Evolution North Star Games, $39.99 Ages 12+ Board games are great at combining education and fun, and Evolution is a terrific example of why. This card game gives two to six players a chance to take part in natural selection, helping their species evolve over time. … [Read more...]
TIP Tries: Sushi Go!
Sushi Go! Gamewright Games, $12.99 Ages 8+ Sushi is great. Card games are great. So why wouldn't a sushi-themed card game be great? Decide for yourself by playing Sushi Go!, a quick-moving, simple, sort of silly, and yet still strategic card game for two to five … [Read more...]
TIP Tries: Dominion
Dominion Rio Grande Games, $44.95 Ages 13+ Imagine you're a monarch. Imagine that you want to expand your territory and fill it with better things—more commerce, bigger castles, stronger armies. It's the (admittedly unjust) spirit that imbued medieval times, and it's the … [Read more...]
TIP Tries: Spaceteam
Spaceteam Timber & Bolt, $25 Ages 10+ Astronauts need to work together to travel to places unfit for human life. Teamwork is key. That's also true in Spaceteam, a cooperative card game in which a group of three to six people work together to fix a constantly … [Read more...]
TIP Tries: Dixit
Dixit Libellud, $34.99 Ages 8+ The first thing you notice about Dixit is that it is very, very pretty. The board game is pretty simple. You and two to four other people all get a hand of cards, and your goal is to invent a clue that describes one of the cards. The … [Read more...]