LET'S GET REAL: Homeschool Review Crew: Our Review of Unauthorized

Our family loves to play games together. We try to do it at least once a week if time allows. When we were chosen to receive & review Unauthorized from Chara Games we were so excited to try it out. It's so hard to find good wholesome games these days. We love to see companies upholding godly principles while giving us entertainment that the entire family can enjoy.

Chara Games is a company that seeks to bring people together through playing table games. The word Chara is the ancient Greek word for enduring joy and that is what they want to bring to the people playing. Their games help build relationships. They are fun and educational. These games are unlike what we have ever seen before.

After sitting down together and watching the instructional YouTube video, we were ready to play. At first, it was a little difficult to understand, but as you play you begin to see exactly what is going on. The game is created for 6 to 12 players, but if you only have 5, one player can take on playing two characters. The only downfall to playing this way, is they will have the upper hand right from the beginning. A typical game takes about 30 minutes to play. I like games that don't take up too much time so we can play more than once. It also leaves room to play other games during family game night.

This game gives us a look into what the underground church endures. Will they be faithful to the "church" or will they give into the "state"? Each person is given a "role" to play in the game. At least one will play the role of the state or police. No one wanted that role, but it is needed for the game 😉 The object is for the person playing the role of the pastor or the police to get the other players to their side. The winner is the one {either church or state} with the most on their side at the end of the game.

The game includes detailed instructions to help guide you as you play the game. Our son Ryan is the best at understanding strategy or deduction games so we handed him the directions. He is good at explaining new games to us. He said he liked how the directions take you step by step through the process of each round and phase of the game. Once we played through the game a few times it got easier to remember what you are supposed to do on each turn.

After we were finished playing, {and I am proud to say the church won} we all talked about the pros and cons of the game. There were many pros like the fact it brought up topics we wouldn't have discussed during any of our other games. The only con was that it does have a lot of steps and until you play the game a few times, they were hard to remember.

Personally, I was impressed with how well this game was thought out and put together. This is one we will be playing on our family game nights at least once a month.

If you would like to learn more about this game and others, I would encourage you to go to their website Chara Games or visit their social media pages: