Game #19 of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” is “Good Face Bad Face,” played with Jack (9) and Toby (6). This is going to be a bit of an unusual review in the sense that I really like...
Category - Older kids
Matthew Bailey
Spirit Island
Game 11# of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” is “Spirit Island” Played with Jack(9) both here and digitally. So far this summer, we haven’t looked at anything too complicated, with...
Star Realms
Having really enjoyed “Star Realms Academy” at the UKGE (review of that still to come), Jack (9) was keen to get the “adult” version of “Star Realms.” So therefore… Game 3# of the...
Thunder Road Vendetta
As we approach the start of the summer marathon, there are a few games that I really want to cover before that. With a new Mad Max in the cinema (and Mad Max Fury Road being my fave action film of all time) and Fortnite...
Robot Quest Arena – UKGE24
Game #6 of our “UKGE ROUNDUP 2024” is “Robot Quest Arena,” which we played at the “Wise Wizard Games” stand and was one of Jack’s(9) favourite games from the whole weekend. “Robot Quest Arena” is a...
Mycelia – UKGE
Game #4 of our “UKGE ROUNDUP 2024” is “Mycelia,” which we played at the “Ravensburger” stand and like “Happy Home” was one of the “must have games” people were buzzing about on my travels at the...
Spooktacular – Preview
A very quick preview post of an upcoming game I got a chance to play an extremely early prototype of last night and that is “Spooktacular” by Level 99 Games. Essentially you play as one of the monsters from...
Unmatched
A “not so quick” one ahead of an upcoming deluge of UKGE content.A couple of years ago, I featured a review of Unmatched: Cobble and Fog and gave it a very strong recommendation. Needless to say...
Necromolds
It’s odd that I would ever utter the phrase, “this should have been more mainstream,” equally I have been trying to make my reviews a little more concise but I am fully aware this one if lengthy but I have a lot to say...
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...