Lets face it, picking board games to play with kids is not easy. Either the game length is tremendous, or takes too long to set up, or the rules are simply too complicated. We believe it’s possible for board games to not only be fun but be a unique way…
Absolute top 10 Husband/Wife casual board games our library has to offer.
Do you need lots of people to enjoy board games? The ideal number still feels like 4 happy little individuals however we do have a very large number of board games designed to work very well with 2 players. This is not an inclusive list; we have many others not…
Good, Great and Really Bad Examples of Board Game Rule Books
I never like to judge a book by it’s cover, or in this case a board game. However, after precariously opening the lid, I usually find myself judging games by the coherency of it’s rule book. I should make this clear right now, this is not always a deal breaker…
Solitaire Board Gamers
What to do if you have a significant collection of board games but have no one to play them with? Looking for someone to grind a 3 hour marathon of Star Wars Rebellion? At the Board Game House, we are frequently asked the question, “do people come by themselves and…
Takenoko Colour Blindness
Accessibility of any board game is incredibly important. While introducing Takenoko to our library, we found it to be an absolutely amazing game but we noticed one particularly glaring flaw while play testing. The game is not colour blind friendly; particularly the red and green objective cards. Colour blindness is…
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Patchwork Solo Variant
Over the last few quiet days at the store we’ve taken some extra time to create a highly requested solo variant for Patchwork. Patchwork is normally a 2 player game, and an amazing one at that. We thought about how players interact with each other constantly manipulating the position of…
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