Compounded

/ December 15, 2025

Chemistry, strategy, and competition, oh my! Compounded might be just the game to round out your chemistry studies. Careful, though; if a lab fire occurs, you could lose everything! This post may contain affiliate links, meaning if you click on

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Ion

/ December 8, 2025

Need another small-ish card game to support your child’s chemistry studies? Ion (another Genius Games favorite!), with its unique gameplay, may be just the thing! This post may contain affiliate links, meaning if you click on it and make a

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Valence

/ December 1, 2025

Are your kids learning about chemistry? Does your family love fun, fast-paced card games? The you definitely need to consider Valence! Chemistry, ninjas, elements, molecules, and chemical attacks! What could be better? This post may contain affiliate links, meaning if

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Periodic

/ November 24, 2025

Are your kids learning chemistry? Periodic (by Genius Games) is one of the best chemistry games out there that will help your kids gain familiarity with the periodic table of the elements. Even better, it’s just a really fun game

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Potato Pirates

/ October 27, 2025

Potato puns, coding, and pirates; what could be better? Okay, it’d be really great if Potato Pirates was cooperative, but unfortunately, it’s not. Other than that, though, if your kids love pirates or you’re exploring coding, you need to check

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Deep Sea Adventure

/ October 13, 2025

Is your family learning about the ocean? Or do you love semi-cooperative risk-assessment games? Are you short on space but would like another game suitable for older kids? Deep Sea Adventure could be just what the doctor ordered! This post

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Dungeon Mayhem

/ September 29, 2025

Does your family love Dungeons and Dragons? Or maybe you have a battle-obsessed child like mine. Either way, you’re going to love Dungeon Mayhem, by Dungeons & Dragons. This post may contain affiliate links, meaning if you click on it

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Axis and Allies

/ July 28, 2025

Axis and Allies is one of those games that have been around for a long time and everyone’s heard of it. However, I had never played it or even seen it; all I knew was that it was long and

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Shifting Stones

/ July 21, 2025

Shifting Stones is another Gamewright game, so I was confident it would be a winner and I was right! If your family enjoys lots of logic and a little luck, then you definitely want to check out Shifting Stones. This

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Piratoons

/ July 14, 2025

Up until very recently, my son was obsessed with pirates (we’re talking about nearly a decade-long obsession!). There are quite a few pirate-themed games, so it was easy to find lots. Not only is Piratoons pirate-themed, it’s a fantastic resource-management

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Here to Slay

/ July 7, 2025

Does your family enjoy Unstable Unicorns or Llamas Unleashed? Here to Slay is by the same company; Unstable Games. If you enjoy Dungeons and Dragons and other related games, you’ll probably like Here to Slay. This post may contain affiliate

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Wednesday

/ June 23, 2025

Does your family love Wednesday Addams in the show Wednesday? Or maybe you love dark and gloomy humor. Either way, if you also love strategic games, Wednesday is a sure win. This post may contain affiliate links, meaning if you

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Crows

/ June 16, 2025

Logic, tile placement, strategy, and spatial reasoning has Crows a sure winner. I actually have a hard time believing Valley Games went out of business because we love all the games we’ve tried from them. (Apparently, there were several contributing

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Sail Away

/ June 9, 2025

Until very recently, my son was obsessed with pirates, so naturally, we have a number of pirate-themed games. Sail Away is one that I bought on sale for a really good deal and ended up being very pleasantly surprised about!

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Backyard Builders Treehouse

/ May 12, 2025

Friendly, low-key competition, some addition, strategy, and a bit of luck: that’s Backyard Builders Treehouse. No reading is required and only minimal easy addition in the scorekeeping, making this game ideal for younger players. The game was made by Crash

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BetaBotz

/ February 3, 2025

BetaBotz is one of my son’s many favorite games. Robots, math, auctions, and challenges–what could be better? To begin, each player gets 3 Code Cards, 40 Bitz, 1 Player Board, 1 Bidding Marker, and 8 Attribute Value Markers. Phase 0

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Prime Climb

/ November 13, 2023

Prime Climb is often lauded as an amazing game. It has such universally glowing reviews that I finally purchased it new from Amazon, as I was having no luck finding it used (though it does pop up occasionally). This post

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Rainbow Math 3: Pirate Adventure

/ October 30, 2023

Rainbow Math 3: Pirate Adventure is the third game in a series of games. The first game is supposed to work on counting, the second works on addition and subtraction, and this game practices multiplication and division. When I purchased

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Shut the Box

/ October 23, 2023

A game that we’ve been seeing on many of our travels at many historic sites is Shut the Box. Shut the Box is the perfect game for practicing a variety of math skills, no matter your skill level or your

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Bugs!

/ October 16, 2023

Are you looking for a fun game to practice skip counting and multiplication? Bugs may be just the card game you’re looking for! While I’m not a fan of the premise of the game, that you’re trying to be the

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