I'm a homeschooling, gameschooling, food-loving, Jesus-worshiping, wife and mama. I love sharing board game reviews, plus the occasional recipe, craft idea, and book review! I believe that all board games/card games have educational value. Come check out what we play!!!
I have a dino-obsessed ten year old, so I was really excited at the prospect of reviewing 2 Minute Dino Deal by Petersen Games! This is a cute, fun, compact game that, as its name suggests, plays in TWO MINUTES! So let's check it out!
2 Minute Dino Deal is a game for 2-5 players ages 8+. It plays in.. you guessed it... 2 minutes! Use the "Time Scoop" and go back in time to capture dinosaurs and bring them back to sell to theme parks and zoos!
When I'm game shopping, I look for a few things: 1.) games that scale well to 2 players so that my hubby and I can play together, 2.) games that play up to 5 players so that my entire family can play together, 3.) games that little girls will enjoy, and 3.) games that my kids can play independently so that they don't need adult help to enjoy playing. Analog Game Studios had games that fit all of those criteria! So let's check them out!
I'm constantly searching for great gameschooling game (games that have educational value). I'm a firm believer that ALL games contain some educational value - whether its the math in scoring or simply the learning to take turns - but I love a great themed educational game! And art history themed games can be difficult to find. So I was thrilled to find The Grand Museum of Art game, by Today Is Art Day!
The Grand Museum of Art is a beautiful board game for 2-4 players ages 12+. It takes approximately 1 hour to play and you'll learn a lot about art!
I'm gonna date myself a bit, but I'm a child of the 80's/early 90's. Because of that, there are certain things that bring me right back to my childhood: Rainbow Bright, Cabbage Patch Dolls, He-Man and She-Ra... and Tetris! I loved Tetris! I played it so much I practically saw falling blocks in my sleep! Haha! So when I first discovered polyomino tile-laying games, they scratched a special childhood itch. Thankfully, the folks at Stronghold Games have published a trio of fantastic polyomino games and I'm right here for it! So let's check them out!
May 20th is World Bee Day! Yippee! Do you know what that means? A great GAMESCHOOLING opportunity! What should we play? Well, Honey Buzz, by Elf Creek Games, of course! This is a BEAUTIFUL, fun, strategic game about bee accountants! That's right! I said bee accountants! Haha! In Honey Buzz, each player is one of Her Majesty the Queen Bee's accountants. Manage your portion of the hive and worker bees, store nectar, make honey, and sell your honey at the bear market. Whoever makes the most money wins the game!
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Last night my husband, 10 year old, and I all played Cosmic Colonies, by Floodgate Games for the first time. I'll admit, we had this one for a while before we played it. It sat on the shelf and I'd walk past and say, "I need to play test this one." But the number of components and the recommended age on the box (13+ years) had me worried that it would be overly complicated. And its hard to get the fam - particularly hubby - to play a complicated game. After a long day he just doesn't want to burn his brain learning something super heavy. But Cosmic Colonies is the PERFECT EXAMPLE of a misjudged game! I wish I'd pulled it out much sooner! It was a joy to play and not overly complicated at all! But it was lots of fun!
The wonderful folks at CrowD Games very kindly sent me a few of their games to review. I'll be honest. I'd not heard of these games before, so I had absolutely ZERO preconceived notions about how they would play or what they'd be like. But I was impressed! So I'd love to share them with you!
I'd like to start this particular review by saying that I have ZERO experience with RPGs (Roll PLayer Games) - unless you consider watching the guys on the Big Bang Theory play Dungeons and Dragons. Haha! For that reason, this particular game was a little intimidating to me. But it looked like so much fun that I had to give it a try. Thankfully, the creators of No Thank You, Evil did such a FABULOUS JOB on the instructions, that it was easy to dive in!
