Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> It’s Labor Day weekend in the US. If you’re getting together with family, what games will you play? We recommend party games that are good at 4-8 players and across generations.<br> <br> <br> <br> Fact: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/classification/uspc210/defs210.htm">Class 210 patents</a> are about purifying or treating water (or other liquids).<br> <br> <br> <br> Thanks to our sponsor, First Move Financial! <a href="https://firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers">Schedule a call</a> to help understand your core money values.<br> <br> <br> <br> What We’ve Been Playing<br> <br> <br> <br> Animix (Blue Orange Games) – This game feels familiar, but we can’t figure out why. Lay out a central tableau; on your turn, play a card from your hand – either face down into your own space, or swapping it with a card from the central tableau. Once all cards are played out, each animal scores for the player who has the most of that animal.<br> <br> <br> <br> Color It! (HABA) – Exactly what we want a “my first roll and write” to be.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/snap-review-filler-game/">Filler</a> (Green Couch Games) – Claire wants to play more food-themed games. What’s your favorite?<br> <br> <br> <br> Pan Am (Funko Games) – We found out this week that it’s not as good at 3 players; the early game is very frustrating with that many workers on the board. We have theories on how to make this better.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/ancestree-review/">Ancestree</a> (Calliope Games) – one of Eric Lang’s lesser known titles, since he doesn’t do many family games. One of our favorites!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/dice-throne/">Dice Throne</a> (Roxley Games) – We like it best “king of the hill” style with 3+ players. You’re always motivated to bring down the leader.<br> <br> <br> <br> Kingdomino (Blue Orange) – Math practice at the end of a fun game. Even our youngest got practice “counting by 2s” and other mutlipliers. <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/tajuto/">Tajuto</a> (Super Meeple / Luma Imports) – we released our review today. It starts disappointingly slowly, but otherwise it’s great.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/rock-paper-switch/">Rock Paper Switch</a> (Mindware) – As we said in our review, it’s hardest at more than two players. Watch out for the wild color(s)!<br> <br> <br> <br> Harry Potter: House Cup Competition (The Op) – Perfectly themed worker placement game.<br> <br> <br> <br> Quick plug for Anitra’s <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/parenting-keep-helping-your-kids/">blog post</a> to encourage parents to stick with the hard work of parenting.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/smoosh-seek-treehouse/"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> SNAP Review: Smoosh & Seek Treehouse<br> <br> <br> <br> Corey and his daughter tell us about this darling, cheerful cooperative game.<br> <br> <br> <br> This game is intended for very young children, using “smoosh dough” to add a tactile component to a simple memory game. Read the summary and see more pictures on our <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/smoosh-seek-treehouse/">SNAP review page</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Backtalk <br> <br> <br> <br> In <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-208-games-under-20/">episode 208</a>, we recommended games under $20. Lots of people gave us their recommendations too!<br> <br> <br> <br> See our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/permalink/2707709709518502/" rel="nofollow">Fac...</a>
