Tabletop Reviews

Hotshots sees players take on the role of a specific firefighter in an attempt to stop the spread of uncontrolled wildfires in the mountainous forests of North America.

Set in a near-future vision of shadow chrome and neon, Dreadball is a directly competitive, arena-based sports game where two teams participate in a relatively violent spectator sport.

Become a fast-food van magnate with tactical deployment and a little bit of luck in Adam's Apple Games' Truck Off.

A real-time OR turn-based game of submariner strategy for up to ten players; is Captain Sonar a case for commission, or court martial?

Play it cool in this simple but fun game from Brain Games, winner of the Essen games festival's Children's Game of the Year award

The Bark Side is about as mechanically simple as any game out there, yet it is no worse as a result. Instead, it uses bright, characterful artwork and Man's best friend to create a cute (but wafer thin) narrative that appeals to children…

How far will you go to save your books as the library housing them goes up in flames?

We step into the shadows for a tense game of deceit and subversion.

King's Road is a title suitable — and indeed well scaled for — any number of players from two to five, with a clever balance of simplicity and depth.

It's time to venture under the bed, if you dare. Take control of a band of stuffed toys to fight against surges of enemies.

If simplicity's your style, look no further than this ghoultastic game of 'Guess Who?', where it's all about the numbers.

I for one don't think I'd want to act out Arnold Schwarzenegger coercing Obama into eating his own children.

It's cardboard coaster time for us in Coaster Park, but can this game's marble-rolling fun cut through all its excess baggage?

Build yourself some ships worthy of the great seas in resource-management card game Shipwrights of the North Sea, but beware the sabotage of your fellow vikings.

Fresh from Kickstarter: a worker-placement, card-drafting and engine-building game.

A well-rounded board game with a scoring system that rewards constant aggression and tactical thinking.

We sit down with the highly accessible card game Majesty: For the Realm, which features some interesting (and potentially frustrating) combat rules.

We set out to create our own village under the watchful eyes of our temperamental king in Charterstone, a worker placement board game from Stonemeier Games.

We immerse ourselves in Legacy of Dragonholt, a tabletop game reminiscent of Choose Your Own Adventure books which could prove to be a stepping stone to Dungeons and Dragons for some.

Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition (2017) is a solid testament to the legacy of the original, 1984 classic, a game fondly adored for good reason.