A while back I wrote an article about taking games with you when you travel (see here) and Nate Scheidler, Organizer of Chicago Boardgames Meetup Group, said that he packs a game called Pickomino. Well, at the time I’d never played Pickomino and although I’d heard of it, I hadn’t heard anything about it. This is really the reason I started The Game Aisle; I know how hard it is to decide which game to purchase when all you’ve got to go on is the box art. So when a …
Ever have one of those Christmases where someone gives you something you don’t want – like a terrible cold? That was my Christmas this year. I spend a chunk of time on my couch trying to get into the holiday spirit but really I just kept the tissue companies in business. One good thing came out of all of this – I got to play a lot of ThinkFun’s Rush Hour. Now I know in the past I’ve said that one-player products aren’t games and this is a game review …
I’ve decided that my holiday gift to you – the readers of The Game Aisle – should not be another “Top Games” list but instead a list of games to help you make it through the holidays! I’ve got a game to make almost every holiday situation more fun – or at least a lot less painful!
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
I can’t believe I’m writing an article about holiday themed games, but I am. Here’s why: I was shopping yesterday and I saw all sorts of people buying ugly holiday pins and overly sparkly Christmas sweaters. So if people insist on buying Christmas-themed products, I want to show them what the game industry has to offer! And unlike holiday sweaters these could be used year round without tons of strange looks. So here I’ve picked some of my favorites:
Holiday Yahtzee, A Christmas Story Yahtzee, Charlie Brown Christmas Yahtzee
Personally I think …
When you have a hallway full of games there are often ones that you know you like but they just never get pulled out and played. I really have no idea why this happens but I think it’s like certain movies. You love them but you need to be in the right mood to watch them. And then when you finally are in that mood you’re like I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Well, that recently happened with TriBond. We played a little bit at the bar during the Toy and Game …
