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Top of the Pops The Party Game — Top pick for pop pickers!
Kazoo has you play one of the artist’s songs on a kazoo. This is what makes Top of the Pops: The Party Game significantly different from Blockbuster and it’s really quite funny. Trying to get through the chorus of Wonderwall on “the world’s…
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition — A review for newcomers
Games Workshop are back, once again, with the ninth edition of Warhammer 40k, the world’s most popular tabletop miniatures game. Players marshall their armies and compete across the blasted battlescapes of the 41st millennium for supremacy…
Binding of Isaac Four Souls is nice nod to the video game
When playing Binding of Isaac Four Souls with a bunch of people who have not actually played the video game that this board game was adapted from, it certainly provided for an interesting experience! I have played a lot of the video game…
Risk and Reward is the common thread between board and video games
While there is more of a crossover between board games and video games than ever, as shown at most larger physical gaming events — like PAX, EGX and Gamescom — now feature board game sections. There are actually many more ties between the…
Tiny Epic Dinosaurs gnashes its teeth at larger worker placement games
Given how obvious the idea is, I’m surprised that it took board game designers so long to adopt the idea of building out a Jurassic Park style dinosaur safari park. Only recently have we seen the likes of Dinosaur Island and Dinogenics…
Alien Frontiers is a neat, concise dice rolling, card drafting, planet colonisation game
In all honesty, there are so many new board games coming out these days that it’s not often we get the chance to jump into an older game. Where Alien Frontiers is concerned though, I’m happy to make an exception, because you know I love a…
Muffin Time is a barrel of laughs
Muffin Time is a wacky two to four player card game where everyone is just trying to get ten cards and keep them. This sounds like a really simple task, but the cards themselves are super silly and you’ll want to play them for the chance to…
Cooperative Trick Taking and Lots of Empathy Make The Crew a Stellar Experience
When I think of trick-taking games, I almost never think of cooperation. Teamwork (in games like Whist) yes, but cooperation, no. The need to win — or take — tricks, is inherently focused on winning, and the idea of throwing a trick away…
Deep Vents is a small box game that delivers a big bite of value
I’ve said on many occasions that what I love most about board games (and video games, to be fair) is that they transport me to distant realms, far away worlds and, in the case of Deep Vents, deep, deep under the sea. This latest title from…
Zoo Run is a competitive and cooperative game about escaping the zoo
In Zoo Run, children of all ages will work cooperatively and competitively to help a group of animals escape from the zoo. The cute visuals will draw in younger players whilst their older family members laugh and joke alongside them.…