New kids board games 2011

Home Ideas. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. The Ultimate Guide to Polygel Nails. Courtesy of Hasbro. To select these six family-friendly crowd-pleasers, more than 30 kids and their parents went head-to-head at home, testing 50 of this year's offerings. For more great toys, check out the Toy Award winners. A Changed Game. Courtesy of MindWare. For sheer fun-factor, I pick Catacombs as my top game of It didn't necessarily have the most plays, and I admit that it's not a game for everyone.

Here's the original review. Again, as with last year's list, these are all games that were reviewed on GeekDad in So they may not have all been released this year and there are some games that came out this year that'll have to wait until next year for their chance. We also coordinated our picks to avoid duplicates, but there were actually a lot of ties involved Kingdom Builder Designed by Donald X.

Vaccarino Published by Queen Games. Donald X. Vaccarino is best known for his smash-hit card game Dominion —a peppy deck-building game that has has lured many new gamers to the table.

Kingdom Builder is a fine effort to keep those butts parked. Player take turns placing settlements—little multicolored wooden houses—on a hex map divided by forests, plains, canyons and deserts. The twist here is that no two games have the same victory condition.

Three random cards drawn at the beginning of the game dictate the rules for winning. A modular board comprised of unique segments adds further variety.

Not only are the maps different on each panel, but cities there also grant players unique ways to build and grow their kingdom.

If only fantasy football were this dorky. Blood Bowl: Team Manager puts players in charge of teams whose benches are filled with elves, goblins and orcs warriors who battle to the death as they fight for touchdowns.

Where the classic table top strategy game recreated the jukes and passes of individual matches Blood Bowl: Team Manager zooms out to the full season. Players use a fistful of cards to commit unique ballplayers to face-offs where the push and pull of ball possession can help turn the tide of game.