Family Staples – Piratatak. Mediocre, 100% luck based, but with a nice theme, great to play with younger kids
Another entry in our “Family Friendly” games, today’s review is Piratatak. This one was certainly a present from the grandparents, as I certainly wouldn’t have bought it myself. It turns out it’s one of those “terrible game but the kids love it”, and as such I don’t mind playing...
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...
Family Staples – Candy Land – A terrible game, but the kids love it!
In this new kind of review I’m going to talk about games I play with the family. They are usually not games I would choose for myself or my “grownups” gaming group (there are exceptions), but instead that our family plays together. Typically with a cup of hot cocoa...
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...