Board Games

Early into our tabletop adventure we spotted Euphoria on the shelf at our FLGS and chuckled. The deadpan sense of humor and future-retro theme seemed unique sitting on the shelf between all the dragons and Renaissance faces adorning other game boxes. Euphoria seemed like our kind of game and resonated with some of our favorite

The base game of Chronicles of Crime by Lucky Duck Games is a detective simulation that launched last year to rave reviews for its integration of board game mechanics and app-based storytelling. The game uses QR codes to serve up dialogue, information, and most importantly crime scenes to investigate. As fans of board games, user interface design, and modern

Hacker is a programming puzzle game created by Mark Engelberg, a designer who made Code Master which was also published with Thinkfun, a company who specializes in puzzle based games that can be enjoyed solo or with a group.  Hacker comes with 40 challenges, each with 3 puzzles for you to solve. For every challenge, you need

If there is one gateway game that pulled our family into modern card and board games it’s Jaipur. Created by Sébastien Pauchon, it’s quick, engaging, fun, and easy enough to learn that my son was beating us at age six. We have bought this game for many friends and also enjoy the delightful iPad version.

Karuba is a lighter-weight visual spatial board game for two to four players. We bought the game to play with our 8 year old son sometime in mid 2018. We enjoyed this title and found it to be a relaxing board game. It curbs the competition by giving each player a puzzle to unravel on their

Robot Repair is a puzzle game created by Mark Engelberg and published by Thinkfun as part of their //Code series of games. The //Code games can be played solo or multiplayer and aim to teach programming concepts and boolean logic to children (or adults) aged 8 or older. We previously played, enjoyed, and reviewed Hacker by ThinkFun so when we