Podcast Episode Details

Episode 381 – Top 5(ish) Beautiful Family Games

0:00 Hello and welcome! This week, we’re talking about beautiful games – ones you would leave out on a coffee table – that are great for families to play.

Fact for 381

We’re back to the Guinness Book of World Records, friends.

The largest hand-held video game console party was on 12 October 2007, at the Parramatta mall in Sydney Australia, where 381 people gathered together, each one brandishing their own Nintendo DS.

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02:43 What We’ve Been Playing

Nekojima – review coming soon. We love that it can be cooperative or competitive.
Mojo – review coming soon.
Mundus Novus
Captain Flip (our review)
Sky Team – we talked about playing this on Board Game Arena, but now we’ve played it in person. Looking forward to playing a lot more.
Dice Throne – as recommended in our Games for Teens. We don’t love king-of-the-hill with our boys.
Agueda: City of Umbrellas – review coming soon
Fire Tower
Football Feud! – very simple. Review coming soon.

18:20 September Monthly Report!

Andrew: 20 plays of 15 games. H-index: 2. Most played: Chrono-Trek (3 times) & Mojo (3 times). Also Trio (2 times).

Anitra: 29 plays of 18 games. H-index: 2. Most played: Chrono-Trek (6 times) & Mojo (4 times).

19:50 Welcome Facebook Community Members

Lots of new members this week! Stop in and tell us which animal pictured represents you.

21:30 Backtalk

Listeners tell us about games they wish they still had. See responses on Discord and Facebook.