8th, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

Girl holding a card. Written: Play It Forward

In this time when we’re being urged to stay socially distant, it may seem odd that I would review a game designed to bring you together with strangers. But more than ever, we need ways to connect with the people around us, even as we wash our hands, cover our faces, and try not to touch each other.

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Anitra, Card Game, card games, Gamewright, solo

SNAP Review – Marvel Battleworld: Fend off Thanos in Style!

September 18, 2020 Andrew Smith SNAP Reviews

In Marvel Battleworld you play as some really unique heroes, trying to uncover the mystery of the Thanostones and free your friends, through die-rolling combats.

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2 players, Andrew, Asher, blind box, collectibles, cooperative games, Dice Rolling, Marvel, solo

Cities: Skylines – Build Your Own Metropolis!

September 14, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

Cities: Skylines is the tabletop version of a video game with the same game. It’s a nice tight city-builder but too hard for younger kids.

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, Andrew, Anitra, city building, cooperative games, KOSMOS, solitaire, solo

SNAP Review – 5er Finden

September 11, 2020 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

5er Finden is an unusual roll-and-write search game designed by Jürgen Grunau. Up to four players can play, including a solo mode. Published by HABA, the recommended age range is 7-99 and it plays in about 20 minutes. Search for shapes on your personal board that contain all five colored shapes rolled on the five dice. Flip the timer if

Endangered: A Wildlife Journey

August 24, 2020 Updated: September 15th, 2022 Anitra Smith Reviews

Save the tigers and the sea otters in Endangered, a cooperative game for up to 5 players. Slow habitat destruction, encourage wild animal breeding, and sway ambassadors to vote for your cause.

Crazy Tower – The Architect Meets the Saboteur

August 10, 2020 Ryan Smoker Reviews

Put a little “fun with gravity” in your next family night with Crazy Tower, a building game that’s engaging for both builders and destroyers—you know who you are!

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2 players, 3 players, 4 players, dexterity games, Luma Games, Ryan, solo, stacking, Synapses Games

SNAP Review – Trick Dice: (Skateboard) Fun for Ollie

August 7, 2020 Nick Martinelli SNAP Reviews

Practicing skateboard tricks becomes a game with Jortner’s Trick Dice. Nick and Jace tell how to play and why it’s fun.

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audio, dexterity games, dice, Dice Rolling, Jace, Nick, outdoor games, solo, sports

SNAP Review – Clip Cut Parks

July 3, 2020 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith SNAP Reviews

In Clip Cut Parks, you’ll design parks by cutting and combining pieces to get exactly what you need. In our SNAP review, you’ll hear Andrew rap about it.

Koi: Beautiful, Selfish Fish

June 29, 2020 Anitra Smith Reviews

In the game Koi by Bill Lasek, you’ll compete with other koi fish to stay well-fed. As the pond changes with new features, whoever can eat the most over seven days will win – and maybe have a chance to become a dragon one day!

SNAP Review – Metro X

June 12, 2020 Updated: August 7th, 2023 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, SNAP Reviews

Flip cards and write Xs into your transit stops to fill your train lines and get passengers all the way to the end. Colorful and bright, Metro X always leaves us saying “let’s play again!”

Animal Kingdoms

May 18, 2020 Updated: September 19th, 2022 Anitra Smith Hall of Fame Reviews, Reviews

Gain the most influence in the Animal Kingdoms by placing Noble Beast cards that match each kingdom’s (randomly-chosen) Decree. Animal Kingdoms feels very “adult” but is definitely approachable for kids.

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