Tabletop Reviews

Horrified is a cooperative, one to four player game where you and (most likely) your friends are all trying to defeat a bunch of different mythical monsters! It features a lot of different combinations of monsters to battle against, each of…

Quick turns, silly artwork and deadly odds made Exploding Kittens into a modern classic. Frankly, I'm surprised that we haven't written anything up about Exploding Kittens before. The main reason might be that it's a phenomenon that…

Cats and dogs are such a popular, well-loved pet that having a board game full of cute cats and dogs, does feel like it would fit in well with most homes. You Gotta Be Kitten Me is a card game where you must guess how many accessories or…

Pog, Jellycow and Wee might sound like characters from a children's TV show, but they're actually fusion animals from The Muddles, an easy to pick-up and play game of set making and card capturing. Big Potato Games have done it again,…

As a child, I never played the original Thunder Road, but thanks to the iconic, Mad Max inspired box art, I was always curious about it. Now, thanks to Restoration Games, a modernised version of the Jim Keifer/Milton Bradley classic is…

Playing board games with a plant theme, especially ones with absolutely beautiful art, is always a highlight. Planted is one such game; where you are looking to create a little greenhouse of plants, all that have been cared for. This is a…

Here at BigBossBattle, we’re big fans of sushi-themed games, and we’ve already reviewed Sushi Go!: Spin Some for Dim Sum’s older sibling, Sushi Roll, as well as several other titles like Maki Staki and even Sushi Bar. Lots of sushi games…

The Exploding Kittens team are back, this time with Power Hungry Pets a pet-based twist on modern-classic Love Letter. If you've not played 2012 release Love Letter then you're missing out. It's a quick to learn, quick to play game about…

In Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze, up to four players will act cooperatively to tackle a couple of nefarious villains (and their minions) from popular pulp fiction. With a distinctly mid-20th century feel, Unmatched Adventures: Tales…

There are a lot of board games that have you playing Sherlock Holmes and we have covered a bunch of them over the years. Sherlock Holmes is one of the most well known detectives, and getting to solve mysteries is always fun! In 221b Baker…

Forever Home is a board game all about finding homes for dogs that have come to your shelter, but doing so in a way that scores you the most points possible at the end of the game. It’s a mix of strategy and sort of deciding if the odds…

Banished from their homeland, players must set out to a new, unsettled area and build a new home against the odds.

Playing games with the kids is what it’s all about for me, so I am always especially delighted when we get offered a game that is simple enough for them to play, but chunky enough for me to enjoy alongside them. In Paleo Vet, one to four…

As you might have noticed over the years, we go through a lot of quick board games intended for groups or parties  that would work well on holidays or before a meal. Get Wavey is another card game that fits perfectly in this category. It’s…

In the reviews business, context is everything. Because everything written or spoken is subjective, it’s important to understand where the reviewer is coming from and what makes them tick — otherwise you can never be sure that what you’re…

In Godsforge you play an elite spellweaver battling for control of said Godsforge, the last source of magical energy in a crumbling world. This is accomplished by summoning creations and casting spells to pummel your rivals into submission.…

Who doesn’t like a big plate of nachos? Nacho Stack is a game that happens in two parts; the first part is creating the nacho stack and the second part is about 'eating' the nachos themselves. The entire game is made up of triangle chips,…

Maybe I am biased here, but I often find myself thinking that confrontational card games like For Glory: Premium Edition are at their best when the experience is focused on just two players. In this head-to-head game about life and death…

Ah, puffins. There was a period of time, when I was young, when puffins were the loveable goofballs of the animal kingdom, before they were turfed out by meerkats, axolotls and whatever is currently in. Puffins are back, though, with Puffin…

If there is one thing I love about tile-placement games, it’s how a simple premise can lead to some very interesting gameplay. Even better when such a game can be accessible to some audiences, but deeply strategic and challenging for…