Mapmaking can be fun!

"Mapmaker, Mapmaker find me a find, map me a map" Ok. That's not how the song goes, but it sounds good! This summer I was able to attend GenCon virtually. It was a different experience, but I enjoyed it: no crowds, no traffic, no insane heat outside when finding something to eat. One of the…

New Favorite?

I might just have a new favorite game to play! Don't get me wrong-I enjoy playing almost all games (war games aren't something I can get into), but this new game...there's something about it that just hooks you. One thing about going to a game convention, you get to learn about other publishers of games,…

Balancing act

In the past 5 years, I've learned how to balance many things on my proverbial plate. Doctors, specialists, therapies, play time, nap time, life. It really is amazing how you learn to do so many things when you have a child that is considered medically fragile. You look at him and wouldn't realize it, but…

It’s been one week…

It's been a week of rain, reading instructions, rain, letting the dust settle, more rain and learning a new AR game. So far T has played Haba's Animal Upon Animal: Crest Climbers a few times alone. It's a great solo game, offering spacial skills as well as fine motor skills for balancing.  He didn't necessarily…

So many games!!

I knew there would be lots of games to see and play at Origins, but once we were there and saw everything, it was mind blowing! We went down on Friday and again on Sunday so that I could meet with some of publishers. We were able to try out a few games on Friday:…

Convention Envy

This week in Indianapolis, thousands of board game players, designers and publishers are gathering for the annual Gen Con. I won't lie. I want to be there even though I cannot stand crowds. There are so many new games on the brink of coming out, or just came out, that I'd love to see them…

Welcome to Ninja Truck Reviews!

Welcome to our new site! We’re happy to have you here with us!Let me introduce how “we” are. We are a homeschooling and gameschooling family of 4 in Northeastern Ohio. Truck is 6 and Ninja will be 4 in less than a few weeks. I am known as NinjaTruck’s Mom. I used to have the…