Explore and Settle the ‘Blue Lagoon’
See the line where the sea meets the sky? It calls me… and you, too. Sail into this ‘Blue Lagoon’ and play out your dreams of being Moana, exploring a new archipelago and establishing villages.
Continue ReadingSee the line where the sea meets the sky? It calls me… and you, too. Sail into this ‘Blue Lagoon’ and play out your dreams of being Moana, exploring a new archipelago and establishing villages.
Continue ReadingHold onto your crowns—the giants are coming! These big, bumbling oafs have showed up in your humble ‘Kingdomino’ and they never watch where they’re sitting. You’ll have to chase them out of your kingdom if you want to keep your crowns safe.
Continue ReadingVenture into the haunted manor in search of treasure—but beware the snakes, spiders, and other creeps as you shake and slide your way to riches!
Continue ReadingNow that you’ve got some experience building a ‘Kingdomino’, it’s time to learn some new tricks! The Queen is visiting—who can build the best ‘Queendomino’?
Continue ReadingAs a tree, you’re focused on just a few things: get light, grow tall, make more trees. In ‘Photosynthesis,’ you try to collect light and spread your seeds to the richest soil, ensuring the future of your seedlings.
Continue ReadingQuick! Isolate the microbes and the superbug in your petri dish with your tweezers—but watch out for those other scientists, who are really just trying to sabotage your research so they can publish their dissertations first.
Continue ReadingCustomers are lining up for gelato, and they’ve got some wacky orders. Serve up the scoops in this fast-paced dexterity game—score by completing the order first. ‘Go Go Gelato!’
Continue Reading‘Rally Roll’ is a new dice game from Blue Orange Games. If you like press-your-luck games, put this one in your pocket for a quick game anytime!
Continue ReadingClaim the best lands for your kingdom, adding fields, forests, lakes, and mountains to your domain. ‘Kingdomino’ is like a quick-playing mixture of ‘Carcassonne’ and dominoes.
Continue ReadingBlue Orange has several games now involving speedy observation (like ‘Spot It!’), and I’ve gotten to try a few of them recently. Today’s title: ‘Eye ‘N Seek’.
Continue ReadingBlue Orange has several games now involving speedy observation (like ‘Spot It!’, and I’ve gotten to try a few of them recently. Today’s title: ‘Pin Point!’
Continue ReadingTo enter the Wizard’s Guild, you must master the art of summoning Gigamons, elemental creatures. This family-friendly game puts a new twist on the traditional game of ‘Memory.’
Continue ReadingThis family-friendly worker placement game will have you competing with your fellow Vikings to stock ships and get them to sail while fending off the other clans and maintaining control of the boat.
Continue ReadingBlue Orange Games, known for ‘Spot It,’ has a couple new games that combine dexterity and quick thinking: ‘Top That!’ and ‘Dr. Eureka.’
Continue ReadingYou begin with three beakers, each containing two green marbles, two red marbles, and two purple marbles. You then flip over a card and have to make the marbles in your beakers match the picture on the card. But it’s harder than it sounds…
Continue ReadingI try to stay away from New Year’s resolution-making, but I have set myself with four goals for 2016. In no particular order they are–start a monthly family hike, finish writing my book, finish my first big cosplay and participate in a competition at a convention (hopefully ECCC), and start a monthly family game night.
Continue Reading“Table for Two” focuses on board games designed specifically for two players. It’s been a little while since my last “Table for Two” column, but I’ve got a couple to introduce to you. Today’s game: ‘Longhorn,’ a game about two outlaws competing to rustle some cattle.
Continue ReadingIn three days, I played maybe twenty times. We played with all ages, skill levels, and tacticians.
Continue ReadingIn any place where certain goods are illegal, there are those who are willing to make those goods available. There’s a profit to be made—but watch out for the ‘Prohis,’ who will seize your cargo if they find something questionable!
Continue ReadingSheep just want one thing: a little patch of grass to call their own. So they’re spreading out and claiming territory, but it’s a small pasture and it’s getting crowded. Maneuver your flock into position—it’s time for ‘Battle Sheep’!
Continue ReadingYo ho ho! Everyone knows that pirates love gold, and the only thing better than raiding merchant ships for it is stealing from other pirates. Or, if you’re really daring, you might even steal some from the Pirate King himself. It’s time to go after the ‘King’s Gold.’
Continue ReadingThe tide’s coming in, and the crabs are seeking higher ground–or, rather, other crabs to climb on top of. In ‘Crab Stack,’ you have to stick together or get wiped away by the waves!
Continue ReadingIn ‘Color Clash’ from Blue Orange Games, the Stroop Effect causes your brain to battle to decipher confusing color combinations in order to defeat opponents.
Continue ReadingWith ‘Attila,’ Blue Orange Games delivers a compact strategy game with quick gameplay that is fun for young and old alike.
Continue ReadingI had a weird dream last night that I was on a ship in the middle of an ocean — an ocean that was made completely out of orange soda…
Continue ReadingTable for Two is a series about board games designed for 2 players. Today’s game is Niya, an abstract strategy game by Bruno Cathala, published by Blue Orange Games.
Continue ReadingTable for Two is a series focusing two-player games. Today’s topic is Puzzle Battle, a puzzle-based game for kids from Blue Orange Games.
Continue ReadingTable for Two is a series focusing on two-player board games. Today’s game is BraveRats, a tiny game about battling clans of rats.
Continue ReadingTable for Two is a series focusing on two-player board games. Today’s game is Dragon Face, a game that combines elements from checkers and chess. It’s been around for a couple years, but is still a favorite at my house.
Continue ReadingSometimes it can be hard to get your family to sit down and play games together—particularly when the games you have take several minutes to set up and an hour or more to play. Here are seven games that are easy to set up, quick to play, and (mostly) small enough to tote: perfect for a quick game at home or on the road.
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