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Family board games for a rainy day

July 30, 2011
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On a beach vacation but it won’t stop raining? Well aren’t you glad you packed a few cooperative family board games to pass the time? We love the game pictured above: Sand Castles by Family Pastimes. It is a cooperative game, meaning that players are rewarded for working together toward a common goal, instead of [...]

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Blokus Review Part Two

January 2, 2009

We broke open the Christmas Blokus this morning for the first time and wow, is it addictive!  If you’ve ever been a fan of Tetris and played for hours straight, you might remember the feeling that you are still playing when you close your eyes.  I had the same feeling after playing Blokus a bunch [...]

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Blokus Review – Move Over Checkers!

December 12, 2008

I just ordered Blokus from Amazon as a gift for the boys for Christmas.  It’s hard having twins sometimes, as frequently they want to play with Mommy or Daddy and if it’s a two person game, someone gets left out each round. Blokus seems like a great solution.  It looks like a combination of Tetris, [...]

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