https://www.boardgamequest.com Board Game Reviews, News and More Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:28:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 38014872 https://www.boardgamequest.com/how-to-raise-a-gamer-part-1-to-lay-tiles-or-take-them-away/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/how-to-raise-a-gamer-part-1-to-lay-tiles-or-take-them-away/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:00:21 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=38350 This is a guest post from Chris and Damian Biewer. COVID-19 has forced a lot of “quality” time with the family. Board games have been needed to fill the hours between teaching your kids math and geography (after you Google the answers). While The Game of Life teaches your children that families come in many […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/how-to-raise-a-gamer-part-1-to-lay-tiles-or-take-them-away/feed/ 0 38350 https://www.boardgamequest.com/go-nuts-for-doughnuts-sushi-go-and-bamboleo-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/go-nuts-for-doughnuts-sushi-go-and-bamboleo-review/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:45:31 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=28723 We are back with another edition of Parental Guidance. The article series where I pull games off the shelf and play them with my parents in the hopes of helping you find new and diverse gateway games to play with your family. As always, I’ll start with a quick summary of what the game is, […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/go-nuts-for-doughnuts-sushi-go-and-bamboleo-review/feed/ 1 28723 https://www.boardgamequest.com/meeple-circus-karuba-the-card-game-and-hardback-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/meeple-circus-karuba-the-card-game-and-hardback-review/#respond Fri, 11 May 2018 13:44:21 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=27777 After a brief hiatus of a few months we are back with another edition of Parental Guidance. This is the article series where I play game with my parents, and then my mother chimes in with her thoughts on the games, giving you the perspective of how fun the game is for a non-gamer. As […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/meeple-circus-karuba-the-card-game-and-hardback-review/feed/ 0 27777 https://www.boardgamequest.com/fox-in-the-forest-hamsterrolle-and-codenames-disney-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/fox-in-the-forest-hamsterrolle-and-codenames-disney-review/#respond Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:42:53 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=26441 Thanks to some holiday get-togethers, I had plenty of gaming time with the family last month. And I’m sure I’m not alone in that one, as board games make any holiday party that much better. As you know, in Parental Guidance, I introduce new games to my parents outside of the usual gateway games. The […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/fox-in-the-forest-hamsterrolle-and-codenames-disney-review/feed/ 0 26441 https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-slide-blast-happy-salmon-downforce-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-slide-blast-happy-salmon-downforce-review/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:43:28 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=25728 After a little bit of time off, we are back with another edition of Parental Guidance. If you haven’t read any of our past articles, the goal of this series is to help you find games to play with your family and friends outside of the usual gateway games (which you are already probably sick […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-slide-blast-happy-salmon-downforce-review/feed/ 0 25728 https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-deadline-herbaceous-and-holmes-sherlock-mycroft-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-deadline-herbaceous-and-holmes-sherlock-mycroft-review/#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:42:12 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=24471 We are back with another edition of Parental Guidance, where I play games with my parents and they let me know what they thought of my choices. This is all part of my never-ending search for games I can play with people who aren’t part of my usual gaming group. While we’ve always got the […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-deadline-herbaceous-and-holmes-sherlock-mycroft-review/feed/ 0 24471 https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-riff-raff-barenpark-jaipur-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-riff-raff-barenpark-jaipur-review/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:35:35 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=23705 We are back with another installment of Parental Guidance, where I chose games to play with my parents, and my mother chimes in with her thoughts on the games I brought. The goal of this article series is to help you choose new games that you can pull out with your family and other non-gamers. […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-riff-raff-barenpark-jaipur-review/feed/ 2 23705 https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-pocket-madness-quadropolis-rocky-road-a-la-mode-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-pocket-madness-quadropolis-rocky-road-a-la-mode-review/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:43:19 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=23158 Like most gamers out there, I play mostly with my family and friends. While the majority of my gaming occurs with my regular gaming group, I definitely enjoy introducing new games to my family. Visits to my parents’ house are always more entertaining when we can sit down and chat while playing a new board game. I’m […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/parental-guidance-pocket-madness-quadropolis-rocky-road-a-la-mode-review/feed/ 0 23158