Dice, card and board games reviews, rules and how-to's for the whole family
If you’ve been around Family Game Shelf for any time, you know how much we love mini golf. Just look at how many variations we have of our Whacky Putt dice game! (You can learn how to play here.) So when I saw the Mini […]
As you might imagine, we have a ton of games here at Family Game Shelf. Although we love our games, they do take up a lot of space. So when we found the small-boxed Deep Sea Adventure game we knew we could make space for […]
Math is an essential skill and the faster you are at doing it in your head the better. I think we can all agree with this. But math isn’t often fun—work sheets, number lines, times tables—there’s not too many of us who have ever wanted […]
It seems that everyone is into Pickleball these days. Although I haven’t actually picked up a paddle, when I found the game Pickleball Dice I was excited. After all, we have the sporty dice games of Tennis, Curling, Hockey, a bunch of golf dice games […]
The Macao dice game is an old game that also goes by the names of Makao and Bose Neun. It’s a simple game that will make you want to play again right after you finish. It’s a simple game of press your luck like Pig, […]
We have another old card game that is still popular today: Palace. As with many games that have stood the test of time, Palace has many names including Castle, Karma, Shed and Idiot. This is another game that the whole family can get into just […]
We have another great drawing game for you: How Do You Doodle. If you’ve been around a while, you’ll know that I love drawing games Pictionary is one of my all-time favorites as well as Up A Bit, Fish Bowl, and Think Blot. So when […]
Spring will soon be here and we thought we’d show you how to play the Thunderstorm Dice game today to celebrate. We’re very ready to exchange snow storms for thunder storms! This game is easy to learn and fast to play. It joins our other […]
Sometimes you want to play a quick game and then sometimes you want to settle in a really get into a ÂÂÂgame. Today we have one of the second kind: Frustration Rummy. Frustration Rummy (sometimes called Extreme Rummy) is a very old, popular game so […]
The card game Creights seems to be a mix of Crazy Eights and UNO but is it’s own unique game with some crazy twists. There is a story that when it was first created, players would only be told the name of the game but […]