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Late to the Game: Carcassonne

June 14, 2014November 23, 2017Sophie Brown

Carcassonne is a classic tabletop board game, which allows players to collect points while building towns, monasteries, roads, and farms in the French countryside.

Evolution Card Game Review

May 16, 2014December 15, 2017Cathé Post

Evolution is fun, with the ability to be easy for beginning gamers or complicated for those who are seasoned strategy game players.

Review: Wordsearch!

April 9, 2014December 15, 2017Julie Tiu1

Wordsearch! by Goliath Games is a fun, family-friendly game. Check out our review!

Journaling with Tweets: GameStorm Day 4

March 30, 2014December 15, 2017Cathé Post

GeekMom Cathe attends the last day of GameStorm. Even though the family is tired from a full weekend, more games must be played!

Journaling With Tweets: GameStorm Day 3

March 29, 2014December 15, 2017Cathé Post

Today GeekMom Cathe and her husband get a full day of gaming without kids! She’s a little excited.

Journaling with Tweets: GameStorm Day 1

March 27, 2014December 15, 2017Cathé Post1

Dear Internet Diary, there was a gaming convention. Games were played. GeekMom Cathé has the tweets to prove it!

The Return of Robot Turtles

February 14, 2014November 24, 2017Kelly Knox1

If you missed your chance to get in the original Kickstarter, this is your opportunity to get your young learners on the path to programming.

Destination: Downton Abbey

January 24, 2014November 24, 2017Sophie Brown

British games manufacturer Destination have secured the rights to Downton Abbey and produced another in their series of popular, fun-to-play family games.

“Mmm, it’s got new game smell!” or The Joy Of Raising Gamer Girls

January 20, 2014December 15, 2017Nicole Wakelin

If you’re a gamer, you understand, but if not, you are confused. Let me try to explain.

Favorite Christmas Present: Roll & Play Game

January 7, 2014December 16, 2017Karen Burnham

A fun introduction to board games for toddlers age 18 month and up.

Late to the Game: Formula D

December 20, 2013November 24, 2017Sophie Brown

Formula D attempts to recreate the thrill of Formula One and illegal street racing in a board game. GeekMom Sophie shows us how well it did.

Late to the Game: An Ingenious Family Game for Christmas

December 7, 2013November 24, 2017Sophie Brown

We’re always on the lookout for a new family game to play on Christmas Day and Ingenious might be the perfect one for your Christmas list.

GeekMom 2013 Holiday Gift Guide: Board Games

November 15, 2013November 24, 2017Cathé Post6

We continue our GeekMom’s gift guide series with board games for the whole family. Games for little kids, teens, adults, and stocking-stuffers for the entire family can be found in our guide this year.

Southern Maine Family Game Festival

October 20, 2013December 15, 2017Sarah Pinault

If you feel like playing games all day and video game all night, you might want to be in Maine on November 2.

Schmovie: For Outlandish Movie and Game Lovers

October 14, 2013November 24, 2017Amy Kraft1

Schmovie is a game where players come up with the funniest movie titles to present to the Schmovie producer. Hilarious for all ages.

Fluxx: The Card Game Gets a Board

October 8, 2013November 24, 2017Sarah Pinault

Looney Labs has been changing the rules on gamers with variations of Fluxx. This year, they have taken it up a notch with Fluxx: The Board Game.

Robot Turtles: Programming for Preschoolers

September 13, 2013November 24, 2017Kelly Knox3

Dan Shapiro devised a board game that he and his four-year-old children can play together.

Destination: Great Family Games for Casual Gamers

August 13, 2013November 24, 2017Sophie Brown

Destination is a British board game which places players in the role of a taxi driver attempting to visit all of his or her destinations and return to the taxi rank first.

Weekly GeekMom Video Playlist

May 31, 2013November 24, 2017Cathé Post2

Ballads, brains, board games, and booze are on the menu this week on our weekly video playlist. As usual, the weekly playlist is brought to you in feature-film length as a gift to you for weekend viewing.

Weekly GeekMom Video Playlist

May 24, 2013December 15, 2017Cathé Post

This week the GeekMom writers found so many cool videos on the internet; I don’t even know where to start! Tap dancing, mock movie trailers, game reviews that involve cooking, making burritos in space — you name it, it’s possible we found it.