If a train left Pittsburgh traveling 45 miles per hour going west and another train left Hawaii traveling 65 miles per hour going east, when would they meet? Unless the train from Hawaii has wings and flies like the one in Back to the Future 3….they won’t. Oh how I hated those problems in high school…luckily, you don’t have to deal with that chapter of math when you play Ticket to Ride. Continue Reading
Board Games
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You know a game is successful when you see it marketed and sold in stores…and has been for over a hundred years. Othello (originally called Reversi) was invented back in the late 1800s and is very simple to play. In fact, I remember seeing this game advertised on television with the tagline, “a minute to learn, a lifetime to master.” I honestly couldn’t sum it up any better.
The below review is outdated and has been retired. To see the new review, please click on the below link:
http://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/airlines-europe-2/
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Fasten your seatbelts and place your tray tables into their upright positions…we’re about to take a look at Airlines Europe, a board game that deals with airline companies, stocks, and quite a bit of strategy.
The below review is outdated and has been retired. To see the new review, please click on the below link:
http://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/lost-cities-2/
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It’s been a while since I’ve seen an Indiana Jones-esque game. The last time I played anything remotely close to Lost Cities was the board game Fireball Island back in the late 80′s. You know, the one with the giant head that shot fireballs from its mouth down various paths on the game board? Its high production values…like the mountains, the artistic detail, etc…stays fresh in my mind to this day. Then there was Legends of the Hidden Temple on Nickelodeon back in the mid 90′s, talking totem and all. Lost Cities has a similar theme in the form of cards, expeditions, artifacts, bonus points, and adventurer / researcher playing pieces.
Welcome back to the unofficially dubbed “board game week” here on my blog, though this particular game isn’t so much of a board game as it is a card game. With the last card game I introduced (For Sale) being given the proverbial thumbs down, I was skeptical about bringing this one out so soon. It didn’t turn out to be too bad after all.
I might as well dub this week, “board game week,” because I seem to be writing about them a lot lately. Oh well, it’s my blog, I can do what I want right? Anyway, I played this particular board game about two weeks ago with my ten-year old son and wanted to review it while it was still semi-fresh in my mind.
The below review is outdated and has been retired. To see the new review, please click on the below link:
http://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/for-sale-2/
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“I’d rather tie my shoes twenty times in a row rather than play this game again.” – Jen
This review was redone to bring it more current, here:
http://www.dadsgamingaddiction.com/say-anything-say-anything-family2/
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Spending time with the family can be difficult to do, especially when everyone has their own interests and plans. To combat this, some families have a small selection of board games at their disposal that they bring out during family night. Some couples have a set of party games that they bring out when they have friends over for the evening. When you think of board games, what immediately comes to mind? Monopoly…Risk…Scrabble…Chess…Checkers…Trouble…Sorry? You’d be surprised to learn that the market for board games is much, much greater than the small selection you might see at your local Kmart or Wal-Mart store.
Chess is not only a game of strategy, but also of risk. Players sometimes take chances in the hopes of either psyching out their opponent or pulling off a “hail mary” that has a limited chance of succeeding at great risk to them.
Okay, if you can think that far ahead, maybe you should apply to MENSA and quit your job at “Harry’s I Can’t Believe It’s Not Chicken” fast food restaurant.
Chess openings…Google it and see how many results you get. Did your computer yell at you and tell you to go climb a tree? Figured. There are hundreds upon thousands of different openings one could employ when you sit down to play chess. Some people memorize these openings like their life depended on it. Others are more free style.
Castling. It’s a move in chess that people often take for granted. Once you figure out how to do it, you do it every game for the next three hundred games because you believe that it makes you look smart. You may do it all the time simply because somewhere somehow you were convinced it will would increase your chances of winning for various reasons. I am here to tell you to abandon that train of thought and to keep reading if you want to know if castling is indeed, smart.
Finally, we get to cover the last chess piece in this ongoing chess tutorial, the Pawn.
Fianchetto or Cappuccino? Decisions…Decisions…
“Squire! Fetch Me My Hello Kitty Underpants!”
As I’ve ranted on about before, it’s not called a castle. It’s not called a tower. It’s not the satan spawn of the Ivory Tower and the Rockbiter from the Neverending Story. It’s called a rook.