Designers:Michael Schacht Artist:Design/Main, Michael Schacht Publishers:ABACUSSPIELE Number of Players: 2 – 5 Playing Time: 45 minutes This past weekend, I got to break out a classic for my son, Ari — Zooloretto. For those not familiar with Zooloretto, it is a zoo-themed set collection game for 2 to 5 players. Each turn consists of a player…
Designers: Matt Leacock Artist: Bernard Bittler,Philippe Guérin, Chris Quilliams Publishers: Z-Man Games Number of Players: 2 – 5 Playing Time: 30 minutes Pandemic – The Cure is a dice game for 2 to 5 players that pits you against four diseases spreading around the globe. Using your character’s abilities and customized dice, you will travel the continents treating disease…
Designers: Alexey Konnov, Alexey Paltsev, Anatoliy Shklyarov Artist: Reinis Pētersons Publishers: Brain Games, REBEL.pl Number of Players: 2 – 4 Playing Time: 30 minutes Ari and I got the chance to squeeze in a board game this Sunday before his bed time, and we chose to try Game of Trains. Game of Trains is card game whereby you…
Designer: Masao Suganuma Artists: Noboru Hotta, Ian Parovel, Mirko Suzuki Publisher: IDW Games Number of Players: 2 – 4 (Harbor expansion adds one more) Playing Time: 30 minutes My six-year old son and I try to get in a couple of games a week. This helps to get him away from electronics for a spell. One of the games that…
Designer: Simon Havard Artist: Erkan Karagöz Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group Number of Players: 2 – 6 Playing Time: 15 – 25 minutes A couple of weekends ago, I had the opportunity to attend a game day with the Cardboard Edison couple at their house in New Jersey. I had a great time playing games and play testing their game — Sultana.…
Designer: Tim Fowers Artist: Ryan Goldsberry Publisher: Self Published Number of Players: 1 – 4 Playing Time: 90 minutes Last weekend, I promised Ari (6 years old) that we would play a game. I told him that I had a “new” game for him to try and described as “stealing game”. We sat down together and broke open…
Lighthouse Ambush (BGG Link) Lighthouse Ambush is a children’s game where the players are attempting to construct lighthouses before the boat filled with voles arrives onto the island. The game is a cooperative dice game whereby players roll two dice and either advance the boat closer to the island, place a level onto one of the…
Hawaii (BGG Link) Hawaii is a game set with a tropical theme whereby players maneuver a chieftain to wander about the island collecting huts that score points at the end of the game, during the game, or provide resources from round to round. The chieftain may also sail a boat to remote islands to gain points,…
