Summary: This week, we talk about two new board games, announce the giveaway winner, and delve into Star Wars for a while.<br> First, we play games!<br> Mario Kart 8<br> WarioWare Smooth Moves<br> <a href="http://amzn.to/1TEbFxb">Best Treehouse Ever</a><br> <a href="http://amzn.to/1V5cbcK">Letter Tycoon</a><br> <a href="http://amzn.to/1R39GjT">Boomtown Bandits</a><br> Andrew is a curator for <a href="http://bostonfig.com/">Boston FIG</a> 2016. If you are in New England, you should come out and see it.<br> We announced the winner of the custom-made dice bag – was it you? Listen to the show to find out!<br> We loved Boomtown Bandits. You have 3 bandits (2 “shooters” and a “coward”), and you’re trying to amass the most money. Lots of strategy, fast-moving.<br> We liked Letter Tycoon. Build words, earn money, buy “patents” so that you can earn money on other people’s words, too. For a lower-elementary kid who may not be so great with long words, why not agree on a different dictionary? We’re going to try using the Pokedex (Pokemon index) as our official dictionary to play with the kids – that will give them a distinct advantage.<br> Expect full reviews of those games soon, along with another giveaway.<br> As an aside, our kids finally watched Star Wars Episode III (Revenge of the Sith) and they LOVED it. Meanwhile, we had forgotten how awful the acting was.<br> Back to gaming… There is a <a href="http://amzn.to/27qdqIa">Star Wars Rebellion board game</a>, which is based on the 90s-era video game. Unfortunately, it’s pricey and has a long playing time. We hear it’s fun, though. Andrew also mentions an action/adventure game in development – it’s by <a href="http://www.ea.com/news/the-force-is-strong-with-respawn-entertainment?intcmp=EACom_SW_Announcement_latest_s2">Visceral Games and Respawn Entertainment</a>, due out in 2018.<br>
