We have a great dice game for you today: Midnight Dice. This shouldn’t be confused with the 1990’s Midnight Roll dice game. (We’ll cover this one in an upcoming post, sign up for our newsletter to get notified when it comes out.) The Midnight Dice […]
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How to play the Grinch Grow Your Heart Card Game
We love the Grinch around here so when we saw the Grinch Grow Your Heart Card game we knew we’d have to give it a try. You can see how much we love the Grinch by visiting our Grinch Party games and our Grinch dice […]
How To Play 12 Dice of Christmas
The holiday season is all about coming together with friends and family and what better way of doing that than playing games like 12 Dice of Christmas? We love playing dice at this time of year as games are often quick to play so we […]
8 Must Play Christmas Dice Games For Holiday Magic
Is there anything better than being with family and friends during the holidays? Yes! Creaming the red fur-lined pants off of them on game night! All kidding aside, there is nothing better than playing games and making memories, that’s why we’ve put together a list […]
How to Play the Nix the Six Dice Game
Nix the Six dice game fits right in here at Family Game Shelf. It’s a fast moving, easy to learn and a hoot to play. Nix the Six is similar to Stuck in the Mud but it’s different enough that it’s its’ own game. Fast […]
How to Play the Peanuts Card Game
The Peanuts card game goes but many names: Nerts, Nertz, Pounce, Nuts, Racing Demon, Grouch and Squeal. We’re going to stick with the Peanuts name as I think it’s the one that sounds the most fun. No matter what you call it, Peanuts is fast […]
How to Play the Go To Pack Card Game
Card games are a great away to spend time together and the Go To Pack card game is a great one for younger kids. It is similar to a card game called Donkey. There is a variation of this game called Donkey but do not […]
How to Play the Par 4 Dice Game
Today we have another golf dice game to add to our collection. The Par 4 Dice game joins Golf dice, Straight Golf, Par 24 and our favorite Whacky Putt (our mini golf dice game). Par 4 is a single hole golf game for four players […]
How to Play the Canadian Salad Card Game
The card game Canadian Salad was created here in Canada and is very popular in certain places here in Canada and south of the boarder. It also goes by many names including Fruit Salad, Canadian Fruit Salad, Salad Bowl, Wisconsin Scramble and Texas Twister. That […]
How to Play the Knucklebones Dice Game
I was doing research for one of the dice games we have when I came across a new dice game that I had never heard of: Knucklebones. Dice were originally made of actual bones so I thought that it was referring to that aspect of […]










