You Can’t Say Umm is a party game that challenges you to do the impossible and not say Umm when giving clues. If that isn’t enough of a challenge, new rules will be added throughout the game. I really like this one. It’s a great length and doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. The components are good,…
Category: Great for the family
Board Game Reviews – Great for Families
Periodic: A Game of the Elements
Periodic: A Game of the Elements combines set collection and science into a very unique learning experience. Genius Games has this talent for taking science and making it engaging and fun. I would never look at the Periodic Table and think this would make a great game, but when you see it set up it…
Bounce Off
Bounce off is kind of like Beer Pong meets Connect Four. You are bouncing ping pong balls into a grid trying to make a pattern. There are nine different pattern cards with varying levels of difficulty. This is a really simple concept but works well for what it’s trying to do. The cards give it…
Pickles to Penguins
Pickles to Penguins is about making connections between items that are unrelated. The connections need to be made as quick as possible to beat your opponents, making the game pretty tense. You are trying to get rid of all your cards as soon as possible. There’s a creativity in coming up with the connections. For…
Taboo
Taboo is another classic game. It came out in 1989 and is a standard for word based party games. Most people have seen it in stores or played it with friends. There is a huge audience for this, people love the challenge of answering under pressure. Giving clues with restrictions can be a challenge, but…
Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game
Cellulose is a worker placement game with an educational twist. In general I think most games have educational value, but this takes it a step farther. The entire time I played I wished I had something like this back when I was taking science classes. It is definitely a game I am recommending to teachers…
Monster Fluxx
With Spooky season right around the corner, there’s no better time to talk about Monster Fluxx. Fluxx is a game with many different themes, so if you aren’t into Monsters, there are plenty of other versions to choose from. In Fluxx the rules are added as you go, making this one extremely easy to get…
Can’t Stop
Can’t Stop is a push your luck game from 1980s. There isn’t a great theme or fancy rules. It is pure push your luck and I love everything about it. The simplicity is what make this game. The components are okay. The play mat is nice but the pieces can slide a bit and are…
The Game of Things
In the Game of Things you will pick a topic card, everyone will answer and you will guess what the other players said. I really like games where you write down an answer to prompts over games that give you answer cards. It tends to be a lot more creative and fitting to the group….
The Skillful Meeple 