Riding the subway/metro/tube is a real-life strategy game for beginners and country folks, but Metro X is a “Rail & Write” game with a subway theme that is way less stressful and just as fun! (I love traveling to big cities and riding the subway, but it takes some focus! We always have at least … Read more
A tiki is a carved statue in the form of an exaggerated human face that is significant in ancient Polynesian cultures for its supernatural power over evil. Tikis were believed to give people protection, strength, power, and productive crops. The tikis in this game aren’t authentic replicas, they are stylized to show the beautiful variety … Read more
The King and Queen invite YOU to celebrate The Bellfaire! The busy lives of the Everdellian Critters carry on, and this expansion tells another spellbinding story of a year-long celebration to commemorate the Everdell Founding’s 100th birthday! This lovely expansion adds to the growing family of Everdell games. Read my reviews about the original Everdell … Read more
If you haven’t experienced the magic of Everdell, you are missing out! The base Everdell game is an amazing storytelling masterpiece that creates a mythical world of industrious and friendly forest folk. The artwork and design is incredible, gameplay is perfectly complex, and each experience is unique and challenging. Everdell has all the elements of … Read more
Teaching my kids how to draw (or at least giving them opportunities to learn and practice) is VERY important to me, probably because I did not learn to draw as a kid and I thought I just couldn’t do it. As an adult, I have lamented this lack of skill, and so I am going … Read more
Has some part of you always wanted to be a smuggling pirate?? I have! The danger, the romance, the adventure…it seems intriguing! But dangerous…and dirty…and probably not really much fun at all. An imaginary plundering expedition is much better. Ship Shape is just that, a game where players get to be plundering pirates who are … Read more
City Building is something we do on a daily basis at our house…blocks, dominoes, Legos, magnatiles, cushions and blankets… we are practiced builders, so a city building card game is right up our alley! Machi Koro is a really fun, very interactive, fast-paced, easy-to-learn game for 2-4 players, ages 10+, in 30 minutes. (My almost … Read more
What do you get when you combine wooden shapes with word cards with NO TALKING allowed? A super fun creative and imaginative game that helps kids develop a visual vocabulary and life skills. Asymbol takes geometric forms and shapes and mashes them up with imagination to help kids to work on complex pattern challenges. There … Read more
Kids LOVE asking questions. I think they love being asked questions even more though, especially if it’s a fun and silly question, definitely not, “Would you like to do the dishes or sweep the floor?” Obviously . . :) But “Which would you miss more if it ceased to exist? A: The color pink or … Read more
I’ve said it before…we LOVE card games! They’re great for lots of players of all ages and they ALWAYS use math and logic skills. Ohanami is a lovely set collection game illustrated with Japanese garden features. There are 4 suits/colors (water, vegetation, stones, and Sakura trees) and numbered cards from 1-120 with no repeated numbers. … Read more