How do gamers raise the next generation of geeks? How do you play games with your children without drowning in the monotony of CandyLand? How do you introduce your children to video games responsibly? Join Andrew and Anitra as they discuss gaming as a family with their three children. Listen to stories of their past, their successes and failures, and learn from their experiences. Mix this in with some giveaways, commentary about new stuff on the market, and a couple of interviews and you have The Family Gamers Podcast! If you're enjoying the show, please don't forget to leave a review, share with yoru friends, and subscribe!
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Let’s talk to Nick and Izzy about their Gen Con experience! 107 is a prime number: A great way to introduce Optimus Prime super-fan, Nick Martinelli! Nick writes for TFG and most recently wrote a review for Let Them Eat Shrimp! Nick has been gaming for about 10 years. Carcasonne & Catan were his gateway into boardgaming; he actually started
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We all experience burn out sometimes. Netflix and chill turning into “stare into space”? Wish you were playing a game, but can’t wrap your head around your usual fare? Sometimes we still want the social experience of games, even when our brains are fried. We discuss some of our favorite light strategy games that are good for relaxing. Parents, is this
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It’s that time again – Gen Con is the largest gaming convention in the USA. If it seems like we’ve done this before, it’s because we have! We covered Gen Con (and Gen Can’t) last year (episode 60). Warning: this episode includes 2 hours of interviews from Gen Con, recorded by our man on the ground, Nick Martinelli. Our Gen
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Why play games with your kids? No, really – why should you play games? We asked our community and a few other friends. What We’ve Been Playing Tokaido (in preparation for Super Saturday Board Game Serial episode 33) Jetpack Joyride (on Kickstarter now – stay tuned for our snap review!) Andrew “accidentally” bought Dice Forge on sale at Gamestop. We’ve
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We’re joined this week by Stephen Duetzmann, who tells us about his favorite moments from E3 (which we previewed in episode 99) and CTFIG. Contest But first, contest winners! Congratulations to: Laura Prickett Donald Highley Will Griesmer And thanks to all of the people who donated towards our prizes. What we’ve been playing: Stephen is (finally) trying Fortnite. Although it’s
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As the Family Gamers, we have a wide variety of games on our shelves. We feel that having variety in your collection is very important. But first, what we’ve been playing! What We’ve Been Playing: Let Them Eat Shrimp – by the fantastic Dr. Finn (of Herbaceous and The Little Flower Shop). Deep Sea Adventure – we’ve found that the
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We get Ryan Gutowski, Erin Gutowski, and Ric White from One Board Family on the show this week; they went to Origins Game Fair and they’re going to tell us about it. We compare GenCon, Origins, and PAX Unplugged, based on what we know. Highlight of the show? Their favorite game was Pioneer Days – “it does what Oregon Trail
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Welcome to episode 100! We are excited to have made it this far. We have a ton of stuff to share with you. Bear with us for this jam-packed episode which is longer than usual. What We’re Playing Gobblet Gobblers with the agent of chaos preschooler (other tic-tac-toe variants popular in our house: Pocket Ops, OK Play, Slideways) Where’s Mr.
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Next week is going to be a big week in video games: The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. We brought in Stephen from Engaged Family Gaming to tell us what to expect. What We’ve Been Playing Viral (the two-player variation. A great area-control game, but in our opinion, it’s better with more players.) PDQ: the Pretty Darn Quick
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About a year ago, we talked about games to play outside (episode 54) and camping-themed games (episode 58). We thought we’d revisit this topic, including a little bit of input from the kids… But first, let’s talk about… What We’ve Been Playing The Grimm Forest kid favorite Batman: The Animated Series Dice Game. Apparently, this game is the reason we
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