Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Shadows: Amsterdam is a real-time simultaneous competition between detective agencies where players are using pictures that contain intel to communicate within your own team. The game is for two to eight players and aged 10 and above.
We always love a co-operative game but this game is slightly different as you are not allowed to communicate with any kind of action at all. It all depends on how well your team members know how you might think!
Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger is a narrative adventure game based on the book published in 1982 by R. A. Montogomery. The game can be played with one player or as a cooperative game with two or more people, aged 10 and above.
Azul is an abstract strategy game designed by Michael Kiesling and was released by Plan B Games in 2017. This is a relatively new game but it has won a number of board gaming awards, so we were eagerly anticipating playing this game! We are so pleased yet again to be able to review this fantastic game through Asmodee UK Blogger Board Game Club.
The Gangsta Granny Stash the Swag board game is a fun and engaging game starring the characters from David Walliams’ award-winning book, Gangsta Granny. This game encourages strategic thinking and is suitable for children aged seven and above. It is for two to four players.
FReNeTiC is a new frantic word game that uses the element symbols of the periodic table to form as many words as possible! Did you now that there are over 10,000 words that can be created using combinations of the element symbols of the FReNeTiC game board? You will be amazed by the game!
This unique word game is suitable for one or more players aged eight and above. This family game has broad appeal, with everyone playing all the time and combines skill, strategy and luck at a frenzied pace. It comes with a periodic table game board, 96 symbol tiles, four FReNeTiC tiles, four pencils, four pads, a 45-second timer, a blue cloth bag and instructions.
To coincide this week with the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final, I am super thrilled to introduce you to this fun fun fun Strictly Come Dancing board game! I am sure you are no strangers to this board game as it has been very well received and rated on many websites and on social media!
Guinness World Record Challenges puts players knowledge about Guinness World Records to the test and challenges opponents to demonstrate some record-breaking skills using everyday household items! Are you brave enough to take up the challenge?
This board game is suitable for aged eight years and above, with two to five players. This game also requires you to provide your own household objects to play, like a smartphone, a 500ml bottle of water, socks, coins, paper clips, 5 pint glasses, A4 paper, teaspoons and a set of cards. Of course, if you are unable to get the items for your game, you can always pass the challenge card and get a new one.
7 Wonders is a strategy game where you build your city by gather resources, develop commercial routes, and affirm your military supremacy to become one of the seven great cities of the Ancient World to win the game.
This award-winning game has been around since 2010 and has been loved by many gamers. It is for aged 10 & above, and for two to seven players. I think that this game is nicer to play with at least three players rather than just two. For two players, there is an official two-player variant included in the instructions on page 7.
Do you think you have what it takes to answer this family-friendly quiz questions? iKNOW Family is a brand new trivia game made from the well-known company, Tactic Games. This is a family quiz game that is suitable for aged 12 and above and for two to six players. It comes with 200 cards, a small square game board, 6 iKNOW tokens, 12 iBET tokens, 12 iBET discs plus 12 spares, 50 scoring chips (25 white and 25 black), 1 category transparent chip and instructions.
Stupid Deaths celebrates the stupidest deaths over the centuries. This hilarious game challenges players to identify if the death is true or a made up story. Sounds too easy? It’s actually harder than you think. As a matter of fact, many people did die in utterly ridiculous ways, so can you guess, if the stories are myths or facts before the Grim Reaper catches up with you!
Who doesn’t like to cheat? I love that Monopoly are always looking for ways to improve the game and this time, I think they have nailed it! I do occasionally “bend the rules” for myself during a Monopoly game. Why would I want to pay rent or lose the game to my children!
Anyway, this Monopoly Cheaters Edition gives you a licence to cheat! How awesome is that! I am very impressed with this game. But not all of my family members love it. Ms C didn’t like the idea of cheating!
Concept is a party game and the goal of the game is to guess words or phrases through the association of icons on the game board without using sound or speech. It is suitable for aged 10 and above, and for four to ten players. The game can be played as individuals or in teams.
Abalone is a two-player strategy hexagonal board game containing 14 black and 14 white marbles. This game might look very simple but in fact, it is a very challenging and fun game. It is suitable for aged seven and above. This game was invented in 1987 and has sold more than 10 million copies. It also comes with an app that is available to download on App Store and Google Play.
Catan is a very challenging strategy game where you take the role of a new settler who has reached the coast of an uncharted island along with other fearless seafarers. Catan is a beautiful island with mountains, pastures, hills, fields, and forests, surrounded by the sea. You will use your natural resources to build roads and new settlements that eventually become cities. It is suitable for three to four players and aged 10 and above.
PayDay is an iconic game of handling finances, made by the makers of Monopoly from Hasbro Gaming. This family board game is suitable for aged eight and above, played with two to four players.
