<description>&lt;figure class="aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="519" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?resize=800%2C519&amp;#038;ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Episode 415 - Room to Grow - Card Games" style="object-fit:cover;" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?w=800&amp;amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?resize=768%2C498&amp;amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for some card games for your family to grow into? We&amp;#8217;ve got you covered.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;0:00:00 Fact for 415&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The racing tall ship Amerigo Vespucci &lt;a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/725309-largest-crew-for-a-racing-tall-ship" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;holds the record&lt;/a&gt; for the largest maximum crew complement: 415 sailors.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;Sponsor Message&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#8217;d like to talk about other ideas to help pass on your financial values to your children, schedule a time to talk to First Move by going to &lt;a href="https://firstmovefinancial.com/familiygamers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow"&gt;firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;0:04:25 What We&amp;#8217;ve Been Playing&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compile: Main 2&lt;/em&gt; (very much like &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/compile/" type="post" id="46538"&gt;Compile: Main 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Logic &amp;amp; Lore&lt;/em&gt; &amp;#8211; review coming soon. Check out&lt;a href="http://weirdgiraffegames.com/logic3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt; the Kickstarter&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ichor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Iliad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Carnuta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dice Throne: Marvel X-men&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Verdant Arizona&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dice Clash&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Embers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tag Team&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;0:29:00 January Monthly Report&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Anitra: 42 plays, 23 unique games. H-index: 3. Most played: &lt;em&gt;Trio&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Andrew: 23 plays of 14 unique games. H-index: 2. Most played: &lt;em&gt;Trio&lt;/em&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;em&gt;Verdant Arizona&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;0:31:00 The Family Gamers Community&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/posts/4286970091592448/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Welcome to our newest members!&lt;/a&gt; You can join the community on Facebook.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We also cover some &amp;#8220;for science&amp;#8221; emails from listener Mallory. Would you be interested in hearing us try recipes &amp;#8220;for science&amp;#8221;?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;0:35:15 #Backtalk&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;We asked about your New Year resolutions: any that have to do with board games?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You responded &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/posts/4274899756132815/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;on the Facebook group&lt;/a&gt; and on the &lt;a href="https://discord.com/channels/1157003438425653379/1239323617368604672" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;#backtalk channel&lt;/a&gt; of the Discord.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;0:41:30 Room to Grow: Card Games&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Our goal with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://thefamilygamers.com/tag/room-to-grow"&gt;Room to Grow&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is to bring your kids – or your family – through a series of games that grow in complexity. Normally, we take a beginner game, an intermediate game, and an advanced game (and some honorable mentions). They offer a plan for growth for players to get comfortable with that mechanic, and all are family-friendly.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is a card game?&lt;/strong&gt; For the purposes of this podcast, we&amp;#8217;re defining it as:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt; &lt;li&gt;A game that uses only cards (plus maybe a few tokens or a scoresheet)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Can be played with more than 2 players&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Rewards paying attention to what is going on around the table (not just your own hand/tableau)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;Beginner: &lt;em&gt;Flip 7&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are several games we could pick as a really easy starting point. But this one is the most like conventional card games, so we think it feels the most approachable.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Young kids can play this and enjoy it as long as they have basic numeracy. They might not get the statistics, but they can understand that there&amp;#8217;s only one 1 and a lot of 12s, and they don&amp;#8217;t want repeats.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/flip-7/" type="post" id="59360"&gt;See our review of &lt;em&gt;Flip 7&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wp-block-image"&gt; &lt;figure class="aligncenter size-full"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="501" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Flip7_beauty.jpg?resize=600%2C501&amp;#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-59416" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Flip7_beauty.jpg?w=600&amp;amp;ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Flip7_beauty.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;Intermediate: &lt;em&gt;Fantasy Realms&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Marvel Remix&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is pretty much the same game with two themes: &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4rwhYKM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow"&gt;Fantasy Realms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is medieval-ish fantasy, and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/4abxOn5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow"&gt;Marvel Remix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is obviously Marvel super-heroes and villains. Turns out, there&amp;#8217;s a third one called &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://amzn.to/46cPCNi" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow"&gt;Star Trek: Missions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Build a hand of cards that combo well together to get the most points. Each turn, you will add a card to your hand and discard a card from your hand, trying to get a little better each time. All cards get discarded to a central area, which also becomes the pool to draw cards from (in addition to the deck).