Today we’re diving into “Spice Ships,” a fun, quick little set-collection card game that might just become my new go-to recommendation when someone asks for a light, fast-paced game. I played this one with Jack (9) and...
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Matthew Bailey
Rolling Realms Redux
Today, we have a special “Brucie bonus” review outside of our Halloween series—purely because we played this today, and I don’t want to wait until November to tell everyone about it! The original...
Away Team Bingo
A tiny little aside before I get into the spooky games (sorry for the delay – I’ve been a bit under the weather and I’m a day behind schedule). I wanted to mention a neat little print-and-play Roll & Write that I’ve...
Scratch and Scramble
The last review I’m doing before we get underway with this year’s Halloween Spooktacular is for “Scratch and Scramble”, a trick-taking game where you play your tokens to win tricks, while doing your...
High Rise Penguins
Over a year ago, during the 2023 summer marathon, I reviewed a game called “ゆらゆらペンギン (Yura Yura Penguin)”, a really fun Japanese card-shredding dexterity game that I regularly recommend but it was a real...
House of Cats
Game 57 of the “Now and Then Summer Marathon” is “THouse of Cats” played with Jack(9) & Toby(6). “House of Cats” is a cool and robust roll-and-write game that offers four distinct...
Sosig
Game 42 of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” – “Sosig played with Toby(6). “Sosig” is an unbelievably small tile-laying game that quite literally fits in the palm of your hand...
5 Up
Game 22# of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” is “5Up” played with Jack(9) and Toby(6) “5 Up” is a straightforward push-your-luck game that caught my attention due to its compact neoprene...
Good Face Bad Face
Game #19 of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” is “Good Face Bad Face,” played with Jack (9) and Toby (6). This is going to be a bit of an unusual review in the sense that I really like...
Zombie Dice
Game #18 and the third “Then” game of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” is “Zombie Dice,” played with Jack(9), Toby(6)b and Henry (3). No photos of the kids I’m afraid...