Summary: <br> We’re here to talk about games and conflict this week. Do your kids handle conflict well? (<a href="#topic_conflict">skip to the topic</a>)<br> <br> <br> <br> But first, what we’ve been playing this week!<br> <br> <br> <br> What We’ve Been Playing<br> <br> <br> <br> We sorted out all the kids’ LEGO and found the <a href="https://amzn.to/2N3weey">Klutz LEGO Chain Reactions</a> kit. Very cool and something to look into if you’ve got kids interested in making working machines.<br> <br> <br> <br> Carpool Karaoke Game – we’re not big karaoke people, but this was surprisingly fun. Let your inhibitions go! The game does assume that you’ve got a pretty decent knowledge of pop music and pop culture.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HRD6HJ">Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale</a> – a different take on roll-and-write (or flip-and-write)<br> <br> <br> <br> Potion Explosion with the kids (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/potion-explosion/">our review</a>). Fun to watch the marbles clink together, fill up your potions, and pretend to drink them.<br> <br> <br> <br> Kemet – “a dudes-on-a-map area control game” from Matagot. Giant D4s!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2UI4MUJ">Welcome To… Your Perfect Home</a>. Solo is OK, but multi-player is better. A chill puzzley flip-and-write.<br> <br> <br> <br> Noxford (again)<br> <br> <br> <br> Get the MacGuffin (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/get-the-macguffin/">0ur review</a>)<br> <br> <br> <br> Ingenious (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/ingenious-game/">our review</a>) – a classic from Renier Knizia.<br> <br> <br> <br> Anitra is still spending time waiting around at bus stops. Hex Roller (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/hex-roller-review/">our review</a>) and Palm Island (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/palm-island-game/">0ur review</a>) have been helpful.<br> <br> <br> <br> We can’t say enough good about <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZJQfh3">ShipShape</a> from Rob Daviau and Calliope Games. Bid for large pieces to go in your “hold”, picturing cannons, gold, and contraband, each with a different mode of scoring. We’ll have a full review soon, but don’t wait!<br> <br> <br> <br> Panic Island – at only 2 minutes, we’re getting in a lot of plays. Trying hard to win enough games to open up the “locked” cards.<br> <br> <br> <br> Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Gemstone Mining Game – one of the inspirations for our theme on “conflict” this week. <a href="/snow-white-seven-dwarfs-mining-game">Read our review</a> to find out why we didn’t have a great time with this game.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HVzYL1">Piratatak</a> – the game we <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-158-games-for-school/">bought at Just Games in Rochester</a>. Mostly luck, but with strategic press-your-luck decisions and the ability to “buy” pieces from other players.<br> <br> <br> <br> Backtalk<br> <br> <br> <br> After <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-158-games-for-school/">episode 158</a>, our older kids DID bring a game to school to play during lunch…. it was Piratatak! Perfect for a very short lunch break (our kids get about 20 minutes).<br> <br> <br> <br> We got some comments on our <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-110-storytelling-games/">episode on storytelling</a>. A great newer example: EXIT: The House of Riddles, which we recently played with the kids. It really pulled us in, and there was a definite emphasis on working as a team.<br> <br> <br> <br> Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/permalink/2397450077211135/">pictures</a> of ...
