Embrace your inner farmer, gather up your extra produce, and head to the market to see if you can have a profitable day! Two to four players can try their hand at this farmer’s market business and see how it turns out in My Farm Shop, a 30-45 minute game for 8+ where the luckiest … Read more
Roll and climb your way to the Himalayan summit in this pencil and paper competition of strategy and good fortune! Trek12, an exciting roll & write adventure, is a 15-30 minute experience for any number of players ages 8+, which makes it an excellent educational family or party game! Players can choose from two different … Read more
The quirky city is under construction again, but the architects and engineers have changed things up with this newest stand-alone game variation! Machi Koro 2 is a dice rolling, city-building game for 2-5 clever and quick-thinking players, ages 10+. To begin the game, sort the cards into the three types of cards. Place 5 unique … Read more
Ocean life is vast and yet mostly undiscovered, still, in this age of exploration, technology, and knowledge. This game celebrates the miraculous, often strange life that we do know of in the ocean, specifically the noc·ti·lu·ca | a roughly spherical marine dinoflagellate which is strongly phosphorescent, especially when disturbed. The setting of the Noctiluca, which … Read more
This year, National Parks Week was April 17-25, an extra special week to spend learning and playing games all about our nation’s most amazing places. One of our favorite National Parks games is this one, GET WILD! It’s a fast-paced, simultaneously played animal-swapping game, a race to return North American wildlife to their native parks. … Read more
We LOVE dragon games. My boys are drawn to dragons and magic and fantasy games faster than any other kind. They love Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, so it’s no surprise…and Incubation definitely has a very cool Tolkien/Hagrid feel since the object of the game is to hatch and raise dragons! The graphics … Read more
Everybody loves a dice game! They’re quick, easy to learn, and addictive! They always use math – there’s probability and arithmetic, plus quick hands and focused eyes! Flash comes with 6 sets of colored dice and 6 stars with numbers 1-6. Each player chooses a set of dice and gets ready to play! There are … Read more
My twins are 4 and LOVE LOVE LOVE to play games. Santa brought them something special this Christmas: a race-car themed, color matching, early strategy game called Monza. Players choose one of the 6 colored wooden car playing pieces to race each other around the track. The cars line up on the starting line, and … Read more
Two-player games are AWESOME. With six boy, sometimes more is NOT merrier… 2 player games keep the interpersonal skills at a manageable level, and it’s fun for just two of my boys to get to spend some quality time together. Everybody takes turns playing though, this game gets A TON of mileage! It’s also one … Read more
This is clearly a game for our dinosaur loving friends! If you’re not a huge dinosaur fan, that’s ok, you’ll still love this game! Dinosaur Island is an amusement park themed (think Jurassic Park) strategy game for players 8+. Learning a new game always feels a little daunting and sometimes games can feel more complicated … Read more