I’m interested. half PPR is my preference

I have a picture of Tigger as the Carolina Panthers (NFL football team) logo

we had a quick family camping trip. so some small games in the downtime.

Survive!: Escape from Atlantis, is always a blast. I actually won, since the two older kids were so intent on killing each other’s people rather than hunting down dad’s.

Magical Athlete - my copy is worn and well loved, but it’s never leaving. We had a race with the druid (moves whenever someone uses a special ability) and the Ranger (move 4 when rolls a 1 or 2…so almost always at least a 4). The entire race the ranger never used his ability.

famously small towns of Macon, GA (150k population) and Homestead, FL (80k population).

I live in a town of 5k, so I’m sure it’s the same.

Thank you! That’s a very helpful post. With those differences I’ll put it on the list to keep an eye out for

Star Realms…I have the original game, but stopped following it after it started getting expansions and the whole fantasy realms line.

How different is the Star Wars game than Star Realms?

any other games they do like? what works for one 12 year old won’t for another.

Menara - cooperative dexterity game, where you building towers Legendary - Marvel Superhero deckbuilding . “Semi” coop, but if you tweak the difficulty, the focus is on coop Flashpoint:Fire Rescue - Firemen. rescue people, fight fires.
Pandemic/Forbidden Island - this is the ‘classic’ coop. it’s a little puzzly for my tastes, but it’s popular.
D&D Adventure Games - Wrath of Ashardalon, Castle Ravenloft. alittle older, but scratches a coop dungeon crawler itch.

my son (11) really enjoys Aeon’s End and Spirit Island.

S20 FE 5G

I’ve been seriously tempted to swap to a S23+, maybe when black friday rolls around.

Menara is what we graduated to after Rhino Hero Super Battle. It’s always impressive to see on yhr table.

Have you looked at the expansion at all?

We moved to Menara after Rhino Hero Super battle. It’s significantly harder, but it shouldn’t be to difficult to tweak it if needed

As an alternative, I’ve been 3d printing bases to differentiate plastic miniatures. Similar to the bases in something like Argent or Blood Rage.

Obviously not as pretty as painted minis, but significantly easier to play with

Another S20FE here. I’ve had new phone fever recently, but I keep having to ask myself…what exactly am I going to gain from spending almost a grand on a new S23.

There are exceptions, but for most games, given a choice between SNES and GBA versions, the SNES one is better. Usually sound is severely compressed on the GBA and the visuals are washed out.