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When my kids ask me to play a new board game, I’m often forced to make excuses not to until at some point, they back me into a corner and I have to sigh my way through some turgid variant on Snakes and Ladders. With Outfoxed in their…

Our tabletop group has been working through the story of Maria as she tries to stop King Leopold from reincarnating, recently taking on part one and two, and now part three; The Fate of Leopold. This tabletop game is designed to be like an…

It’s hard for me to believe that Oddworld: Strangers Wrath was first released almost twenty years ago. It’s just another painful reminder that many, many years have now passed since those halcyon days of my youth. However, just as my…

Unlike most horror games, dying due to the many threats in the motel won’t reset you back to the checkpoint. Instead, you’ll awaken, chained to another bathtub whilst the man in the orange jumpsuit tells you that you need to do better…

Before long though, you may start to notice that the layout of the levels mirrors that of the arcade, and that there may well be something else in there with you. Stranger still, that arcade cabinet seems to pop up all over the building and…

In Godtear, the old Gods have fallen — and their tears crash to the ground for mortals to claim; but only a select few (known as champions) have the fortitude to withstand their power. Godtear is a head to head miniatures game in which two…

I don’t know how, but somehow the original Stanley Parable game completely passed me by back in 2013, despite receiving rave reviews from critics both within the video game industry and beyond. That might not be such terrible news though,…

You have to love Slitherine. They’re one of the only publishers that still releases old fashioned RTS games. Base, resource, and troop management as you try to conquer your opponent from an isometric perspective. Giving orders,…

You wouldn’t think that 17th century subsistence farming would make for an interesting game setting, would you? Yet somehow, Agricola manages to not only be interesting — but also extremely compelling and ridiculously tense. Why, you ask?…

Combat is fast paced and thrilling, as you’ll have a lot of targets to deal with at any one time. Your movement speed is high enough to keep you out of trouble if you’re careful, but you’ll need to manage threats effectively. Those enemies…

Stepping away from Norco the game, here’s the slug line: “A sci-fi southern gothic adventure…” I stopped reading here. They had me within 5 words. It delivers on this basic sentiment with enthusiasm and then some; creating a swirl of decay,…

As regular readers will know, I am at least as big of a board game fan as I am a fan of video games. In fact, whilst I probably spend more hours actually playing video games, I cherish the time sitting around my table with friends as more…

I always find games with a paranormal element to them really interesting. Mysterium Park has you take on the role of either a ghost or a psychic, trying to solve the mystery of what happened to the park director, who did it, and where it…

Of course the key thing with these audio devices is how the sound comes across, and the Neobuds Pro do a really rather good job. Everything in music, movies, and podcasts came across very clearly, with the bass sounds being notably…

It’s very unlikely that you can have been involved in hobby board games for long without at least encountering Terra Mystica. This ten-year-old game of terraforming, worker placement and pseudo-area control was designed by Jens Drögemüller…

Project Warlock 2 aims to take players back to the shooters of yesteryear. With its blend of retro shooter gameplay and a few clever twists, developers Buckshot Software aim to capture the same blood, bullets and badassery from the classic…

Have you ever found yourself in a strange place, alone and lonely? Even though you know that the world is just as weird and strange as anybody might find you, you just can't seem to connect with others. In Birth the solution is simple, to…

If you asked me to take the mythos and style of the legendary Thief games (excluding the crap 200X remake) and build an isometric Desperados style stealth game out of it, I’d bite your hand off at the chance to see the outcome. And so here…

I really liked how the action selection element of Tiny Epic Pirates worked, as you always had plenty of choices to make and a variety of ways to earn money. Moving quickly around the wheel allows you to do exactly what you want if you’re…

When it comes to Xbox Controllers or controllers designed specifically for use with Xbox, we have had a look at a few, especially those from Nacon. They tend to put out affordable and useful controllers that have a variety of different…