Dice, card and board games reviews, rules and how-to's for the whole family
Fast-Paced Card Game that’ll be a HIT with the Whole Family 2 – 6 players ages 6 and up The first time that we played Hit the Deck, we thought it would be like Crazy 8s. Although the cards have a similar look and play […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blokus the game with 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. Strategy games are great to […]
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 […]
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, […]
Doodle Dice is a drawing game with no drawing. The recommended age is 6 and up and it’s for 2 to 6 players. When we heard about Doodle Dice, we thought we had to give it a try. Pictionary is a family (or most of […]
The world’s fastest game for 2 -3 players ages 7 and up. The card game Blink lives up to its claim for being a fast game. A game takes about one minute to play. In fact, it takes longer to set up the game than […]