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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 […]
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 […]
Sometimes you want to play a quick game and then sometimes you want to settle in a really get into a game. 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 […]
Crazy 8s is the classic kid card game that even adults like. We’ve covered the original game here and the Crazy Eight’s Countdown variation here. We also have a festive Christmas Crazy 8s here. In today’s post, we’re going to share with you some more […]
We have a new, easy to learn card game for you today: Rockaway. At first, I thought this game would be great for younger kids (and it is) but that it might not to right for our family with teenagers. I was wrong. Rockaway is […]
If you’ve been around here for any time, you know we love dice and cards so when we find a game that uses both like the Wichita Card and Dice Game, you know we have to play! This game also goes by Polish Poker. But […]
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 […]
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 […]
The first card game I remember playing is Snap. We were sitting on my cousins’ brown shag carpet, heads together, thinking we were just like the grownups. We also played in hotel rooms, that is until we were told we were too loud. Oops. If […]