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Rummikub Board Game Review and Rules

April 5, 2019March 29, 2019 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments Cadaco, Cardinal, Coneways, Ephraim Hertzano, Fortuna Games, Fun Connection, Game Design, Goliath Games Ltd, Hansa Toy Company, Ideal, Kod Kod, Lemada Light Industries, M & G Pacific Toys Inc, Pavilion, Piatnik, Pressman Toy Corporation, Schmidt Spiele, Selchow & Righter, Selecta Spel en Hobby, Spear's Games, Sławek Wiechowski, Tactic, Tomy, Waddingtons, Western Publishing Company, Yangxin Industrial Company Limited

For an older board game, Rummikub holds up surprisingly well for its age as a game that the whole family can enjoy.

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Action Board Games Children's Reviews Sports Two Player

Trap Tennis Board Game Review and Rules

March 22, 2019March 19, 2019 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1975, Ideal

Trap Tennis is an interesting and unique experience that you can have some fun with, but it gets repetitive rather quickly.

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Action Board Games Children's Electronic Family Reviews

Loopin’ Louie Board Game Review and Rules

March 1, 2019February 23, 2019 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1992, Carol Wiseley, Crown Products, Hasbro, Ideal, Masaru Aoki, Milton Bradley, Spin Master Ltd, The Canadian Group

Loopin’ Louie is not quite as good as what I remember from my childhood but it still holds up surprisingly well as a game that the whole family can enjoy.

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Board Games Children's Family Reviews Roll and Move

Yipes! Board Game Review and Rules

October 1, 2018May 31, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1983, CBS Electronics, Ideal

Yipes! theme is decent and chasing the other players as the monster is more fun than it should be but at the end of the day Yipes! ends up being another very generic children’s roll and move game.

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Board Games Card Dice Family Reviews

Unusual Suspects (2009) Board Game Review and Rules

July 18, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2009, Fundex, Garrett J. Donner, Ideal, Michael S. Steer, Roland L. Tesh

Unusual Suspects is a solid but unspectacular game that has some interesting mechanics but fails to do differentiate itself due to its high reliance on luck and lack of player control.

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Board Games Card Children's Family Reviews Set Collection Speed

Hands Down Board Game Review and Rules

July 16, 2018June 16, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1964, Harvey "Hank" Kramer, Hasbro, Ideal, Marvin Glass, Milton Bradley, Pressman Toy Corporation

Hands Down is a simple speed game that can be fun at times but is really lacking in gameplay outside of the speed mechanics.

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Bidding Board Games Card Family Reviews

Rummy Royal AKA Tripoley AKA Michigan Rummy Board Game Review and Rules

June 8, 2018April 14, 2018 Eric Mortensen 3 Comments 1937, Cadaco, E.S. Lowe, Fundex, Hasbro, Ideal, Milton Bradley, Pressman Toy Corporation, Rainbow Works, Stancraft Products, Stanley Hopkins, Transogram, Watkins Strathmore, Whitman

While Rummy Royal, Tripoley, and Michigan Rummy are still popular to this day; I don’t exactly understand why as they are very basic card games that rely entirely on luck.

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Board Games Children's Reviews Roll and Move Traditional

Don’t Upset Me Board Game Review and Rules

May 9, 2018March 31, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1978, Ideal

Don’t Upset Me deserves credit for using a unique roulette mechanic but fails to differentiate itself from so many other roll and move games.

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Board Games Family Party Reviews Trivia

Adverteasing Board Game Review and Rules

April 25, 2018March 22, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1988, Cadaco, Ideal, Richard C. Levy

Adverteasing is basically exactly what you would think it would be, a completely bland generic advertising themed trivia game.

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Board Games Children's Dexterity Reviews

Flip Your Lid Board Game Review and Rules

April 20, 2018March 21, 2018 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1976, Ideal

Flip Your Lid is a mindless children’s dexterity game that you can have some fun with but it doesn’t last due to the game being too easy and relying too much on luck.

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