Summary: <br> 206 is the lowest positive integer (when written in English as “two hundred and six”) to employ all of the vowels once only. Pretty cool!<br> <br> <br> <br> We’ve got some more games to upgrade with our Play This, Not That segment. But first…<br> <br> <br> <br> A quick message from our sponsor:<br> <br> <br> <br> There’s a new scam going around that claims you’ve been exposed to COVID 19. Never give out your address or credit card number! f you want to run a phone call or email you’ve received by someone, schedule a quick phone call with First Move Financial by going to <a href="https://firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers">firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> What We’ve Been Playing<br> <br> <br> <br> We tried out Zorro Dice Game from Pull the Pin. Complete quests (by matching dice) to unlock special abilities and eventually beat the “boss”. Nick Martinelli will be giving a full review later.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Pop Tarts Game from The OP – and we consider doing a special edition of “For Science” with Pop Tarts!<br> <br> <br> <br> Pass the Pigs – simple dice rolling, except your dice are tiny molded pigs.<br> <br> <br> <br> Adventure Mart – we talked about this <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-205-gencon-coverage/">last week</a> in our interview with Rory O’Connor of HUB Games. A deck-building game with some engine-building.<br> <br> <br> <br> Can’t Stop – a simple, mathy press-your-luck game. Might assist our “gameschooling” in the future? (And if you want, you can play it <a href="https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=cantstop">on Board Game Arena</a>.)<br> <br> <br> <br> Concluzio (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/snap-review-concluzio/">our review</a>)<br> <br> <br> <br> Last Defense from Funko Games<br> <br> <br> <br> BLANK from HUB Games (<a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/blank-game-review/">our review</a>) – our kids make very swingy rules and Anitra makes rules that calm the swing or are simply fun.<br> <br> <br> <br> Marvel Battleworld (Funko Games) – simple enough that our 9-year-old taught his non-reading younger brother to play.<br> <br> <br> <br> Cupcake Academy (Blue Orange Games) – Andrew mentioned this when he saw it at <a href="http://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-183-ny-toy-fair-with-efg/">NY Toy Fair</a>. A cooperative, timed puzzle game based on the Towers of Hanoi. Probably better at 2 players than at 4. We’ll be back with more information soon.<br> <br> <br> <br> Raising Money for Kids with Cancer<br> <br> <br> <br> Andrew will be shaving his head on livestream. We’re matching the first $50 in donations!<br> <br> <br> <br> Text “familygamersaa” to 44321, or go to <a href="https://thefamilygamers.com/buzzoff/">thefamilygamers.com/buzzoff/</a>. Our goal is to raise $250.<br> <br> <br> <br> Play This Not That<br> <br> <br> <br> Our goal is to take popular games and give you some options that are a little better.<br> <br> <br> <br> Yahtzee<br> <br> <br> <br> Yahtzee is a die rolling, set collection game, and also the original roll-and-write. It’s an abstract game and it has a lot of restrictions. Maybe you like those restrictions, maybe you don’t.<br> <br> <br> <br> Die Rolling, Set Collection Games<br> <br> <br> <br> What are other games that let you “reroll the dice to make a certain set”?<br> <br> <br> <br> King of Tokyo – fight off giant monsters and take over Tokyo! There are cards with special powers you can “buy”, and health that you’ll track.<br> <br> <br> <br> Dice Throne – we call this “Battle Yahtzee” – ...
