The year 2020 was unlike any other. On the plus side, we were able to slow down, spend more time with each other and play more games! I’ve compiled a list of our favorite games that we played this year. The rest of the family […]
Best Games of 2020
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Holiday Gift List 2020
With the Christmas season just around the corner, we have put together our Holiday Gift List for 2020, full of games that would make great gifts this year! Hoot Owl Hoot This game is good for players 4 and up. It is a co-operative game […]
Lost Puppies, Game Review
Game review for Lost Puppies. Ages 5 to 7, # players 8 Lost Puppies is a co-cooperative game by Family Pastimes. This award-winning game has lost puppies on the loose. Night is falling and players have to work together to search the neighbourhood to find […]
How to Host an Epic Hallmark Christmas Movie Party
It’s the time of year again….Hallmark Christmas Movie time! Honestly, as a busy mom, Christmas time seems more like a job than fun. But with all the crazy events, and shopping and to do lists, watching the Hallmark Christmas movies gives me back a sense […]
How to Play Hallmark Christmas Movie BINGO: A fun, festive game
Who can resist the cozy, heart-warming Hallmark Christmas movies? They are a strong tradition here at Family Game Shelf. These feel-good movies are full of traditions themselves and have classic Christmas scenes to put you in the festive spirit. And what better way to add […]
How to Play the Though-provoking word game Codenames
This game review is for Codenames, a fun word game for 2 to 8 or more players aged 10 and up. Do you love word games? We do Taboo, Scattergories, Categories, anything that doesn’t have to do with spelling. (Learning disability here.) So when a […]
Hex
Hex is a strategic game that dates back to the 1940s. It was created by a Danish mathematician named Piet Hein. In the family of Checkers, Hex is for two layers and can be a short lay or a log one depends on who is […]
How to Play Love Letter
Love Letter is a small game with only 27 cards in the deck for two to four people. We wondered how such a small game could be entertaining for long but we would soon find out that it is quite challenging. I had heard many […]
DIY Sequence
Sequence is a great family strategy card game. For our review and how to play check out our blog post here. Sequence is also an easy DIY game that you can make at home with simple everyday items. The first thing you will need is […]
How to Play Sequence Dice
We are fans of the board gameboard game Sequence, we even have a tutorial on how to DIY a Sequence board, we also love dice games–Ohio, Golf, Whacky Putt just to name a few, so we thought we would try out Sequence Dice. The basic […]