7 Games You Can Play Via Video Conference

7 Games You Can Play Via Video Conference During the Holidays

7 Games You Can Play Via Video Conference. Normally, I’d tell you about games that are great for holiday gatherings. However, with the pandemic foremost in our minds and the CDC recommending we stay home for the holidays, I thought games you can play via video conference were more appropriate.

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The 12 Game Gifts of Christmas: 8th Day

12 Game Gifts of Christmas: 8th Day

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Eight Unlock! escape games, seven Exit: The Games, six sets of Card Sleeves, five Zombie Dice!, four Games for Two, three Dice Sets, two Letters to Santa and a Hanabi co-op card game. 8 Unlock! Escape Games Like the EXIT games just mentioned, the Unlock! series of games were inspired by Escape […]

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The 12 Game Gifts of Christmas: 7th Day

12 Game Gifts of Christmas: 7th Day

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Seven Exit: The Games, six sets of Card Sleeves, five Zombie Dice!, four Games for Two, three Dice Sets, two Letters to Santa and a Hanabi co-op card game. 7 Exit: The Game The EXIT: The Game and Unlock! series of games let you enjoy and solve an Escape Room […]

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Time’s Up! – Our Favorite Party Game

Time's Up! - Our favorite party game!

Tim and I used to play a lot of party games… and cards when we lived in San Diego. That’s before we were introduced to designer board games. You know, modern board games like Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Castles of Burgundy and a slew of others that have the names of the designers written on the cover like the author […]

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3 Games Perfect for a Relaxing Thanksgiving

3 Games Perfect for a Relaxing Thanksgiving

After I get the turkey in the oven on Thanksgiving, I like to kick back and relax, visit with my family and friends, play games and otherwise have a good time. Unfortunately not all of my family and friends are as much into games as I am. These three games, however, have proven excellent for both gamers and non-gamers alike. […]

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6+ Games for Fun & Interactive Thanksgiving Gatherings & National Games Week

6+ Games for Fun & Interactive Thanksgiving Gatherings and National Games Week

It’s no accident that National Games Week, an annual event invented by Mark Simmons (former publisher of Games Quarterly magazine) to promote forms of socially interactive games, falls on Thanksgiving week. What better time to gather with friends and family, have fun, and share some laughs over a game than after you’ve finished off the pumpkin pie? So, in keeping […]

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6 nimmt! – A Deceptively Simple Card Game

Many awesome games never make it across the water to the United States, despite being in print for 20 years or more in Germany. Among those classic, well-loved games is the 6 nimmt! series of card games by Amigo Spiel. 6 nimmt! has been winning awards since 1994! So, to help celebrate its 20th anniversary, let me tell you about 6 […]

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