Tabletop Reviews

Plankton is at it again, in the board game SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton Rising — where he is attempting to overthrow the Krusty Krab through annoying customers out of the building and stealing the Secret Formula! This game is a…

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 focuses purely on creating optimal characters based on a randomly chosen class, alignment and back story.

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 and Cannons feels and looks great, has high replay value and some deep strategy mechanics hidden under some beautiful, unique artwork.

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 —…

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 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 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.

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…

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…

When it comes to card games, there is a large variety of them. The Mind is a two to four player card game for ages eight and above that doesn’t involve much talking at all, yet has everyone working as a team, trying to complete various…

If you look at the back catalogue of Inka and Markus Brand, the couple behind games as diverse and award-winning as Rajas of the Ganges, Village and several games in the Exit series, then you’d be forgiven for wondering how on Earth they…

When I last reviewed a game from designer Tristan Hall, I remember suggesting that Gloom of Kilforth was a must have for fans of solo games. Since then, Covid-19 has prevented multiplayer and face to face gaming in almost all its forms, and…

For Suleiman The Magnificent — leader of the Ottoman Empire for more than fifty years, the siege of Malta was the beginning of the end. With 30,000 men at his disposal, Suleiman had calculated that the 500 Knights Hospitaller defending…

Our tabletop group has been known to primarily play physical, tabletop games. However, from time to time, we love trying these sorts of digital tabletop games that act a lot like escape rooms or like murder mysteries, which you can do from…

Almost four years ago, I reviewed DOOM: The Board Game, and at the time, I didn’t think I’d ever see a better implementation of a video game in its board game counterpart. DOOM: The Board Game was damn near perfect at capturing the frantic…

There is little doubt that Agricola designer Uwe Rosenberg is a genius, but based on my experience of Agricola: Family Edition, the children in his life must be nothing short of exceptional either. This euro-style worker placement game…

The original Zombicide occupies a bit of a strange place in the modern board game canon. With over two million copies sold in just under ten years, there is no doubt that its commercial success is testament to its appeal. However this same…

When you hear about board games and tabletop games, there are a few titles that are always brought up. One of them is Ticket to Ride. We’ve actually never played Ticket to Ride in our group — as we tend to stick to newer games and games…