Dice, card and board games reviews, rules and how-to's for the whole family
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 […]
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 […]
We love fall and Halloween and today we have a new game for the season: The 13 Dice of Halloween. It’s a fun, quick game that is easy to learn and fairly fast to play. Players of all ages will gobble it up like Halloween […]
Ticket to Ride is a bestselling games and for good reason. It’s fun, challenging but not too hard and it has a great theme. We have been obsessed with this game. But did you know there is a Ticket To Ride Card Game? We knew […]
When the summer sun is sizzling hot and the kids want to play and cool down, dig out the water balloon games! We have collected our Big List of Water Balloon games so that you can find the perfect game for you group. This list […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A blogger friend let me know about a fun new dice game called Bank. You can download an app to play but it’s just as easy to play without it and it might even be more fun with our score sheet (more on that later.) […]