Summary: <br> <br> Episode 196Top Games for Remote Gaming<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Thanks to our sponsor, First Move Financial. Set up a FREE meeting today at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers" target="_blank">FirstMoveFinancial.com/familygamers</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> This week, we’re talking about games we’ve discovered work well for remote gaming (with video conferencing). If your friendly local gaming store is re-opening, we encourage you to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/backthecomeback">#BackTheComeback</a> and buy something to help them stay in business. Why not a game that you could play remotely with family and friends if there’s a second wave of closings?<br> <br> <br> <br> What We’ve Been Playing<br> <br> <br> <br> Bees: The Secret Kingdom (we talked about this <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-195-with-one-board-family/">last week</a> too). A learning opportunity for our kids to set themselves up for multiple paths to victory.<br> <br> <br> <br> Barenpark: The Bad News Bears – the Grizzlies expansion. This expansion gives you more of the Barenpark play style you already know and love. (The Monorails expansion completely changes up the puzzle. Both expansions come together in The Bad News Bears, so you can do either one or both!)<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/dice-throne/">Dice Throne</a> – we had a good time with the king-of-the-hill rules for three players.<br> <br> <br> <br> Cinco Linko (aka <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/ok-play-anywhere-anyone/">OK Play</a>) – a nice quick time-filler<br> <br> <br> <br> Anitra is still enjoying solo plays of <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/hex-roller-review/">HexRoller</a> & MetroX.<br> <br> <br> <br> Scrambled States of America – a nice combination of a “speed” game and an educational game.<br> <br> <br> <br> Ticket to Ride: Stay at Home – which is also our first news item for the podcast!<br> <br> <br> <br> News<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://print-and-play.asmodee.fun/ticket-to-ride/">Ticket to Ride: Stay at Home</a> – a map & cards that’s free to print at home. Combine with your Ticket to Ride trains & train cards to play a shorter game with a few neat twists: specialized ticket cards for each character, and “family routes” that players can team up and complete together. Find it at the <a href="https://print-and-play.asmodee.fun/ticket-to-ride/">Asmodee website</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> The <a href="https://evolutionvideogame.com/">Evolution app</a> from North Star Digital is STILL 50% off – but only until June 5th!<br> <br> <br> <br> Asmodee is partnering with Blizzard to create Small World of Warcraft – <a href="https://www.daysofwonder.com/small-world-of-warcraft/en/">coming soon</a>!<br> <br> <br> <br> We can finally talk about Super Cats. Silly, simple fun for $10. <a href="https://theop.games/products/game/super-cats/">Learn more</a> from The OP.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> SNAP Review – Paranormal Detectives<br> <br> <br> <br> Can you deduce the circumstances of a ghost’s demise? Take the role of detectives communicating with the supernatural and find out in Paranormal Detectives by Lucky Duck Games. See pictures and read the transcript at the <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/paranormal-detectives/">SNAP review page</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Favorite Games to Play at a Distance<br> <br> <br> <br> We’re not playing many games with people outside of our immediate family. But it would be good to prepare for a second wave of lockdown – why not teach our extended family and friends some games that we’d be able to play over video chat in the future!...
