A standout “first hobby game” that introduces real decision-making and modern board game ideas in a fun, accessible way for young children.
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Matthew Bailey
Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar
A wonderful blend of old school bright and loud family board gaming with modern ideas and gameplay (make sure you get the right version)
Star Wars Super Teams – First Impressions
It’s going to become extremely obvious over the next month or so — as we work through a bunch of previews and reviews — that Toby is currently obsessed with Star Wars. And to be honest, a lot of the games...
Bala Dino
The perfect step up from simpler kids games like snakes and ladders.
Forest First
“Forest First” is the first in a selection of games we’re looking at that have just been brought to the UK by Hachette, designed by Kiwi Zou. To give you an idea, these games are very much aimed at a younger...
Joyride Survival of the Fastest
“Thunder Road Vendetta” has been a popular game in our household for quite a while, and as such, the boys were looking for something with a similar feel that could potentially be played in a slightly shorter...
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...
Cubitos
After a few fairly lightweight games we decided to go a bit more “hardcore” for Game 4 of the “Bailey School Holiday Boardgame Marathon (Christmas Edition)” played by Jack(6), Toby(3) and myself...
Flamme Rouge
Note: This is a short really early legacy review before I started posting longer form reviews in our Facebook Group. It is not up to the usual standard of our more recent reviews but I feel it is important to include it...