Our family loves strategy games, and when we want something light and quick with lots of chance, interaction, and excellent design/visual elements, we choose Bellum Magica! It’s the perfect family strategy game for 2-5 players ages 10+ and it plays in about 30 minutes. Less if dinner’s on the table and everyone is hungry but … Read more
Have you ever thought about what kind of world you would create if you got the chance??? Oh, the possibilities… You’d have to have some kind of food chain though, right?!? Would life on your planet be perpetuated through a similar dance between small organisms and large ones? THIS is the delicate balance players are … Read more
In another engaging, theatrical, and fantastical setting, HABA brings us MEDURIS, a strategy game for 2-4 players ages 10+, for a quest to settle in the base of Mount Meduris by building huts and, most importantly, making offerings to the mystical druid who travels about the foothills. Players compete to collect precious rune stones and … Read more
Board game art has come a long long way from the games of my childhood, and Shifting Stones, a new game from Gamewright Games, incorporates lots of really fun art elements that I find so appealing! I see whispers of Scandinavian and other folk art in these beautifully designed tiles, which just adds another layer of … Read more
Lots of kids want a pet and they all PROMISE they’ll be the one to look after it. Before taking the plunge, maybe try out this game where players MUST care for Honga, a very needy saber-toothed tiger. Maybe the experience of making sure he’s attended to will make kids think twice about wanting a … Read more
Citadels is a city building game with a twist – become the Master Builder and create a city with 7 separate and thriving districts while switching characters and abilities each round. You might be familiar with this game from its original release in 2000, but it now has a fresh look with new unique districts … 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
Kingdomino was one of our first favorite Blue Orange games. And of course, we have loved all the other games that have come out with a similar theme including the Age of Giants Expansion and the fantastic QUEENDOMINO! If you’re fans of Kingdomino, you will love this expanded version with a few extra mechanisms and … 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