A Dad Made a Custom Dungeons and Dragons Character Sheet for his 6 Year Old Son; We Interviewed Him!
We love to hear about parents trying new types of game experiences with their kids. We recently found a father on Facebook named Casey (shout out to the RPGs with Kids Facebook group) who not only introduced his six year old son to Dungeons and Dragons, but created an awesome placemat style character sheet to […]
3 DIY Reading Games That You Can Use At Home!
By: Linda Wrobel Elementary School Teacher Southington, CT Editor’s note: School is coming back into session and a lot of parents are looking into ways to help augment the learning their children are doing in school so I went and asked a teacher what kinds of DIY games she uses to help reinforce learning. There […]
Console Game Review – Skylanders Trap Team
Note: This is a guest post from over on ParentsGamingGuide.com. The game itself is a bit dated, but parents on a budget should be keeping their yes out because Skylanders Trap Team starter sets and figures should be PLUMMETING in price soon since Skylanders Superchargers will be out in a little more than a month! What makes […]
Board Game Review – Mice and Mystics
Plaid Hat Games 1-4 Players Ages 7+ 60-90 Minutes MSRP: $74.99 COOPERATIVE Prince Collin clutches his sword tight as the evil minions advance. The glow of magic forms around the end of the Maginos’ staff, accompanied by a faint hum, as the wizard readies a spell. The blacksmith Nez steps forward, swinging his hammer, and […]
Halo 5: Guardians to be Rated T for Teen (NOT M for Mature)
The HALO series has been consistently rated M by the ESRB for its entire run. That is until the release of HALO 5: Guardians later this year. It will be the first main game in the HALO franchise to be rated T for Teen. We have all seen this type of thing happen before out […]
Skylanders Superchargers Racing for Nintendo Wii and 3DS
Skylanders Superchargers has some impressive visuals. They are so impressive, in fact, that the Nintendo Wii and the 3DS are just plain out of the question as far as ports of the main game. This year the 3DS and Wii versions will be a completely different game experience than the main game. Activision has gone so […]
Skylanders Superchargers to Include Online Multiplayer!
The release date for Skylanders Superchargers is racing towards us. We just received another batch of information regarding the newest entry in the Skylanders series and we can’t be more excited about it. Online Multiplayer All of the Skylanders games have been multiplayer games at heart. Two people could sit on the couch together and […]
5 Family Friendly Adventure Games I Desperately Want to Play!
The release of King’s Quest last week and the impending release of Minecraft Story Mode later this year it feels to me like the adventure game genre is finally going to make its way to a younger market. I was pondering that expansion in the market when a stroke of whimsy hit me. I sat […]
Console Game Review: Super Smash Bros. For Wii U
Publisher: Nintendo ESRB Rating: E 10+ Console: Wii U Overall Review Super Smash Bros has slowly grown to be a pillar of the Nintendo lineup since it was released on the Nintendo 64 oh so many years ago. So much so that the release of the Wii U version has been anticipated because some analysts […]