Summary: <br> <br> Episode 187Games and Finance with First Move Financial<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Our guest today is Donnie Carpenter, who also happens to run <a href="https://firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers">First Move Financial</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br> First Move Financial is our sponsor for The Family Gamers Podcast. You don’t need a lot of investments to come get financial advice!<br> <br> <br> <br> This seemed like the right time to have Donnie on the show, since the COVID-19 crisis means not only that families are spending more time together, but also that finances may be tight, even with the promised stimulus checks.<br> <br> <br> <br> But first, let’s talk about what we’ve been playing!<br> <br> <br> <br> What We’ve Been Playing<br> <br> <br> <br> Wingspan (on <a href="https://tabletopia.com/">Tabletopia</a>) – “we picked a game we all knew… at the halfway point, we all paused it…” (A good choice for parents playing games remotely!)<br> <br> <br> <br> Both Andrew and Anitra have gone back to using BoardGameArena. Trouble logging on? You can always log on with a premium membership – $24 for the year, or $4/month ongoing. If you’ve been playing games, check out our <a href="https://boardgamearena.com/group?id=3286599">Family Gamers group</a> – open to any member of BoardGameArena (premium or free).<br> <br> <br> <br> Adventure Games: The Dungeon – our kids got the same ending we did. We also had to remind them that no team member “dies”; instead your teammates have to share their hearts with you. (Our <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/adventure-games-dungeon/">review</a>)<br> <br> <br> <br> Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle – maybe we’re really bad at it, but we’ve lost book 2 several times now.<br> <br> <br> <br> Crazy Tower – from Synapse Games / Luma. A polyomino tower-building game. Try to sabotage your opponents so the tower will fall on someone else’s turn.<br> <br> <br> <br> Tussie Mussie – from Button Shy. Want a copy and don’t want to wait for shipping? Find it on <a href="https://www.pnparcade.com/products/tussie-mussie">PNP Arcade</a> and get a copy you can print yourself for $3!<br> <br> <br> <br> Mini Rails – from MoaIdeas (now available from Tasty Minstrel Games!)<br> <br> <br> <br> Abandon All Artichokes – from Gamewright. Deck de-construction.<br> <br> <br> <br> MetroX – also from Gamewright. Flip-and-write to build a metro-rail system. Tight restrictions and an interesting map.<br> <br> <br> <br> (Our older kids played a ton of <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/dice-throne/">Dice Throne</a>.)<br> <br> <br> <br> The Grimm Forest – Druid City Games – not a great game to play with a five-year-old, but we did play according to the rules and had fun.<br> <br> <br> <br> Piratatak – from DJECO<br> <br> <br> <br> Star Wars Armada – from Fantasy Flight Games (this is an “upgradeable” game where you can buy new ships)<br> <br> <br> <br> Paranormal Detectives – from Lucky Duck Games<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/snap-review-fairy-season/"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> SNAP Review – Fairy Season<br> <br> <br> <br> Nick and Izzy tell us about this creative trick-taking game. Stash the most fairies for your goblin chief to make a wicked fairy-dust brew!<br> <br> <br> <br> Find the transcript and more pictures in the <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/snap-review-fairy-season/">SNAP review</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Talking to Donnie About Finances<br> <br> <br> <br> So, by now you’ve heard about the stimulus bill that passed. 2 TRILLION DOLLARS – that’s 2 million millions!
