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...
Category - Abstract Strategy
Matthew Bailey
Mountain Goats
“Mountain Goats has been sitting rather unassumingly on my shelf for a few weeks now, and today we decided to get it out and finally give it a go. Needless to say, in short, this went from something that I...
Story Time Backgammon
I received a review copy of Story Time Backgammon and my 4-year-old twins have played through part of it. Story Time Backgammon is a game that teaches you backgammon through a series of 10 stories and mini-games...
Ambie Valdés
Mandala Stones
As I sit trying to think up a potato-based pun for this year’s “Valentine’s half-term week mini marathon (that’s going to largely feature games from “Big Potato Games”) we’re...
Chess
Recently we have done a few more mainstream games so I thought we would go with something super niche for today’s game. Game 13 of our “Fantastically Festive Christmas School Holidays 2023...
Quoridor
Game 11 of our “Fantastically Festive Christmas School Holidays 2023 Marathon” is “Quoridor”, played with Toby (5) and Jack (.8.). Designed by Mirko Marchesi, it was first...
Lacuna
Having a bout of norovirus sweeping through the household and with several of our Christmas plans cancelled, we endeavour to continue our marathon. As it happened, Patient Zero and Patient One were both quarantined...
Soulaween
Game 4 of our “Halloween Half-term Spooktacular” is… “Soulaween” played with Jack (.8.) and Toby (5). Jack and I mostly played and Toby took a few of the photos (big thanks to...
BOOoop
Game 3 of our “Halloween Half-term Spooktacular” is… “BOOoop” played with Jack (.8.) and Toby (5). “BOOoop” is a Halloween-themed version of “Boop” with a small...
Tyle
“Tyle” is a tile-shifting puzzle game designed for one to four players, and it was played by Jack (8.) and myself. In this game, the objective is to flip, rotate, and slide tiles to create a path for your...