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SKÅL! – Drinking and dice
Each player selects their god and takes four dice of the matching colour. One player then turns over a card from the centre of the table, and everyone races to stack their dice in the same formation as those on the card. Your four dice…
Sandwich Masters has you creating slightly strange sandwiches
I am a huge fan of food-based board games, so I was delighted when I saw Sandwich Masters at Tabletop Gaming Live, as it was a new food game I had not seen before, with neat looking art. In this game, you are racing against the other…
In Castle Party you’re planning the best spooky bash
Castle Party is a great game for October or Halloween parties, as you are planning out an adorable, spooky bash for all of your monster friends! It’s made for two to four players and takes about half an hour to play, during which you plan…
Trekking Through History offers beautiful drafting and set collection for all
When I first read about Trekking Through History, I had no idea that there were already two Trekking games — Trekking the National Parks and Trekking the World. I now understand that the first two games in this trilogy are broadly similar,…
Robot Royale requires a lot of thinking ahead
Some board games have a lot of depth when it comes to the way you need to think. Thinking a few actions ahead so that everything lines up properly, is exactly what you need to do in Robot Royale, a board game all about robots shooting each…
Vengeance: Roll and Fight is a frantic dice brawler that’s smarter than it seems
A few years ago I spent several evenings playing Gordon Calleja’s Vengeance. Vengeance was (and still is) a brutal, fast-paced miniatures game that has the players recreate scenes from classic vigilante films like Taken or The Transporter.…
The Quest for El Dorado: Heroes and Hexes Expansion adds more than just a little seasoning
I have often discussed the two main different kinds of expansions that exist in the board game world — those which add to the existing mechanics of a game, and those which transform them. The first and only expansion (aside from a few…
Wonderlands War is a maddening, psychedelic bag-builder!
Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is perhaps one of the most creatively-used intellectual properties. From twisted comics and video games to star-studded Tim Burton movies, few stones have been left unturned in the retelling of Alice’s…
Swatch: The Abstract Game of Art is all about mixing colors
Swatch: The Abstract Game of Art is a colorful looking game that has a bunch of strategy and depth behind it. This game is made for one to four players, and takes around 30 to 60 minutes to complete, as you attempt to draft cards, select…
Tapeworm is a simple game to follow, with lots of twists and turns
From the creator of the Binding of Isaac board game comes Tapeworm. It's another, smaller tabletop game that fits perfectly between games or as a starter to your evening. Continuing with the art-style of the previous games and board games,…