SaltCon Spring just keeps getting bigger and better every year!

This year over 2,000 people enjoyed playing board games, card games, dice games, party games, and more for 4 days straight as part of SaltCon Spring 2023.

And with that many people, there’s a broad range of gaming interests. That’s why there are also areas in the convention center set aside for RPGs, miniatures painting, dexterity games, play-to-win games, competitions, and an Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator.

But even as the event itself keeps getting bigger, this year the game playing for me was much more intimate.

15 Games Played at SaltCon 2023 is an article from The Board Game Family

The SaltCon Math Trade has just finished and I’m super excited because it means the big, local board game convention is only 2 weeks away!

What is SaltCon? And what is the SaltCon Math Trade?

Well, I’m more than happy to tell you.

SaltCon Coming in 2 weeks! is an article from The Board Game Family

Time is ticking down and there are only a few more shopping days left until Christmas Day.

If that puts you in a frantic rush for finding game gifts for your friends and family this year, we can help with that!

For starters, jump over to our 2022 Board Game Gift Guide and you’ll find a bunch of great games to choose from as gifts.

If you already have what you need with those game gifts and just need a few smaller games to pack a Christmas stocking with game goodies, then this list of 15 recommended games is for you.

15 Stocking Stuffer Games for 2022 is an article from The Board Game Family

Last weekend I had another fun gaming weekend at a local board game convention – TimpCon!

It was the first time I'd been to TimpCon which is a relatively new board game convention and it's super close to where I live.

The big board game convention in Utah is SaltCon which I've loved going to for more than a decade. But with an organized board game event even closer now, I couldn't pass up the chance to go to TimpCon.

TimpCon 2022 Recap is an article from The Board Game Family

As the holidays approach, it’s super common for people to look for the best family board games to give as gifts to family members and friends.

This is our 12th year publishing a Board Game Gift Guide to help you find fantastic board games, dice games, card games, party games, and more for those you love.

And this year we’ve got 36 new board games to recommend!

Since there’s a wide range of people to consider for game gifts, we break down this board game gift guide into various categories with a handful of game ideas in each.

Board Game Gift Guide 2022! is an article from The Board Game Family

Since we’ve been reviewing family board games for more than 13 years, we’re often asked for advice about what games to buy, how to make a family game night, and other family game-related topics.

Last week, a writer asked us to help contribute to their article on Expert Advice for the Ultimate Game Room at Home.

The question they had for us was, “How do board games bring families together?”

What’s In Your Ultimate Game Room? is an article from The Board Game Family

I had a fantastic first weekend of March because I was hanging out and playing tons of games with my friends at SaltCon Spring 2022!

I look forward to this 4-day gaming event with much anticipation every year. And it was especially great this year because the air was finally clearing around the Covid pandemic. Which means we could see the smiling faces of the 1,700 or so people who came out to play all sorts of games.

This year I was able to attend 3 full days of the event and played 22 different board games, card games, and dice games!

It was a lot of fun and I'm ready to share my thoughts on each of the games I played.

(Consider it like a bunch of mini-reviews.)

SaltCon 2022 Recap – 22 Games Played is an article from The Board Game Family

In getting ready to write my 2021 Year in Review, I realized that I never posted a 2020 Year in Review.

Maybe that's because 2020 felt like a gap year for everybody – and many things just didn't happen.

Well, that gives me a better chance to take a look at both years and compare how they've shaken out for family board game playing time.

2020 & 2021 – Years in Review is an article from The Board Game Family