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The rules do get a little more complicated with two players, but it&amp;#8217;s still do-able.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-image size-large"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="368" height="500" data-id="61217" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/FantasyRealms.webp?resize=368%2C500&amp;#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61217" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/FantasyRealms.webp?w=368&amp;amp;ssl=1 368w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/FantasyRealms.webp?resize=221%2C300&amp;amp;ssl=1 221w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-image size-large"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="375" height="500" data-id="61218" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/MarvelRemix.webp?resize=375%2C500&amp;#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61218" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/MarvelRemix.webp?w=375&amp;amp;ssl=1 375w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/MarvelRemix.webp?resize=225%2C300&amp;amp;ssl=1 225w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;/figure&gt; &lt;h3 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;Advanced: &lt;em&gt;Res Arcana&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Race for the Galaxy&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;San Juan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Another set of three games with very similar mechanics &amp;#8211; probably because the same guy (Tom Lehmann) designed two and had a heavy hand in the development of the third.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Res Arcana&lt;/em&gt; is fantasy themed, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.riograndegames.com/games/race-for-the-galaxy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Race for the Galaxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is sci-fi, and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.riograndegames.com/games/san-juan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;San Juan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is loosely themed around colonizing the Americas.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;San Juan&lt;/em&gt;, you build buildings from the cards in your hands, paying other cards from your hand as the cost. Each turn, the current player chooses a &amp;#8220;role&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; everyone gets to do an action based on that role, while the chooser gets a bonus.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Race for the Galaxy&lt;/em&gt; is somewhat more complicated. Everyone secretly selects an action, then simultaneously reveals. All of the actions that were picked will be performed in a round. You&amp;#8217;re still paying out cards to play other cards, which interact in all kinds of ways in the different phases. This one has victory point &amp;amp; power chips to help you track values as the game goes along.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Res Arcana&lt;/em&gt; is along the same lines: collect &amp;#8220;essences&amp;#8221; to be able to claim abilities &amp;amp; cards. Work towards ten victory points to win the game. This was a Kennerspiel Recommended game in 2020: A hobby game, but not overly complicated.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-style-rectangular has-dark-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-image size-full"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="104" height="150" data-id="61214" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/SanJuan_small.webp?resize=104%2C150&amp;#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61214"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-image size-full"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="104" height="150" data-id="61215" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/RaceForTheGalaxy_small.webp?resize=104%2C150&amp;#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61215"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-image size-full"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" data-id="61216" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61216" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?w=150&amp;amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=65%2C65&amp;amp;ssl=1 65w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=90%2C90&amp;amp;ssl=1 90w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=75%2C75&amp;amp;ssl=1 75w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;/figure&gt; &lt;h2 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;0:54:30 New Backtalk Question&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-image size-full"&gt;&lt;img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="350" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Backtalk_generic.png?resize=700%2C350&amp;#038;ssl=1" alt="Backtalk" class="wp-image-61210" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Backtalk_generic.png?w=700&amp;amp;ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Backtalk_generic.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;p&gt;What should we talk about next? Is there some board game topic you are curious about?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Or&amp;#8230; what boardgame would you write a valentine to?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tell us &lt;a href="https://discord.com/channels/1157003438425653379/1239323617368604672" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;on the #backtalk channel&lt;/a&gt; on our Discord, or &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/posts/4274899756132815/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;in our Facebook community&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 class="wp-block-heading"&gt;Find Us Online:&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Facebook: &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/familygamersaa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;@familygamersaa&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;thefamilygamers.com/community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Twitter (X): &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/familygamersAA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;@familygamersaa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/familygamersaa/"&gt;@familygamersaa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;TikTok: &lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@familygamersaa/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;@familygamersaa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bluesky: &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/familygamersaa.