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The Game Aisle
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Board game inventor, designer, and former reviewer. She/Her
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I love this article from my child’s issue of @theweekjuniorus.bsky.social senior citizen trading cards sounds so wholesome #tradingcards
Picture from The Week Junior “Grandpa's on a trading card” Some kids collect Pokémon cards or baseball cards, but in Kawara, Japan, children are obsessed with trading cards that depict senior citizens. Created by a local official, the collection features 28 ojisan, or older men, from the town. Each man, including former fire chief Mr. Honda, age 74, and noodle master Mr. Takeshita, age 81, has special abilities in the game. One fan favorite is Mr. Fuji, a 68-year-old community volunteer, who said, "I never imagined 'd become a trading card, let alone have fans."
April 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Welp… this downright sucks. This reference is to toy companies, but game companies are lumped in and the ones who aren’t are still in the same situation. It is dire. And we Americans are the ones who are going to suffer. Contact your representatives. #savechristmas #tariffs
Graphic from the Toy Association entitled “Christmas 2025 at Risk.” This graphic shows the impact of 145% tariffs currently levied on Chinese imports in the toy and game industry. In bar graphs it shows that 81% of small toy companies and 87% of midsize towing companies are delaying orders, 64% of small companies and 80% of midsize companies are canceling orders, and 46% of small companies and 45% of midsize toy companies think they may go out of business within weeks or months.
April 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Bet you know something she’s done…
Picture of the wooden stacking game Jenga all stacked up with a couple pieces missing and the orange box it comes in off to the left
April 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I’ll add a baby Zebra.
A mom zebra and baby zebra standing next to each other eating some sort of dried grass. Take at a zoo.
January 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Pulled out this gem last night! Haven’t played in YEARS. The kiddo had a love/hate relationship with it — as one does with the puzzliness of NMBR9 #tabletopgames
NMBR9 box showing colorful grid-based shapes. Says “ take it to the next level” Z man games Shows number shapes that are all based on a grid so they are different shapes and colors Shows grid shaped number tiles piled on top of each other with cards showing these colorful number shapes on them
January 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Who remembers this game? I cannot even recall the last time I played but we played last night and there was a lot of yelling. 😆
Rulebook with the title “most wanted” and a game board showing two outlaws with most wanted written above them. Plus some playing cards showing three kings in different colors without suits. Plus a woman gunslinger mover on the board and small money bag tokens in the background.
January 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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January 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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11pm game: Can’t Stop which was won by the child who is up way past her bedtime and she CRUSHED us. I was yellow and I’ve never rolled so many 3 of a kinds in my life. 😆 Humbling LAST game of 2024! 🥳 #dicegames
Stop sign shaped Can’t Stop game board showing three different color movers on it going up from the bottom of the board to numbers at the top.
January 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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10pm game: Azul! And it was a really good game. One hour left!
Azul game box and board showing colorful square tiles and scoring track
January 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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9pm game: Karuba — or should I say “Speed Karuba” as our young number reader kept us moving ✨very✨ quickly 😆
Karuba board game showing the box and a player board with tiles with pathways that connect on them plus small temple and mover pieces and some diamonds and gold nuggets.
January 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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8pm game: Paku Paku which is a delightfully charming little speed rolling and stacking game from Ravensburger #tabletopgames
Paku Paku game with box, 5 dice, and a whole bunch of mini plates and bowls stacked up and scattered around the stack.
January 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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7pm game: Oh My Pigeons from @ravensburgerglobal complete with dice flicking mini pigeons. 😆 #last12games2024
Oh My Pigeons! Game box complete with mini pigeons on slightly curved cardboard benches, and in a flock in the middle along with some cards showing funny pigeon artwork.
January 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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6pm game: Quadropolis and I won BIG! Yay for shipyards 🚢💪 (also i forgot to snap a pic before we cleaned up) #boardgames
Picture of the front of the box of Quadropolis showing the rules and builders with buildings on the box
January 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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5pm Game: Cloud City from @blueorangegames Totally had forgotten how to play but I won! 😆
Box of Cloud City game with and showing 3 Different height building in different colors and walkways between them.
December 31, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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4pm game: Strike by @ravensburgerglobal which is one annoyingly fun dice game! #boardgames
Game strike showing box, plastic « arena » with dice inside.
December 31, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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Also can I just show off the stuff I found in the clearance section Target that really fits our NYE last 12 games of 2024 event! We’ll be using the scorebook for years to come to document the games played, the winners, the ultimate winner, and any good memories from the night. ❤️
Napkins that say “Happy every hour” and a “score keeping game journal”
December 31, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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3pm: #rummikub from @goliathgamesus (which narrowly beat out Karuba in the head to head vote) and I won again! 💪 #last12games2024
Rummikub tile game showing the tiles laid out in groups of 3 or 4 matching numbers or runs within the same color.
December 31, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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2pm game: Power Hungry Pets from @gameofkittens and I WON! (It’s a reimagining of Love Letter)
game box for Power Hungry Pets showing a small deck of cards and chips.
December 31, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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1pm game: Kingdomino! Ugh… no points for second place. 😆
Picture of the tile game Kingdomino in play with the box behind it
December 31, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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We just finished our first game of the last 12 games of 2024. This is our second NYE doing this. We draw two game names out of the snowman at the start of every hour from noon until midnight (when we play our 1st game of 2025). Then group decides which of the two games we play.
December 31, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Halli Galli + Kazoos (and overserved adults) is ridiculously funny. Just sayin’
Halli Galli game with a box showing cards with fruit and a bell +3 colorful kazoos
December 26, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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Yesterday we started our holiday gaming. Kind of wish we had holiday Animal Upon Animal but my overstuffed game shelf is telling me otherwise. 😆
Animal upon animal, Not It Christmas, and Maze Racers games all stacked up.
December 24, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Anyone else doing an Exit advent calendar? This is our first time and it’s been good so far. Some easier than others (we started early for logistical reasons). Curious how similar they are from year to year.
Inside of Exit the Game advent calendar showing little boxes to open and a picture with tools in and the story book front of a roaring fire
December 5, 2024 at 3:14 AM