
TTRPG Review: Goblin Quest (2015)
I’ve been fascinated with tabletop RPGs since the early 80s, as I’ve previously mentioned elsewhere on the blog. Dungeons & Dragons was one of my earliest, post-Star Wars obsessions; the […]
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I’ve been fascinated with tabletop RPGs since the early 80s, as I’ve previously mentioned elsewhere on the blog. Dungeons & Dragons was one of my earliest, post-Star Wars obsessions; the […]
Kingdomino has spun off in a few interesting directions since its release, with Dragomino being just one of several new versions of the game. This one’s aimed at younger players. […]
It’s a shame that card game Lucha Jefe is packaged so minimally, because inside that very unassuming exterior, a clever little game is hiding. Lucha Jefe is a somewhat abstract […]
Though I hugely enjoyed the hugely entertaining crossover Madballs vs Garbage Pail Kids recently, I couldn’t say the same for Garbage Pail Kids: Origins #1. Adam Bomb and the crew […]
As a fan of Mario since the 80s, it’s fantastic to finally see The Super Mario Bros Movie; it’s only the second attempt to bring Nintendo’s mascot and flagship character […]
A few years ago, fuelled by passionate creators on Kickstarter, I backed a number of cheap, rules-light tabletop RPGs in the hope of finally convincing family and friends to play. […]
Jeff the Land Shark – the fourth-wall breaking, seriously meta hero Gwenpool’s adopted pet – gets his own comic, with the adorable It’s Jeff! #1. A series of seriously cute, […]
Pandemic is a hugely popular game – and the underlying system it runs on has seen it rethemed in a surprising number of non-viral-outbreak-related ways. Following on from what was […]
You know what you’re getting when you buy a Love Letter game, right? A minimalist card game with 20 or so cards, which provides a surprisingly deep and strategic experience […]
Classic fantasy adventure board game Talisman was first released in 1983, which means it reaches the ripe old age of 40 this year. So what better time to check out […]
It’s always pretty cool when a game can sell you on it’s entire concept and almost all of its rules just from a brief summary on the box. It’s something […]
On this very day in 1974, the legendary trucker Large Marge lost her life in a tragic road accident. Not really, of course; the ghost of Large Marge is just […]
With the feeling of a classic card game, albeit with a couple of surprising elements that deliver some clever strategic twists, Hungry Monkey is a game that’s straightforward to pick […]
The original Talisman fantasy board game was first released in 1983, which means it celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Though, as you may expect from a game that made […]
Ah, isn’t it a relief now that Christmas is out of the way? All of that stress over shopping, cooking and socialising. Not to mention all of those presents! Hang […]
Princess Sadie is stuck in a tower, with many a Prince having failed to rescue her. So when Princess Amira arrives, she’s initially sceptical – but of course, Amira is […]