Category: Family

A handful of early holiday deals for Board Games on Amazon

I hate Christmas shopping as much as the next person, but if there’s one area where Black Friday deals are actually worth it, it’s Board games. This year is no difference, and Amazon are starting early, with a few good deals already here. Disclaimer: the links in this article...

40 Essential Family Board Games (Best tabletop games with kids)

We have evolved as a species and thanks to that we don’t have to suffer through terrible board games anymore. But with so many good family games nowadays it can be tough to choose. I’ve also seen multiple times that my kids actually enjoy games that most tabletop fans...

Family Staples: Labyrinth. A game grownups and kids actually all enjoy

I’ll admit, it’s rare to find an older board game that I actually enjoy. Board games have evolved to give more agency to players in the past few decades, and it’s quite difficult for a modern gamer to enjoy the purely luck-based games of old. Ravensburger’s Labyrinth (1986) is...

Cartographers is nice, but my Roll-and-write world is getting crowded (Review)

I bought Cartographers last year during a board game shopping spree, because it was part of BoardGameGeek’s 2021 people’s choice Top 200 Solo Board games. TL,DR: After about 10 game sessions, the vast majority of which were solo, I find Cartographers to be “ok”, lightweight, relaxing and enjoyable with...