The Party Fever blog
Writing about play, family game nights, and the small habits that keep people close.
How kids learn through party games
Party games look like pure silliness. Underneath, children are building vocabulary, memory, patience and confidence, and none of it feels like work.
Read article →Are phones quietly eroding family bonds?
Families often sit in the same room while living in separate worlds. Nobody decides to drift apart. It happens one distracted evening at a time.
Read article →15 ideas for a family game night that actually happens
Fifteen practical ideas for a game night people look forward to, built around the only thing that really matters: making it easy enough to do again next week.
Read article →Party games for large groups: what works and what falls flat
Most games quietly break somewhere around the seventh player. Here is what separates a game that holds a big room together from one that leaves half of it watching.
Read article →How to get teenagers to actually join game night
Teenagers are the hardest people in the house to get to the table, and the ones most worth the effort. A few things that work, and several that reliably do not.
Read article →How to choose games for multi-generational family gatherings
Getting a nine year old and a ninety year old to enjoy the same game is genuinely hard. It comes down to a few specific choices about what the game rewards.
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