Episode Details

Episode 407 – Our Favorite 15-Minute Games

Published 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Description

We’ve been looking forward to making this episode for a little while. Sometimes you don’t have a lot of time to play games – so let’s talk about our family favorites that play in 15 minutes or less.

00:00 Fact for 407

This one is for Zach. on 15 November 2012 a new world record was set. The most people flapping simultaneously is 407, achieved by Saint Joseph’s University (USA), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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03:45 What We’ve Been Playing

My City (our review)
Hamster Roll (our review)
Drop It (our review)
Trio (our review)
Red Letter Yellow Letter (review next week!)
Spaceteam
Quacks of Quedlinburg
INK (review coming soon)
Duel for Cardia
Bomb Busters
Jekyll v. Hyde (our review)
Ham Helsing

15:40 September Monthly Report

Andrew: 13 unique games, played 32 times. Most played: My City (9 times!) and H-index of 3. Didn’t record anything he played at CuseCon though.

Anitra: 21 unique games, played 43 times. H-index: 4 (My City, Mr. Postmouse’s Picnic, Duel for Cardia, Trio). Over half played at 2 players (unusually high for Anitra).

18:30 The Family Gamers Community

Welcome to our newest community members! You can join the community too, on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/posts/4172992196323572/

#Backtalk

We asked about your favorite game(s) in 2025. You answered on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, and in