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;@familygamersaa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Threads: &lt;a href="https://www.threads.com/@familygamersaa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;@familygamersaa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Youtube: &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/TheFamilyGamers"&gt;TheFamilyGamers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! &lt;a href="https://thefamilygamers.com/discord"&gt;thefamilygamers.com/discord&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Or, for the most direct method, email us! andrew@thefamilygamers.com and anitra@thefamilygamers.com.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;PLEASE don&amp;#8217;t forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends about the show, and leave us a review at &lt;a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-family-gamers-podcast/id1031290391"&gt;Apple Podcast&lt;/a&gt; or whatever your podcast subscription source is. 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What's your first move?" class="wp-image-8840" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/firstmovefinancial_horiz_banner.png?w=682&amp;amp;ssl=1 682w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/firstmovefinancial_horiz_banner.png?resize=300%2C94&amp;amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/episode-415-room-to-grow-card-games/"&gt;Episode 415 &amp;#8211; Room to Grow: Card Games&lt;/a&gt; appeared first on &lt;a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com"&gt;The Family Gamers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Family Gamers Podcast

The Family Gamers

Episode 415 – Room to Grow: Card Games

FEB 2, 202658 MIN
The Family Gamers Podcast

Episode 415 – Room to Grow: Card Games

FEB 2, 202658 MIN

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<figure class="aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="800" height="519" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?resize=800%2C519&#038;ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Episode 415 - Room to Grow - Card Games" style="object-fit:cover;" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Ep415-RTG-CardGames.jpg?resize=768%2C498&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></figure> <p>Looking for some card games for your family to grow into? We&#8217;ve got you covered.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:00:00 Fact for 415</h2> <p>The racing tall ship Amerigo Vespucci <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/725309-largest-crew-for-a-racing-tall-ship" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">holds the record</a> for the largest maximum crew complement: 415 sailors.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Sponsor Message</h2> <p>If you&#8217;d like to talk about other ideas to help pass on your financial values to your children, schedule a time to talk to First Move by going to <a href="https://firstmovefinancial.com/familiygamers" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow">firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers</a> today.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:04:25 What We&#8217;ve Been Playing</h2> <p><em>Compile: Main 2</em> (very much like <em><a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/compile/" type="post" id="46538">Compile: Main 1</a></em>)<br><em>Logic &amp; Lore</em> &#8211; review coming soon. Check out<a href="http://weirdgiraffegames.com/logic3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> the Kickstarter</a>!<br><em>Ichor</em><br><em>Iliad</em><br><em>Carnuta</em><br><em>Dice Throne: Marvel X-men</em><br><em>Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders</em><br><em>Verdant Arizona</em><br><em>Dice Clash</em><br><em>Embers</em><br><em>Tag Team</em></p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">0:29:00 January Monthly Report</h3> <p>Anitra: 42 plays, 23 unique games. H-index: 3. Most played: <em>Trio</em></p> <p>Andrew: 23 plays of 14 unique games. H-index: 2. Most played: <em>Trio</em> &amp; <em>Verdant Arizona</em></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:31:00 The Family Gamers Community</h2> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/posts/4286970091592448/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Welcome to our newest members!</a> You can join the community on Facebook.</p> <p>We also cover some &#8220;for science&#8221; emails from listener Mallory. Would you be interested in hearing us try recipes &#8220;for science&#8221;?</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">0:35:15 #Backtalk</h3> <p>We asked about your New Year resolutions: any that have to do with board games?</p> <p>You responded <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/posts/4274899756132815/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">on the Facebook group</a> and on the <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1157003438425653379/1239323617368604672" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">#backtalk channel</a> of the Discord.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:41:30 Room to Grow: Card Games</h2> <p>Our goal with&nbsp;<a href="https://thefamilygamers.com/tag/room-to-grow">Room to Grow</a>&nbsp;is to bring your kids – or your family – through a series of games that grow in complexity. Normally, we take a beginner game, an intermediate game, and an advanced game (and some honorable mentions). They offer a plan for growth for players to get comfortable with that mechanic, and all are family-friendly.</p> <p><strong>What is a card game?</strong> For the purposes of this podcast, we&#8217;re defining it as:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>A game that uses only cards (plus maybe a few tokens or a scoresheet)</li> <li>Can be played with more than 2 players</li> <li>Rewards paying attention to what is going on around the table (not just your own hand/tableau)</li> </ul> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Beginner: <em>Flip 7</em></h3> <p>There are several games we could pick as a really easy starting point. But this one is the most like conventional card games, so we think it feels the most approachable.</p> <p>Young kids can play this and enjoy it as long as they have basic numeracy. They might not get the statistics, but they can understand that there&#8217;s only one 1 and a lot of 12s, and they don&#8217;t want repeats.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thefamilygamers.com/flip-7/" type="post" id="59360">See our review of <em>Flip 7</em>.</a></p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="501" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Flip7_beauty.jpg?resize=600%2C501&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-59416" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Flip7_beauty.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Flip7_beauty.