We continue our series of introduction board games after previously looking at ages 2 to 4 and 5 to 6. For ages 7 to 9, we want to focus on games that will capture their attention and hopefully fuel their interest in exploring more board games. At the same time, we want to have a […]
Its hard to imagine a world without Toys R Us. Its an icon of my childhood. But alas, times are changing, and with the news of Toys R Us (TRU) shutting down around the world a lot of people, including myself, immediately ask “where do we go to get toys?!” Reality is, we haven’t been going […]
We continue our series of introductory games for different age groups. In our previous post we talked about introducing games at the very youngest age. At 2-4 years old all we can expect is an acclimation to the format of playing games: following rules, taking turns, etc. At ages 5-6 we can start to see […]
Santorini is one of my all time favourite abstract strategy games. I consider it to be very similar in style and strategy to chess, but a much simpler set of rules, making it a great stepping stone to Chess. It can be taught in only 30 seconds! In Santorini you each have 2 pawns you control. […]
This past weekend just about every diehard tabletop gamer gathered at Breakout Con, Toronto’s big tabletop game convention. Only in its third year this convention is already getting much bigger. The convention has a lot of things going on for gamers of all types including: Tournaments for popular board games such as Catan, Pandemic, 7 Wonders […]