Episode 355 – Panic Time! With Justin and Anne-Marie De Witt

Castle Panic has been a part of our lives longer than The Family Gamers has existed, and this week we talk to its creators: Justin & Anne-Marie De Witt! 355 Fact Hellenic Air Force Squadron 355, which fights wildfires and makes us think of Justin’s game Hotshots! Sponsored by First Move Financial While First Move believes with enough time and the right knowledge everyone can manage their own finances, there are benefits to working with a professional. If you want to see if working with a financial advisor can help your situation, set up a time to talk to First Move by going to firstmovefinancial.com/FamilyGamers today. What We’ve Been Playing Lots of prototypes, but also…
Mancala
Parks
Potion Explosion (our review – but we recommend the newer version with the plastic dispenser)
Horrified
Skulls of Sedlec
Stew
Barenpark with both modules from Bad News Bears
Ra (review coming soon) SNAP Review – Qawale Enjoy this new abstract game from Gigamic. It requires more planning on each turn than we were used to! Watch the video or read the transcript for our Qawale review. Castle Panic / Fireside with Justin and Anne-Marie What is the story of Castle Panic? Justin had been making games since he was a kid, and started thinking about how to fight off something together. Anne-Marie came up with the triangles for monsters to rotate to indicate hitpoints. Friends started to like it & ask for it! Then Justin lost his job