As Seen in Rolling Stone
You guys…WE’RE IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE! Our holiday gift exchanges are in this month’s issue of Rolling Stone. If you’re a fan, go pick one up. Then pick up one of our games 🙂
Awkward Family Slideshow
Wow. Who can believe it’s been a whole 12 months since it was this time last year? Certainly not me. We hope the holidays are a time when people get together, eat too much food, have too much fun, and genuinely get to know each other. We also know that the holidays are stressful. Just …
SolidRoots Updates – Oct 2019
Dallas Toy Fair 2019 Jen and I were thrilled to go to Toy Fair Dallas at the first of the month. Mostly we were thrilled to have an excuse to get away from our computers as we spent most of September rushing our newest prototype to print. Fortunately, the prototypes came in just in time …
9 Car Games for Your Next Road Trip
Even though Summer is officially over, the road trips don’t really stop. Whether it’s to Grandma’s house or just going to Friday night sporting events, we’re not spending any less time in our cars. So here are 6+ games for you to play with your crew the next time you’ve got a little more car …
Hinky Pinky
Hinky Pinky – or “hink pink” or whatever you want to call it – is one of those pastimes that seems to have always existed. Since the dawn of language, people have been rhyming words and having others guess for amusement. I’m pretty sure there are some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that are hinky pinkys. (Don’t …
Back to School Game Night
Welp, it’s the end of August. How in the world did that happen? Seems like only yesterday I was in danger of falling off the roof taking down the Christmas lights in the early February cold and winds. Aw, what memories. Except that’s all over. And weirdly so is the summer break! We know you’re …
Parents Like Us! They Really Like Us!
In the world of board & card games, there’s always the inevitable outcome: someone wins, everyone else loses. And while we’re all for keeping score – Jen is ultra-competitive – we usually care more about the memories made during the games. But this is one time we’re not afraid to brag about winning: Our gift …
We have a newsletter: The Cheat Sheet
For a long time, we’ve had this little sign-up form on the bottom of our website where you can give us your email and we’ll basically store it in a secure spot and not really look at it or think about it. Like people who own safety deposit boxes at banks. Are those still a …
New York Toy Fair
The Big Apple. The City that Never Sleeps. The Center of the Universe. And now, SolidRoots has conquered it! New York Toy Fair is the largest toy fair in the world. Anyone who’s anyone in the toy & game industry is there. And let me tell you, they were all there! Jen & I were …
5 Tips for Throwing a Great Holiday Gift Exchange Party
We don’t mean to toot our own horns, but our family gatherings are fairly epic. We know, we’re biased. But when you have neighbors asking to come over for our next get-together or friends asking when we’re going to release our next family movie, that’s some solid feedback. So we boiled some of our magic down …
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