I have never met anyone who doesn’t enjoy a beautiful garden of flowers, so this might be the first game ever with universal appeal. Everyone loves flowers! The theme of Umbra Via is an ancient pathway hidden within climbing vines leading to a mysterious location. Find your way through this secret garden and find the … Read more
Building forts is a universally loved pastime of childhood. This card game, called FORT, encompasses so much nostalgia and classic kid stuff, it’s so fun for both kids and adults to play! The setting is a classic neighborhood, full of kids who love to make new friends, eat pizza, collect toys (junk), and build the … Read more
Could you manage finding your way in a new place with just a map and a compass? You could do it. Kids could totally do it! Especially if they had a little practice under their belts, especially if the practice came in a play-based way that threw some challenges in their path to really test … Read more
Learning by doing is usually the best way to master anything new. In the case of astronomy, this isn’t possible, but there are plenty of other ways to create experiential learning of space. Planet Voyagers, from Simply Fun, uses information gained by some of the probes that have visited space and incorporates information from data … Read more
Bring your favorite classic fairy tales to life in this amazingly designed game for 2-4 players, in 45-60 minutes, for ages 14+. My 7 , 9, and 11 year old’s love to play. Their strategic level is not super high, but they really enjoy it and they are learning such good skills from playing games … Read more
The Tiny Towns civilization is growing and flourishing. It is spoken of in distant lands, and many talented creatures are seeking out this forest metropolis to make their own homes and offer their skills to city officials. They have abilities previously unknown in the region and builders throughout Tiny Towns are seeking their help! Oh, … Read more
Find your luckiest good luck charm and play Truffle Shuffle, a game of half chance, half strategy for 2-4 players, ages 14+, in 15-30 minutes where players compete to build the most desirable boxes of chocolates to sell for coins. The game is played over 3 rounds and is set up by creating a pyramid … Read more
The elegant Everdell saga continues into the misty and unexplored regions of the Spirecrest mountains, where friends and foes alike will be met, disasters encountered, and adventures surely had! New and exciting elements and mechanisms come to life with new meeples, a rabbit traveler (one for each critter type in the base game and all … Read more
In our gameschooling adventures, we have found a few excellent astronomy themed games to add to our yearly rotation/unit study on space. Planetarium gets pulled out much more often than just when we’re studying planets, but both the base game (read my review here) AND the Primordial expansion contribute so much interest, fun, and rabbit-hole … Read more
“They say” that change is the only constant, and that is never more true than in a game of Fluxx, where rules become more complex (and then less), there’s no way to win (and then there is), actions and creepers keep popping up (and then going away). Fluxx games are hilarious, quick (or not), easy … Read more