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Scooby-Doo: Escape from the Haunted Mansion — A mystery worth solving
When I was a child, I loved Scooby-Doo. I didn’t understand why everyone was pretending to be monsters or how they pulled off their disguise to do crimes, nor did I understand really much of what was going on, but I loved Scooby-Doo and the…
Roll Player (with Monsters and Minions + Fiends and Familiars) review — Step forward adventurer
Roll Player focuses purely on creating optimal characters based on a randomly chosen class, alignment and back story.
Try and figure out who is lying to you in SNAKESSS
There are two true facts about our tabletop group. One, we love party games and two, we feel that Big Potato Games create some of the best party games out there. So, we were delighted to find SNAKESSS at our doorstep, Big Potato Games'…
Quests & Cannons – Adventure Awaits !
Quests and Cannons feels and looks great, has high replay value and some deep strategy mechanics hidden under some beautiful, unique artwork.
Imperium: Legends tells a thousand years of history in just a few short hours
There’s always a balance to be struck in civilisation building games. Designers, I am sure, must feel a huge pull to try and cram every aspect of ancient life — from technological development and warfare to farming and animal husbandry —…
Horrible Histories: The Board Game has you relying on your knowledge
If you don’t know of it, Horrible Histories is a series of books, movies, TV shows, plays, and other content, that take history and spin it into a funny and often somewhat gross way, to keep younger children interested in history. Many…
Agemonia — Into The Adventure
Agemonia sees players bringing together a group of heroes in a kingdom on the edge of chaos — but will they save or ravage the land?
Everdell expanded review — Sylvanian family now including Pearlbrook, Bellfaire and Spirecrest
Everdell is a game of worker placement, resource collection and tableau building in a woodland realm populated by numerous species of animal, and now featuring up to three expansion sets.
Super Truffle Pigs channels Silk but the reward is less complex, and all the sweeter
While I am always willing to tackle a pre-production board game with an open mind, I will admit to being sceptical when games turn up with little or no fanfare. I don’t know why, but board game news travels fast usually — and with…
Dinosaurs roam free in Jurassic Park Danger!
I am going to start this review off with the fact that I have never seen Jurassic Park, the original movie. I have, however, played on a Jurassic Park themed pinball table, and members of our group really like the movie, so we figured we’d…