Children's Games
June 4, 2023
When my twins were a little over 2 years old, they started playing some board games by the actual rules! Before that, I had introduced them to board games and they liked playing with the pieces. I blogged about some of those experiences in my Training Games series. But when they started playing games by the rules, I started making overview videos of each game we've played. Here's the playlist on YouTube of all the videos I've made about children's games. The links to each overview video in the playlist are also below, grouped by how old my kids were when they first played the game by the rules.
Additionally, I made a list of some of my (and my kids') favorites to play with 2 year olds and 3 year olds! I'm also planning on making a list video for each year as they grow older.
Episode 169 - Kidding Around
November 3, 2022
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they played recently, including Draw the Line, Dexterity Jane, Sound Box, echoes: The Microchip, and Jekyll vs. Hyde. We then talk about games that are good for playing with children.
Episode 148 - Top 5 HABA Games
January 13, 2022
In this special episode, Ambie takes a backseat as her two guests take over the episode to discuss a couple games they played recently, including Boggle and Go Away Monster!. They then talk about our top 5 games from the publisher HABA.
For a video version of the podcast with subtitles, click here.
Training Games: Go Away Monster!
February 22, 2021
by Ambie Valdés
This is part of a series called Training Games, where I review children's games when playing (with modified rules) with my twin toddlers. This review was written when my twins were 17 months old.
Go Away Monster! Is a game where you take turns drawing cardboard shapes out of a bag and placing them into your bedroom. But if you get a monster, you say “go away monster” and put it to the side (or throw it across the room). There’s shape matching in placing the pieces, and older children start learning how to differentiate the shapes by feel.
Episode 119 - What's Up With Blitz?
December 3, 2020
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Escape Room in a Box: Flashback and Star Wars: Unlock!. We then talk about our lives and some things we do and content we make outside of the podcast.
Episode 110 - Listener Q&A
July 30, 2020
Ambie and Crystal discuss Break In Alcatraz, an escape room game that Ambie got a review copy of. We then have a Q&A episode where we answer a bunch of listener questions!
Episode 90 - Q&A
October 10, 2019
In this special episode, Ambie and Crystal answer a bunch of questions from listeners!
Episode 69 - Gettin' Silly Wit It
January 3, 2019
Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including Go Away Monster! and Catch the Moon. We then have another top 5 list with our top 5 silly games!