Category - Memory

Colorful board game setup featuring "Toko Island" box art, game cards, and player boards. The image highlights components of the game and a festive banner indicating "Xmas 2023 Holiday Marathon #5." Ideal for board game enthusiasts and collectors.

Toko Island

Just a few days ago, I was confident that there weren’t many symbol-matching memory games worth playing. This belief was quickly shattered when we thoroughly enjoyed “Gigamons,” and recently, out of...

Colorful Gigamon board game setup featuring vibrant character standees and cards, with a festive background for the Xmas 2023 Holiday Marathon.

Gigamons

Game 3 of our “Fantastically Festive Christmas School Holidays 2023 Marathon” is “Gigamons.” On the face of it, “Gigamons” is a very simple match-to-memory game that got...

Ramen Chef board game components displayed, including the game box, instruction booklet, ingredient cards, character tokens, and chopsticks on a blue background. The design features vibrant illustrations related to ramen cooking, enhancing the game's culinary theme.

Ramen Chef

“Ramen Chef” is a memory-based card game from Heldberg Games, played here by Jack (8.) and a now fully recovered Toby (5) after his dramatic fall down the stairs a few weeks ago. This also means I should be...

Colorful board game "Catch the Wave" featuring game components including cards, a character illustration, and game pieces, displayed with a playful design on a blue background.

Catch the Wave

Having had a scary few days where poor Toby managed to fall down 14 stairs onto hard ground leaving him unable to see or detect light and dark for a little over 2 hours. A CT scan, no bleed on the brain and some anti...

Box of the game "That's Not a Hat" by Kasper Lapp, featuring a playful design with a traffic cone illustration on a bright red background. Suitable for ages 8 and up, designed for 3 to 8 players with an estimated playtime of 15 minutes.

That’s not a Hat

So, I had today’s game all planned out, and then Mae Funnell suggested I play “That’s Not a Hat.” Needless to say, less than 24 hours and one Amazon Prime order later, here we are. Game 55 of the...

Pirate Box board game packaging featuring a wooden design with chains and a circular logo, designed for family-friendly gameplay and adventure-themed fun.

Pirate Box

Game 49 of the “Bailey Family Summer 2023 Board Game Bonanza” is “Pirate Box,” played by Jack (.8.), Toby (5), and myself. You know that game that you have probably played with your children at...

Colorful board game "Dodo" featuring a vibrant dodo bird on a tropical island, with children playing and an egg illustration. Suitable for ages 6 and up, designed by Marco Teubner and Frank Bebenroth, published by Kosmos.

Dodo

A short review of a previous fave this evening as I am not at a computer and having to do this on my phone. I have some big hitters coming up in the next few days though . Game 34 of the “Bailey Family Summer 2023...