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Ramen Fury — Balance flavor before you eat
Delicious bowls of ramen are something I’ve enjoyed time and time again. Ramen Fury allows you to whip up combinations of the soup through constructing the perfect mix of toppings, all before slurping it down to gain points! Ramen Fury is…
Galerider — Inflight Entertainment
Galerider is a high-speed rail-shooter where you take to the skies on the back of a Wind Drake to defeat the chaotic Overbeasts and save the world.
Strategic Minds: The Pacific — Ocean warfare
If boaty fights of fire and sulfur be not ye pleasure, then Strategic Minds : The Pacific may not be for ye. Or it might, as it's quite fun. Strategic Minds: The Pacific places in the role of a big, head-honcho admiral dude who controls…
Herbaceous Sprouts — A lovely garden game
Tabletop games come in so many different shapes, sizes and themes. Ones with food in them tend to be my favorite, personally, but nature games also catch my eye. Herbaceous Sprouts is one such game — I saw it on a shelf at a shop and…
Dicey Dungeons — Slice and Dice
Dicey Dungeons takes the best part of classic roleplaying — the dice — and allows you to make calculated strategic choices with them that will determine your fate.
Raiders of the North Sea — Hand Axe
As if some mystical, heavenly floodgate has opened recently (all hail the great God Dire Wolf Digital and their vast riches) there has never been a better time to be a fan of video game adaptations of great board games. The Nintendo Switch,…
Void Bastards — A Series of Unfortunate Beginnings
When I first looked at Blue Manchu's Void Bastards I knew I had to get my hands on it. The comic-style art, and rogue-lite gameplay seemed to suit what I look for in a game down to a tee. Rogue-lite shooter; silly adventures in space;…
Underleague — Are you not entertained?
In the fantasy city of Helgarten, illegal combat bouts mechanical abominations against cruel and outlandish hybrid creatures in a pit fight known as The Underleague. A game for two to five players (that works by far the best at two or…
Dead & Breakfast — Haunted hotels
Right, when I received Dead & Breakfast I had hoped that the game would be based around food, however It turns out, instead, that the title is a pun on bed and breakfast. This game instead has you creating haunted hotels for you to…
Desert Kill — A shoot-em-up roguelite that should work but doesn’t
When I first saw this game’s trailer, I was thrilled by the numerous explosions, guns, vehicles and more. In an industry filled with frantic and violent roguelites, Desert Kill appears to be a bright and enjoyable, if derivative, into the…
Warhammer: Age of Sigmar: The Rise and Fall of Anvalor — Citadel defence
Since Games Workshop agreed to license its intellectual property to external organisations, we’ve seen a rich and varied mixture of video, board and other games covering every aspect of the worlds of Warhammer. One recent game to take…
Cytus Alpha — Pitch perfect panic
Some fifteen or maybe even twenty years ago, I was good at rhythm action games. It began with the likes of Parappa the Rapper and Final Fantasy Theatrythm, but with the advent of instrument based games like Rock Band and DJ Hero, my…
Raccoon Lagoon — A helping hand
In Racoon Lagoon, it is your job as the Island Spirit to maintain and keep your island prosperous. Do you have what it takes to keep the castaways that landed there happy?
IELLO Mini Games — Nessos and High Risk
You may already have heard of IELLO Games range of Mini Games, the most popular of which is almost certainly Schotten Totten. There are several others in this series of simple, small box experiences however, and with IELLO launching…
The Blackout Club — Spare pants required
The Blackout Club classes itself as multiplayer psychological horror, and that's a great label for the game, indeed, it starts with one of the most effective hooks I’ve experienced in a while.
Yoku’s Island Express — A greater roll
There have been many different pinball games over the years, ranging from Mario to Metroid, but none have the charm or breadth that Yoku’s Island Express does.
Zombie Dice: Horde Edition — Braaaaiiins!
Zombie Dice is a luck based, dice rolling game that was first released around five years ago. Two or three expansions later, and the whole lot of expansions has been combined and compressed into the Horde Edition that we’re reviewing…
Silk — Smooth as you like
Games demonstrated at Essen always tend to create quite a buzz, and those with unusual mechanics and attractive artwork can really stand out among the sea of eurogames. Silk, from designer Luis Ranedo and artist Roc Espinet, was first…
The Coal Room — Working in the coal industry
So then I started throwing other random objects in the furnace, which also became a little dull. It was only once I paid attention to some of the details in the room that I realised there were other secrets hidden here.
Coldwater Crown (and The Sea expansion) — The biggest fish?
Whilst you may not assume that fishing and board games have much in common, both are generally relaxing pastimes that demand complete immersion into the situation. Coldwater Crown and its recent expansion, The Sea, combine these hobbies by…