Game 1 of the “Bailey Family Summer 2023 Board game bonanza” is “My Shelfie,” played by myself, Jack (_8), and Toby (5). “My Shelfie” is a fairly simple game for 3-4 players where you...
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Pixel – UKGE 23
A fairly quick one today. Game 7 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “Pixel” (not to be confused by the sliding game released in 2007). Now pixel is essentially a deck of...
A Fistful of Daisies – UKGE 23
Game 6 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “A Fistful of Daisies” A Fistful of Daisies is a fairly simple game that surprisingly we actually really enjoyed. So firstly you...
Rainbow Friends – UKGE 23
Game 5 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “Rainbow Friends” Rainbow Friends is an unusual gem-collecting game from Haba that was definitely on the list of games I wanted to...
Thrufour – UKGE 23
Game 4 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “thrufour” Now let’s get something out of the way. I wasn’t overly impressed by this but the whole demo of the game...
Lost Seas – UKGE 23
Game 3 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “Lost Seas” “Lost Seas” is a grid based tile arrangement game from Blue Orange that turned into one of my surprises of...
Kugo – UKGE 23
Jack(8.) was pretty tired this morning I think yesterday really took it out of him. Without further ado Game 2 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “Kugo” Kugo is less of a...
Dungeon Scrawlers: Heroes of Waterdeep
Having had a fantastic day at the UKGE yesterday I return having played a tonne of games to write about. So Game 1 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “Dungeon Scrawlers: Heroes of...
Dorf Romantik
Game 2 of the “Let’s Play Spiel des Jahres winners and nominees leading up to the UK Board Game Expo mini-marathon.” is the game I think will most likely win this year’s “Spiel des...
Carla Caramel
So having had a quiet month as far as board games go due to Jack(7) and Toby(4) now becoming Jack(8.) and Toby(5) we start for the first time in quite a few months a… “Let’s play Spiel des Jahres...