As we head into the “UK Games Expo” season, I had not planned to release a review ahead of the deluge of games I’ll be turning to over the next few weeks. This, however, quickly went out the window...
Category - Family
Matthew Bailey
Harmonies
Today, we are going to play the current hotness, and that is “Harmonies”, played with Jack (9 and Toby (6). “Harmonies” is a cute and beautiful tile drafting and placing game that has caused quite a bit of press over...
Light Speed Arena
Generally speaking, about once a year a game comes along that becomes the game of the group. Two years ago it was Sync and Sand, and last year Subway Squeeze took that crown. If I had to go out on a limb and say what...
Dro Polter
Today, we’re going to be looking at “Dro Polter”, a slightly unusual dexterity game from Oink Games, played here by myself, Jack(.8.) and Toby(5). “Dro Polter” essentially plays like the opposite of the fairly popular...
Rafter Five
Today, we’re going to be looking at “Rafter Five,” a cute little dexterity game by Oink Games that comes in an incredibly small box. Played here by Jack (.8.) and myself. You set up the game...
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...
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...