It wasn't until I was in college I realized the Great Depression was a worldwide event. It's taught quite a lot in US history, but when you reach the 1930s in world history, it's all, "Let's get ready for World War 2!" So, while we played this Great Depression dice game as part … [Read more...]
You’ve died of dysentery, the Oregon Trail Card Game
I've gone on record before as loving the Oregon Trail computer game. I spent many happy hours of my childhood trying to cross that trail, and like many other kids my age would groan in pain reading the words, "You've died of dysentery." When I heard there was an Oregon Trail card … [Read more...]
Age of Exploration Game
Last year as we studied Texas history, we covered the Age of Exploration again, but this time it was explorers you only tend to cover for Texas history. I wanted a fun way to review all we'd learned before and in my explorations, I found a great Age of Exploration printable … [Read more...]
Can YOU Escape the Room?
In case you haven’t heard about the latest rage, Escape Rooms are all the rage. I actually was at dinner on Saturday with friends and my friend was raving about the awesomeness of a local escape room. I’m intrigued by escape rooms, but the cost is a bit more than I want to pay. … [Read more...]
Torres board game review
We decided we needed to thin out our board games stash. There was a large stack of games we immediately put in our keep pile, a rather small stack of games we gave away (primarily math games the kids had outgrown, they don’t need to practice their addition skills now). We were … [Read more...]
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