Dice, card and board games reviews, rules and how-to's for the whole family
Just Spit it Out! 3+ players, ages 10+ Here at Family Game Shelf, we love fasted paced, easy to learn word games. 5 Second Rule game fits that description to a tee. We love this game so much that we’ve created several 5 Second games […]
Everest is a fun easy dice game that the whole family can play together. It’s no secret that we love dice games in our family. When I found Everest, I thought it might be too similar to our favorite Ohio. Although it is similar, it […]
The Pup-Packing Puzzle for 1 player aged 10 and up I have a dog lover in our house so when she got the puzzle game Dog Pile she was excited. Not only does it fit her interest, but she can play it by herself when […]
Cheat is a family card game that is best played in a larger group and with older kids. Other names for Cheat include Bluff, I Doubt It, and Liar. It also another name, but this is a family-friendly blog, so we’ll stick with the name […]
One rule, endless possibilities. A game for 2 to 4 players ages 7 and up. Blokus seems like a simple game but when you play, you quickly learn that there is a lot of strategy involved. Object The object of Blokus is to cover as […]
The Game of Hilarious Comparisons 4 to 10 players ages 12 and up I had heard of this game that everyone was talking about called Apples to Apples. At the time I was busy being “grown up” and didn’t look into the game. (I can’t […]
A year ago, North America was in a panic over toilet paper. Shelves were bare and jokes of paying for things in toilet paper were everywhere. To celebrate this event in history (okay to poke fun at ourselves) we have created the Toilet Paper Games. […]
The Game of Crazy Comparisons 4 to 8 players ages 9 and up One day, I was shopping in the local second hand store when I saw a copy of Apples to Apples Junior. I had been curious about this game for a while and […]
The Egg-splosive chicken game 2 – 4 players ages 4 and up Who doesn’t love a rubber chicken—espcially one that makes noise? Add a chicken that lays eggs in the game of Squawk and you have a winner. Or so I thought. Squawk turned out […]
2 to 8 players ages 8 and up When I first heard about Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, I wasn’t sure what to think. The game doesn’t even have a tag line to tell us what it might be about. But once you play it, […]