If the kids in your neighborhood aren’t back in school yet, they will be soon.  So in honor of the “back to school” theme we see right and left at this time of year, I’m going to take this opportunity to talk about “educational” games.  (yawn, I know…but hear me out.)
Many of you know that I wholeheartedly believe EVERY game is educational.  All games teach “soft skills” like playing well with others, taking turns, dealing with defeat, planning ahead, etc.  But then there is a whole segment of games that …

To write about or not to write about – sometimes that’s the question.  Games come across my desk all the time and we play them and typically it’s love at first play or not so much (yet I still give them a second chance).  But once in a while there’s a game that didn’t go well in the first play but I have a feeling it was just with the wrong group of people.  You’ve Been Sentenced completely fits into that category.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with this …

It’s officially the first day of fall.  I don’t have any idea where my summer went, but it’s indoor volleyball season again so I’m not too upset.  And for some unknown reason, I play volleyball with a lot of teachers and on numerous occasions I’ve suggested games to use in their classroom.  I try to pick games that I think are fun but have some element of learning in it – but really, I think any game that forces you to think ahead a turn or two can provide an …

This past weekend was my one-year anniversary and for our honeymoon we went to Puerto Rico and Dominica for ten days.  So how odd is it that the game I’m reviewing this week happens to be 10 Days in the Americas by Out of the Box?  It is totally a coincidence, but makes for a great opening paragraph don’t you think?
10 Days in the Americas is the latest in a line of map-themed games invented by Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum.  The series already includes: 10 Days in Africa (2003), …