Category: games

  • Labyrinth, a game to play with the whole family

    Labyrinth, a game to play with the whole family

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    For years I heard people rave about Labyrinth. I’d even given a copy to a friend for Christmas one year, and I had a copy sitting on my shelves, but for whatever reason we didn’t really pull our copy out all that often. Then I went on a “clear out our game shelves” kick, and…

  • Why play card games?

    Why play card games?

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    I was looking through my games I wanted to write about, and was thinking about card games, and why you should play them. It then turned into a card games for gameschooling, and a bit of a collection of all my card games, both the ones I’ve written about, and the ones I haven’t written…

  • Science Games for School

    Science Games for School

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    Science games are much more difficult to come by in stores, unless you head specifically to a school supply store, and then it’s pretty much a regurgitation of what you’ve learned in a trivial pursuit style. Still there are SOME gameschooling games that are fun to play, and I’ll tell you most of these are geared towards…

  • Deck Building Games

    Deck Building Games

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    A couple of days ago we played Dominion. It’s a relatively simple game, and as we were playing it I was reminded of just how much I enjoy deck-building games, and what a great addition they are to our gameschooling portfolio. We have several, and it’s now time to break out my favorites. (there are…

  • Worker Placement Games

    Worker Placement Games

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    We have loads of different types of games. One of my favorite types of gameschooling is Worker Placement Games. I love the strategy of this, and how you don’t necessarily have to mess with the other players’ games. I admit, I’m a big fan of the Eurogames that aren’t super interactive with each other, you’re…