This week I have a mystery game for you. The Cold Case: End of the Line game from Thinkfun is an escape room type game where you have to look through the evidence to find the clue to solve the case that has gone cold. […]
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How to Play 13 Dead End Drive
We love a good mystery around here – Clue, Mystery Train, Shady Pets–so when we saw the 13 Dead End Drive game we knew we had to give it a try. But with Clue being one of our top favorite games, how will this game […]
How to Play the Bunker Poker Dice Game
We have an interesting game for you today: Bunker Poker. It’s a game of thinking and strategy and luck—all kinds of fun. And you won’t believe the rating it got form the teenagers! The game is for 2 to 4 players and for ages 8 […]
How to Play the Burger Dice Game
I would love to say that I came up with Burger Dice on my own, but I can’t claim this on. I found it on The Game Crafter by game designer Matthew Gravelyn. There’s lots of luck and some press your luck involved and it […]
How to Play Shady Pets
We love a good mystery around here – a good mystery game that is! And today we have a review of the Shady Pets game for you. If you love mystery games like we do – you know Clue (love that movie), Mystery Train, Mafia […]
How to Play the Deep Sea Adventure Game
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 […]
How to Play Pickleball Dice
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 […]
How to Play How Do You Doodle
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 […]
How to Play the Red Flags Board Game
The board game Red Flags “The Game of Terrible Dates” is one for the adults of the family. That said, it was our teenage daughter who picked it out and all of us have enjoyed playing the game. It’s an Apples to Apples style game […]
How to Play the This That & Everything Merry X-mas Edition
We love Christmas around here, and of course we love games so when there’s a Christmas game to play we’re all over it. The This That & Everything Merry X-mas edition game is the latest one that we’ve been playing. In this post we’ll cover […]