The instant I heard about the family-friendly roleplaying game Magical Kitties Save the Day from Atlas games I wanted to play it with my kids. The entire concept of this kid-friendly RPG about magical cats sounded amazing.
Gamer Parents - The gaming doesn't have to stop when you have kids. Deanna joins us to talk about the effect having kids can have on gaming with some tips and tricks on how to keep your gaming life alive and well even after kids. I follow with a review of a game I’ve been playing with our not-so-little ones, Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins. We wrap up with our week in review where I’ve got first thoughts on Machi Koro: Bright Lights Big City and The Quacks of Quedlinburg. Sean’s also got some things to say about The Mighty Six, a superhero RPG using the Mini Six system.
The kid-friendly RPG Mermaid Adventures was the first game I introduced to my children at a young age and they absolutely loved it. I loved how it introduced the concepts of more structured imaginative play in an easy to understand way.
The first Roleplaying Game that I played with my kids was Mermaid Adventures by Eloy Lasanta. Since I first played that game, Eloy has gone back and taken the basic system for Mermaid Adventures and turned it into a full roleplaying system, a system designed to handle any style and genre of game. That system was published as the Pip System Corebook.
Draughts or Checkers as it's better known in North America has been around for over 5000 years and continues to be a popular board game even now. Today I'm going to review King Me!, a game that takes the basic mechanics of Checkers and turns it into a family weight area majority boardgame.
I was so excited when I first heard that there was a new Talisman board game coming out. I'm a huge fan of the original Games Workshop version of Talisman and was very excited to see a new game in the Talisman universe.
HABA Games has launched a new series of "Game Night Approved" games aimed at families. Games that are fun for adults as well as kids. King of the Dice is one of the board games in this series.
I get a lot of questions from people looking for tabletop gaming advice when it comes to playing board games with kids. Some are broad questions like, "What games are fun for kids and adults too?" and some are much more narrow, like today's question.
If you've been paying any attention to the blog or our podcast recently you have heard me talking about the hottest game I found at Origins: Go Cuckoo by Haba games.
This past week I found a great board game to play outdoors. During our Canada Day celebrations, Deanna and I tried Zenteeko while the kids were playing at the splash pad.
