Have you ever wanted to create your own planet? Manipulate matter?? Gather and move elements with gravity??? Planetarium is a interstellar battle between players to best guide the formation of a new planetary system. Players earn points throughout the game for creating/evolving planets, but must be focused on the end game, the final state of … Read more
Tsuro is back with a fresh new look and more complexity, but the same fantastic Zen-like energy. Instead of traveling the path of life, you will be guiding your Phoenix along its path through the dark night sky. Each Phoneix races to be the first to reach the Lanterns scattered across the board to earn … Read more
If you live in a cold-winter place, Blue Lagoon is the perfect game to bring back memories of sand and sunshine. It’s an area control/set collection game where players try to collect resources and spread their settlements and villages as far and wide as possible. Game components include settler discs and village huts in four … Read more
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
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
Mythology and fairy tales are a huge part of our homeschooling curriculum. I always have my kids reading from a book of myths or fairy tales – the stories and heroes of old are so classic and provide modern readers with background and context with which to understand and enjoy all stories more deeply. Good … Read more
I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in the era of the original Nintendo, but games that resemble Tetris in any way really call to me. Our whole family loves puzzles and Tetris, and Miyabi is a really fun and beautiful game with similar shape-manipulation elements. What it also has is a beautiful … 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
Nature themed games are some of my favorites for gameschooling. They are a wonderful supplement to a holistic, curiosity led, interest driven way of studying science out in the natural world through observation and experience. Bosk is a beautiful game about trees, our favorite element of nature. I’m a native Oregonian and am also a … Read more
We are getting A LOT of Gameschooling in this holiday season, which has been so much fun. It’s really nice to take a break during the holidays and still learn (of course!) but not worry about lessons or curriculum or deadlines. There’s enough going on during the holidays, who needs normal school?!? Ecologies has a … Read more