Tabletop Reviews

In Kraftwagen, each player is a car company mogul during the halcyon days of the early 20th century. The players will obtain victory points by building desirable car bodies, adding powerful engines and investing in race day technology.…

Many creatures go on a journey in the hope of making to a magical land. One that might be a castle made of cakes and full of wondrous items. Creatures and Cupcakes is a very simple tabletop game that takes the idea of moving magical…

With a theme as potentially dry as the production of power, it takes a design team with flair and imagination to create a compelling board game from it. Games like Power Grid have achieved this to some extent in the past, but I was curious…

When it comes to reviewing board games, there are numerous considerations to bear in mind. Who will this game appeal to? How well does it represent the genre that it resides in and, perhaps most importantly, what does it do to…

Whilst you may not have heard of them, gretchins are an ever present (albeit very much sidelined) feature of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000. These expendable creatures are maniacal and cunning, yet they love nothing more than getting…

They key to winning is staying ahead of your opponents, which means trying to keep them behind. Movement is important, but using power-ups is the real way to victory.

Do you have an unquenchable thirst for adventure? Do you enjoy questing through the anime worlds inspired by Bakugan and Dragonball Z? Are you looking for a game that offers a wide variety of ways to play, with support for solo,…

Villagers is fast and easy to set up, simple to teach and yet it features very deep gameplay that becomes more and more immersive as you play more of it.

In Artipia Games’ A Thief’s Fortune, the players each take responsibility for a different, alternative timeline, belonging to the same unfortunate individual. With thematic links to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, A Thief’s Fortune is…

Those futuristic-seeming sushi places where conveyor belts of food move around — just waiting for you to grab up exactly what you want — are always a great place to explore and try out new bits of food. Sushi Roll is a dice rolling tabletop…

Some games are built to be efficient, both in the way they work and the use of components. Whatever grand vision the designer might have, sometimes market factors like price point and shipping show their influence. Wood is replaced with…

With the cycling season in full swing and events like the Tour de France bringing fans of the sport together all over the world, there’s never been a better time to look into other ways to enjoy the sport. Flamme Rouge, from Lautapelit and…

If you’re a fan of Magic: The Gathering and other card battling systems, then you’ll almost certainly want to check out Godsforge from Atlas Games. This attractive boxed game invites two to four players to join an endless war for the most…

Some tabletop games come in big boxes, boasting large boards, meeples and loads of tiny components for you to play with. Others come in smaller packages, allowing for more portability, but still delivering on a big scale. The Blessed Dark…

There isn’t a videogame series on Earth that is more iconic than Street Fighter and there are few card combat systems held in higher regard than EXCEED, from Level 99 Games. Combine these two properties and what do you get? Let’s find out.…

Brotherwise Games’ Call to Adventure is a card based narrative adventure game that combines a unique “rune throwing” mechanic with classic tableau building. Playing between one and four players, Call to Adventure initially surprised me…

Dare you venture into the dark and foreboding RPG fantasy that is Hall or Nothing’s Gloom of Kilforth? Thanks to a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, Gloom of Kilforth has recently been reprinted for a second time, but this…

We’ve been compelled to unearth Imhotep inorder to find out what kind of treasure it might hold. Designer Phil Walker-Harding is well known for his fast paced games that use tight mechanisms to deliver satisfying outcomes, including the…

Where Combo Fighter is concerned, the video game inspiration is clear, but there’s no license to contend with, allowing designer Asger Johansen complete creative freedom. As a site that covers both video and tabletop games, there is…

Although party games come in many shapes and sizes, they do tend to be on the lighter end of the spectrum, which can lead to a less satisfying outcome for more experienced players. It came as a surprise to me — thanks to the simplicity of…