Episode Details

We’re going to talk about what it’s like to grow up in a gaming family!

0:00:00 Fact for 416

The largest chocolate bar by area measured 416.34 square meters, achieved on 2 December 2024.

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0:04:05 What We’ve Been Playing

Floristry (our review) – looking forward to trying the update!
Flip 7 (our review)
Trio (our review)
Iliad
Fight 5
Animal Rescue Team
Dice Throne: Marvel X-men – review coming soon

0:25:00 The Family Gamers Community

Welcome to our newest members! You can join the community on Facebook.

0:25:30 #Backtalk

We asked about more topics… and your silliest #boardgamevalentine (see our TFG valentines).

You responded on the #backtalk channel of the Discord.

0:29:00 Growing as a Family with Board Games

We started The Family Gamers Podcast when we had three kids, age 7 and under.

Back then, we were really just playing with the oldest and trying to find ways to include the preschooler.

We started playing very simple games with our oldest when she was probably 3 years old. We did play some CandyLand, but we mostly played simple “family” games rather than kids’ games. We were often trying to rule-shift or play games that were very simple (like Zombie Dice, which we mention back in episode 1!), in part because our oldest started reading at a very young age. So we didn’t need games that avoided reading. She al