“Skyrise” is a city-building bidding game that is a remake of the 2008 game “Metropolys” that has an incredible table presence. It gives the feeling of a weighty game but is actually fairly simple to play...
Author - Matthew Bailey
Matthew Bailey
Pokémon Chips
Having played “Pokémon Splendour”, one of my absolute favourite games in recent months, it was only natural that I embarked on a South Korean Pokémon spree, which included purchasing “Pokémon Chips”. We played this as a...
Watermelon Chess
Watermelon Chess is a 2-player abstract strategy game based on an old Chinese game called Xi Gua Qi. Played here in turns with myself, Jack(.8.) and Toby(5) (who turned out to be a real pro at this and surprisingly...
Cyber Pet Quest – Preview
today Jack(.8.) and I are going to be looking at “Cyber Pet Quest” a narrative-driven area cooperative movement campaign game made by “Dead Alive Games” and currently on Kickstarter. please be aware that the...
Scrabble Together
If you had told me a “Scrabble” variant would become possibly one of the most controversial games in recent years a few months ago I would have laughed out loud but “Scrabble Together” has caused widespread uproar of...
Eter
Today we are going to be looking at “Eter” a fairly simple yet fun two-player tile-laying game that can best be described as “noughts and crosses Extreme Edition.”Played here by myself and Jack(.8.) This isn’t...
Tossit
Today, we’re going to look at Tossit, a physical dexterity game that has received a lot of promotion recently on social media.Played by everyone in the family Essentially, the game is very similar to how you...
Chomp
Today, we are going to be looking at “Chomp,” a very easy-to-understand tile-laying game produced by All-Play (formerly Boardgametable.com) in their small box range. Played with Jack (.8.) and Toby (5). The...
Spots
‘Spots’ is a fairly quick push-your-luck dice-rolling game that has an interesting modular rule set and actually has quite a lot going on in terms of complexity when you’re trying to work out the...
Disney Colour Brain
A fairly quick one today with “Colour Brain: Disney Edition,” played by myself, Jack(.8.), Toby(5), and a rare appearance from Katie(37). Essentially, at its heart, ‘Colour Brain: Disney Edition’...