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
Westward Expansion is one our very favorite time periods to study in American History. There are so many great stories of adventurous people doing brave things in beautiful new places including John Jacob Astor, the New York investor and entrepreneur. His fur trade business established Fort Astoria and quickly monopolized the fur trade in the … Read more
Games with a historical, geographical, or cultural connection are amazing for gameschooling because they get kids excited to learn more about different people and places. Reading the story behind the game always provides such interesting context and opportunities for deeper learning. Targi is a game about The Tuareg, a semi-nomadic group who live in the … Read more
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
Ocean/water themes games are always so eye-catching, don’t you think?? The vibrant blue of the water board is just stunning and so appealing, making this game one we pull out regularly to visit a tropical and exotic location in our imaginations! Dragon Market has a great theme – it’s the royal wedding day and … 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
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
You’ve read about the world’s great explorers: Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Henry Hudson, Amerigo Vespucci…they traveled to new and distant lands, they traded for supplies, they had adventures, and now you can too! Almanac: The Dragon Road is an adventure filled caravanning, traveling, trading, exploring board game with unique and beautifully designed elements. Players travel … Read more