We're a pretty regular Berlin family: two designers, two daughters (6 and 10), one kitchen table. We test games for families of every shape: rainbow families, single parents, blended families, couples, roommates, grandparents, chosen family.
Do kids need educational board games? What studies on learning with games really show, which effects hold up and why the label matters less than you think.
Drillers at four: mechs, deck building and a mine that caves in at the end. What hooked us, what's missing, and why it isn't an Arnak clone.
Our SPIEL Essen 2026 haul: Drillers, -60°, Night at the Zoo, Karak: Labyrinth and Take Time. What they are, and how each one ended up in our bag.
Board games for 10 year olds, tested by ours: her favorites, the 14+ games that worked anyway, what she's outgrown and what the community recommends.
Board games for kids of different ages: what works with our 6- and 10-year-old, the house rules we use, and the popular tip that keeps failing for us.
Five cooperative board games from our shelf: one for a 6-year-old, two for older kids, two for a pair. You win together, or the game beats all of you.
SPIEL Essen runs October 22–25. These are the new releases on our radar for a table with a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old, plus three for the grown-ups.
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SPIEL Essen runs October 22–25. These are the new releases on our radar for a table with a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old, plus three for the grown-ups.
One email, now and then: what hit our table, what flopped, and what the kids actually wanted to play again.