Gamewright Archives

‘Cardventures’: Interactive Story Games

February 7, 2017Jonathan H. Liu

Gamewright, known for its great line of family games, has a line of interactive story games called ‘Cardventures,’ which are a little bit like a choose-your-own-path story but in a new format.

Gen Con Gaming: ‘Sushi Go Party!’

August 14, 2016January 4, 2018Jonathan H. Liu1

‘Sushi Go,’ the popular pick-and-pass card game, got an update this year: ‘Sushi Go Party!’ This bigger box includes more card types, a board with a scoring track, and enough cards for up to 8 people to play at once.

Strike, Stomp, and Scream Through ‘Dragonwood’

July 4, 2016March 10, 2018Rory Bristol

‘Dragonwood’ is a Mensa Select game from Gamewright featuring a simple premise: collect numbered and colored cards which must be matched up in order to defeat the monsters of Dragonwood, including its two dragons!

Toddler Tabletop: ‘Go Away Monster’

May 25, 2016Will James3

‘Go Away Monster’ is a fun toddler game from Gamewright that helps kids learn shape recognition by feel and how to stand up to bedroom monsters!

‘Rolling America’: A Fast, Maddening Dice Game

December 3, 2015Jonathan H. Liu1

‘Rolling America’ is a cute little game in a small package that will drive you crazy in 15 minutes.

Play It: ‘Sushi Go!’

June 3, 2015December 13, 2017Dakster Sullivan

Dakster gets hungry for a new game and gets satisfied with Sushi Go!

Happy 20th Birthday, Gamewright!

August 12, 2014Jonathan H. Liu

Look who turned 20 this year! Gamewright publishes a whole bunch of family-friendly games, with some easy enough for preschoolers and others challenging enough for your adult friends. To celebrate, they’ve got a special edition of the game that started it all, Slamwich, plus several new titles. Here’s a quick look at their latest titles.

Grab Some Grub at the Monster Cafe

August 10, 2013Jonathan H. Liu

Here at GeekDad we’re big fans of Gamewright, which is known for some great family-friendly games. Some of them tend to be just for kids, but many are great for both kids and adults (like Forbidden Desert, for instance). Monster Cafe is one of their recent releases, and they sent me a copy to try out.

Gamewright Tabletop Game Roundup

September 12, 2012Jenny Bristol

Gamewright is a game publisher that makes a wide variety of fun tabletop games for all members of your family. They publish some of my family’s favorites, including Rory’s Story Cubes, GUBS, Tiki Topple, and City Square Off. They also …

Scallywags: Pirates and Plund-arrr!

July 10, 2012Jonathan H. Liu

If you like talking like pirates, Scallywags is a quick-playing family game of “pirates and plund-arrr” from Gamewright.

Take It or Leave It: Family-Friendly Press-Your-Luck Game

July 3, 2012Jonathan H. Liu

Take It or Leave It is a new press-your-luck dice game from Gamewright, a company that GeekDad is quite fond of. If your family is fond of Zombie Dice but you want a little variety in your games of chance, …

Explore the Forbidden Island on Your iPad

November 20, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

Forbidden Island is a wonderful, easy-to-learn cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock, the guy behind Pandemic (also fantastic). The game was a Mensa Select Game in 2010 and was nominated for the Spiel des Jahres earlier this year. The …

City Square Off Will Exercise Your Tetris Muscles

November 15, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

Overview: Something in between a board game and a toy, City Square Off is part Tetris, part Blokus, part logic puzzle, and all fun. Players: 2 Ages: 8 and up (though my five-year-old loves it, too — and has won …

Grow Your Own Colony of Gubs With This Family Strategy Card Game

November 9, 2011Jenny Bristol

Gamewright has done it again, creating another family game that’s easy to learn, easy to share, and easy on the wallet: Gubs. The artwork is cute and whimsical, the concept is fun and engaging, and it is even packaged in …

Knock Your Blocks Off

September 27, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

Overview: Stack up your blocks, knock down everyone else’s! That’s the basic idea of Knock Your Blocks Off, a new game from Gamewright that combines dexterity with speed and some light strategy. (Really, it should probably be Knock Their Blocks …

Who Would Win Will Improve Your Debating Skills, Funny Bone

June 15, 2011Dave Banks

Quick! Why would Spider-Man beat MacGyver in a game of miniature golf? Could Lassie beat Obama in a kissing contest? List the reasons Godzilla would beat Spongebob Squarepants in rapping! These are just a few of the zany scenarios you …

FlipOut: Switch, Swap, Swipe, Score!

April 2, 2011Jonathan H. Liu

Overview: Switch, swap and flip cards to get at least four of a kind in a row — but your cards are double-sided and your opponents can use them too! FlipOut is a fast, easy-to-learn game from Gamewright. The strategy …

Tell Us a Story for a Chance to Win Rory’s Story Cubes

March 29, 2011November 17, 2017Dave Banks

Once upon a time, there was an island that was far, far away, across a vast, blue ocean. This island, surrounded by rocky shores, tall cliffs and cold, cold waters, was more famous for its green fields and clover than …

Wake the Sleeping Queens

January 11, 2011GeekMom2

On a recent blizzardy day, the kids on our floor had an impromptu playdate in the hall. Once everyone was exhausted from the obstacle course, someone brought out the card game Sleeping Queens. The kids plunked down on the floor in two teams: a 4-year-old and a 5-year-old versus a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old. The […]

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