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What I loved about 10×10 game challenge

May 9, 2019 by Kate Davis Leave a Comment

I was very excited when my friend told me about the 10×10 game challenge for two reasons 1) it would encourage me (and hopefully the family) to play more games and 2) I could create a spreadsheet to analyse the data. And I admit that may have been more exciting than the prospect of playing games as I do love creating spreadsheets! What is the 10×10 game challenge? According to BoardGameGeek, where I believe the Continue Reading …

Confessions of a poor blogger and thoughts of the future

March 29, 2019 by Kate Davis 2 Comments

Confessions of a poor blogger

I’m a very poor blogger as I’m not publishing many posts. What am I going to do about it? How do I give you the content you want? How can I help you?

Confessions of a poor blogger

Our favourite board games of 2018

December 31, 2018 by Kate Davis 2 Comments

Favourite board games 2018

We love playing board games. And we enjoy playing as a family and with friends, at home and out and about. It has been an interesting year for us as we’ve visited a local board games cafe and the UK Games Expo for the first time. I’ve also been taking part in the 10×10 challenge, with the aim to play ten games on ten different days, which has given me an extra focus on the number and type of games I’ve played.

Favourite board games 2018

Playing Cards Review

November 29, 2018 by Kate Davis Leave a Comment

Playing cards are so versatile that there are games you can play from a young age such as snap. The main limiting factor we’ve experienced is small hands can find it hard to hold a lot of cards. It is possible to find card games which are played single player (patience) upwards, particularly if you combine more than one set of cards.

Staccups Game Review

September 11, 2018 by Kate Davis Leave a Comment

Staccups is a dexetity game requiring both hand eye coordination and speed. The aim is to be the quickest at stacking your cups by matching the colour of the bottom of your cup to the colour on the top of the cup below. The challenge comes from all players racing to place their cups on the same two stacks.

While the kids are away …

April 23, 2018 by Kate Davis Leave a Comment

While the kids are away

We are fortunate to have great support from my in-laws and they frequently help out with childcare during the school holidays. When the kids are away it gives us the opportunity to have calmer days, as well as: catching up on sleep eating meals they don’t enjoy maybe treating ourselves with a trip to the cinema not having to leave work in a rush to pick the kids up However, over the recent holiday we Continue Reading …

While the kids are away

Hero Realms Card Game Review

April 13, 2018 by Kate Davis Leave a Comment

Hero Realms Card Game Review

Hero Realms* is a fantasy card game for 2-4 players, originally funded through Kickstarter raising over $500,000. It is a deck building game, meaning you buy and discard cards to build a deck of cards that you hope is stronger than your opponents. It has an average score of 7.7 from 4,500 ratings on Board Game Geek. The game suggests it is suitable for ages 12 years  and older. However, my 9 year old daughter loves Continue Reading …

Hero Realms Card Game Review

How can I help you?

March 31, 2018 by Kate Davis 1 Comment

How can I help you? Annual Blog survey

Earlier this month I passed my 11th anniversary of starting this blog. This anniversary always makes me think about what I’m achieving with my blog and what I want to write about going forward. Currently I’m not finding it easy to blog as much as I’d like due to home commitments, starting a new role and doing a coaching course. But I still love it so I’m pleased I’ve kept going and I’m fitting in Continue Reading …

How can I help you? Annual Blog survey

Our favourite board games

October 28, 2017 by Kate Davis 2 Comments

our favourite board games

Playing board games is an important part of our family. As well as sitting down to spend time together games help us talk to each other. For the children they also teach fair play and, depending on the game, new skills such times tables. We play a variety of games and we all have our own favourites, but there is enough overlap to ensure we are happy to play games other people suggest. Our favourite Continue Reading …

our favourite board games

Encouraging children to read

September 28, 2017 by Kate Davis 1 Comment

Encouraging children to read

You probably know that I love reading;  I love expanding my knowledge and getting lost in a story. I want my children to love reading as well. It will help them at school and I hope inspire their imaginations. Encouraging children to read Here are my suggestions to encourage your children to read. I’m not involved in education so these are based on what well-informed people have recommended to me. Read in front of your children Continue Reading …

Encouraging children to read
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