It’d be so easy to bring out the iPads and let everyone entertain themselves. But, here are five great reasons to ditch the screens and opt for a game instead.
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Ditch The Screens: 5 Key Benefits To Playing Games With Your Kids
Brush Up on Your Detective Skills And Solve the Chronicles of Crime
If you’re a police procedural fan and love solving mysteries, check out Chronicles of Crime. Developed thanks to a Kickstarter campaign, this game combines co-operative crime scene investigation with an app, a board game and some virtual reality, for good measure.
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Building Your Own Spice Trade Route with Century: Spice Road
Have you had the chance to explore any games that focus specifically on deck building? On a recent trip to try out some new board games, this one caught our reviewer's eye. Into olden age of piracy? Check this review out.
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Can’t Stop Playing Catan!
Catan’s got it all: strategy, skill, competition and fun — the perfect combination in a board game.
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Weird Board Game Commercials
Board games are cool - but sometimes their TV commercials are even cooler. Or weirder. And you know how those commercials just kind of stick in your head forever? While were feeling reminiscent, here's a few that come to mind - with links!
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Exploring Magic Kits
Many professional magicians consider magic kits corny, but they can still remember their first one! If you buy the right kit, it can be a great inspiration for a young card player or magician. We spoke to The Magic Shop about all things magic and checked out some of the kits on the market.
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Oregon Trail – Card Game Review
This card game is an enjoyably frustrating reimagining of the Oregon Trail computer game where players work together to move along the trail, fording rivers and playing Supply Cards to overcome calamities.
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Duelling Nexus: Yu-Gi-Oh’s Duel Monsters Online
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters is one of the most popular trading card games of all time - but did you know you can now play online? So much fun! Here's our review.
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Risk Legacy: For Seasoned Risk Players Looking For Something New
"Risk: Legacy was one of the best designed board games we have ever had the pleasure of playing together." Love the game of Risk but are tired of playing it? Well we're sure Risk: Legacy will bring you back on board.
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Disturb the Peace with Anomia
Anomia is a hilariously fun card game for family games nights or your buddy's place on the weekend. Check out our review here.
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Bananagrams Take Two
Before Bananagrams came another game called Take Two. If you love Scrabble but hate waiting, then Bananagrams and Take Two are the games for you! Here's our 'how to'.
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Wasabi: The Competition Game That Makes You Hungry
Test your sushi-making skills in a lightning fast game of Wasabi with up to 3 friends and I’ll bet it’ll make you hungry. Read on for full review!
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Codenames Board Game: Clean, Simple, Strategic
Released in 2015, this board game has quickly become a titan. With minimal pieces and rules, Codenames is quick to learn and mentally stimulating to play. Read more for full review.
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Back to Basics with Battle Chess
Battle Chess is a classic. Here's a bit about it's history and influence on gaming.
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Zombies, pirates, wizards, killer robots: 4 reasons why you need to play Smash Up.
Have you ever imagined what it might be like to control a horde of zombies or a ruthless crew of pirates? How about both together? This is something that the game Smash Up can offer, the chance to combine two factions of monsters, whether that be alien invaders and ninjas or wizards and killer robots.
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Bioshock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia Where Tactical Strategy Wins Every Night
As a long-time avid video gamer, I excitedly played through each story in the Bioshock series, marveling at the combination of detailed architecture, frightening characters and creepy ambience. Years later, I was blown away to be given the Bioshock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia board game through a Reddit gifts exchange.
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Tsuro – The Game of the Path Review
Tsuro blends its beautiful artwork and simplicity into the perfect addition to any game night.
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Machi Koro: The Perfect Game to Kick-off a regular Family Games Night
Sitting down for your first family games night can be intimidating, but there’s no better way to kick off a games night tradition than by working together to learn the rules to this quick, straightforward, and inclusive card game. To avoid game-store confusion and mid-game stress, we’re going to be running a series of blog posts reviewing and talking about card and board games. And we’ve got a really fun game to get things going.
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Splendor: a Splendid Way to Spend an Evening
Since buying this game last year, the phrase “I would play splendoooooor” is heard almost every time we are deciding what to do next. If you have a group of game-loving friends or family members who are frequently looking for something interesting to do together, it might be worthwhile to pick up a copy of Splendour the next time you visit your local game shop.
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The Era of New Age Board Games Has Dawned
Board games are back in vogue and they seem to be more popular than ever before. The interest in tabletop games is on the rise, especially among millennials whose newfound love for socializing has made them embrace games that can be played with a group of friends.
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Strategy Board Games Your Tweens Will Love
Board games captivate the interest of many children in the tweens age range, and strategy board games, in particular, can be great gift ideas. Here are a few of the most popular games right now.
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Five Interesting Family Board Games That Are App-Driven
There's a new breed of board games which combine the charm and simplicity of old school games and the immersive gaming experience of the digital world. These are app-driven board games. Let's check some of these out!
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Mad Magazine: The Board Game
In it's heyday The Mad franchise produced magazines, TV shows, trading card games - there was even a movie. Alex walks down memory lane with the Mad board game.
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Board Games for Dark Nights
Here are some suggestions for spooky board games that work great for Halloween, or for those dark nights when things are going bump!
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