We’ve been pulling out all the games that have any sort of connection at all to ROCKS, our science topic for the month. We’re finding there are a lot of games that have rock elements to them, like My First Castle Panic! (We’re also studying England, Ireland, and Scotland, so this is the perfect game … Read more
We love exploration/tile placement games and Karuba has fun illustrations, great mechanisms, and is a really fun family game! Players set up the game by taking turns placing one explorer and one temple at least 3 spaces apart on the board. Explorers go along the beach (sandy edges) and temples go in the jungle (green … Read more
We are long-time Catan fans. Catan was actually the first strategy game I ever remember playing as a college student. Before that, all I ever played were card games, and I loved the strategy and social nature of Catan! We played it for years and enjoyed many of the expansions, and I was thrilled to … Read more
We love dragon everything – books, action figures, costumes… It was high time we found a favorite dragon game! Haba has been one of our favorite game makers of all time, especially for preschool/early elementary games. They are so colorful, have lovable themes, high quality components, and are so fun to play! In Dragon’s … Read more
We’re a bunch of Harry Potter fanatics around here…we’ve all taken the Pottermore Sorting and Patronus Quizzes, read the books independently and together, listened on audio, watched the movies, dressed up as its characters for Halloween…so it was high time we played a Harry Potter board game! Battle for the Castle is superbly congruous with … Read more
Games are such great mind-food for children’s imaginations, and the thing I really love about games is that they require active work from the brain. Many games give children an opportunity to put themselves into a fantastical world. Games have have been an invaluable gameschooling tool and have provided our family with so much material … Read more
“From Everfrost to Bellsong, many a peaceful year have passed in Everdell — but the time has come for new territories to be settled and new cities to be established. You will be the leader of a group of critters intent on just such a task. There are buildings to construct, lively characters to meet, … 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
Kids are builders. It’s just in their busy, curious blood, and I think this is why they love games like Tiny Towns, a game for 1-6 players ages 10+ (box says 14 but I play with my kids ages 6-13 just fine) in about 45 minutes. The goal of Tiny Towns is to build a … Read more
Playing games to go along with our history rotation has been so much fun. A game makes a unit fun and memorable, and if it’s the only thing they remember?? That’s just fine with me. Childhood is made up of the intentional passage of time. We don’t remember much from our childhoods but general feelings … Read more