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></figure> </div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Intermediate: <em>Fantasy Realms</em> or <em>Marvel Remix</em></h3> <p>This is pretty much the same game with two themes: <em><a href="https://amzn.to/4rwhYKM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow">Fantasy Realms</a></em> is medieval-ish fantasy, and <em><a href="https://amzn.to/4abxOn5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow">Marvel Remix</a></em> is obviously Marvel super-heroes and villains. Turns out, there&#8217;s a third one called <em><a href="https://amzn.to/46cPCNi" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow">Star Trek: Missions</a></em>!</p> <p>Build a hand of cards that combo well together to get the most points. Each turn, you will add a card to your hand and discard a card from your hand, trying to get a little better each time. All cards get discarded to a central area, which also becomes the pool to draw cards from (in addition to the deck).</p> <p>The rules do get a little more complicated with two players, but it&#8217;s still do-able.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="368" height="500" data-id="61217" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/FantasyRealms.webp?resize=368%2C500&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61217" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/FantasyRealms.webp?w=368&amp;ssl=1 368w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/FantasyRealms.webp?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px" /></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="375" height="500" data-id="61218" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/MarvelRemix.webp?resize=375%2C500&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61218" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/MarvelRemix.webp?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/MarvelRemix.webp?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px" /></figure> </figure> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Advanced: <em>Res Arcana</em> or <em>Race for the Galaxy</em> or <em>San Juan</em></h3> <p>Another set of three games with very similar mechanics &#8211; probably because the same guy (Tom Lehmann) designed two and had a heavy hand in the development of the third.</p> <p><em>Res Arcana</em> is fantasy themed, <em><a href="https://www.riograndegames.com/games/race-for-the-galaxy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Race for the Galaxy</a></em> is sci-fi, and <em><a href="https://www.riograndegames.com/games/san-juan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">San Juan</a></em> is loosely themed around colonizing the Americas.</p> <p>In <em>San Juan</em>, you build buildings from the cards in your hands, paying other cards from your hand as the cost. Each turn, the current player chooses a &#8220;role&#8221; &#8211; everyone gets to do an action based on that role, while the chooser gets a bonus.</p> <p><em>Race for the Galaxy</em> is somewhat more complicated. Everyone secretly selects an action, then simultaneously reveals. All of the actions that were picked will be performed in a round. You&#8217;re still paying out cards to play other cards, which interact in all kinds of ways in the different phases. This one has victory point &amp; power chips to help you track values as the game goes along.</p> <p><em>Res Arcana</em> is along the same lines: collect &#8220;essences&#8221; to be able to claim abilities &amp; cards. Work towards ten victory points to win the game. This was a Kennerspiel Recommended game in 2020: A hobby game, but not overly complicated.</p> <figure class="wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-style-rectangular has-dark-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="104" height="150" data-id="61214" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/SanJuan_small.webp?resize=104%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61214"/></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="104" height="150" data-id="61215" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/RaceForTheGalaxy_small.webp?resize=104%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61215"/></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" data-id="61216" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-61216" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?w=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=65%2C65&amp;ssl=1 65w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/ResArcana_small.webp?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></figure> </figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">0:54:30 New Backtalk Question</h2> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="350" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Backtalk_generic.png?resize=700%2C350&#038;ssl=1" alt="Backtalk" class="wp-image-61210" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Backtalk_generic.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https://i0.wp.com/www.thefamilygamers.com/wp-content/uploads/Backtalk_generic.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></figure> <p>What should we talk about next? Is there some board game topic you are curious about?</p> <p>Or&#8230; what boardgame would you write a valentine to?</p> <p>Tell us <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1157003438425653379/1239323617368604672" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">on the #backtalk channel</a> on our Discord, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/posts/4274899756132815/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">in our Facebook community</a>.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Find Us Online:</h3> <p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/familygamersaa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@familygamersaa</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/familygamersaa/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thefamilygamers.com/community</a><br>Twitter (X): <a href="https://twitter.com/familygamersAA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@familygamersaa</a><br>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/familygamersaa/">@familygamersaa</a><br>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@familygamersaa/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@familygamersaa</a><br>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/familygamersaa.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@familygamersaa</a><br>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@familygamersaa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@familygamersaa</a><br>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/TheFamilyGamers">TheFamilyGamers</a></p> <p>or join the Family Tabletop Community on Discord! <a href="https://thefamilygamers.com/discord">thefamilygamers.com/discord</a></p> <p>Or, for the most direct method, email us! 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