Summary: On this episode, we discuss what makes a board game good for playing outside, like at a picnic!<br> <br> Notable games from the last two weeks:<br> <a href="http://amzn.to/2tGKbps">Bärenpark</a><br> <a href="http://amzn.to/2ufPnxi">Problem Picnic</a><br> Sports Dice: Baseball (in stores late summer)<br> <br> Good games to bring to a picnic<br> Requirements:<br> <br> * quick to play or easy to drop in<br> * heavy duty pieces (no cards, not much cardboard). Little to blow away or get jostled.<br> * light difficulty. Something most ages can play, won’t be so heavy you can’t talk to each other.<br> <br> Ideas:<br> Scattergories<br> Digit’y Do (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/digity-do-number-game/">previously reviewed</a>)<br> Celebrity (see <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-35-budget-games/">episode 35</a>)<br> Trivia games that don’t require a board, like Parent Quiz or Box of Rocks<br> light games with heavy-duty pieces: Can’t Stop, <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/battle-sheep-review/">Battle Sheep</a>, Chinese checkers<br> What about Hanabi Deluxe? One of our favorite mind-bending card games, now with heavy domino-style tiles instead of cards. Downside: the tiles get scratched easily, not good in a game where you shouldn’t be able to tell what you’re “holding” by looking at the back of the tile.<br> Dice games, as long as you have a flat surface to roll on: Tenzi, Batman Dice, Zombie Dice, Go Nuts, Qwixx<br> More tactile games, like: Maze Racers, Cube Quest, Dr. Eureka<br> Kingdomino, possibly.<br> “Think outside the box” – really! What does your favorite game look like while it’s being played? That will help you determine if it is a good outdoor, “picnic” game.<br> <br> Any of your favorites we missed? Let us know in the comment section, or on <a href="http://Facebook.com/familygamersAA">Facebook</a>.<br>
