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Mullet Mad Jack – Dream stream
Blisteringly fast-paced and deliriously good fun, Mullet Mad Jack takes a gorgeous 90s anime aesthetic and creates a rocket-propelled FPS game that doesn’t stop being entertaining after the credits roll.
Thunder Road: Vendetta is nostalgic fun, but don’t expect anything too cerebral
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…
Planted – Making your Greenhouse Beautiful
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…
POOLS – Dip a toe
It was rare that I’d find myself going in circles in POOLS, and when I did it was really only in a small area that I could quickly progress from. Even so, I constantly felt like I didn’t know where I was going, and would find an exit by…
Fossilfuel 2 – Jurassic lark
It’s like watching a B-movie in that you know it won’t be perfect, but you’ll probably have a great time whilst you’re experiencing it. Fossilfuel 2 has its tongue so firmly pressed into its cheek that it’s popping out the side of its face.
Pinball M – System Shock DLC
This single table on offer for around a fiver depending on your region takes everything that’s so solid in the free table and gives it that cyberpunk horror spin. You’ll be launching your ball into cybernetically altered mutants, flipping…
Sushi Go!: Spin Some for Dim Sum is simple, tactile fun
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…
Classified: France ’44 disrupts German plans in the run up to D-Day
Having been interested in video games for more than thirty years, I’ve noticed that interest in WWII seems to come and go in phases. With several AAA games that deal with the war against Hitler’s Germany already on the horizon, it’s great…
Project Downfall – First-person hotline
The cartoon aesthetic belies how many severed heads, devastated bodies, and crushed bones you’ll leave in your wake. Linking this back to Hotline Miami once again, each chapter is split up into very short stages in which you need to kill…
Power Hungry Pets is a Single-Card Hand Shakedown
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…
Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze makes for fantastic cooperative play
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…
221b Baker Street has you searching for clues
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 – Touching, with a splash of strategy
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…
Feudum Review — Septennial Edition Coming Soon!
Banished from their homeland, players must set out to a new, unsettled area and build a new home against the odds.
Invector Rhythm Galaxy – Galactic beats
A nice new addition from the sequel is a casual game mode that is played solely with LB for the bass notes and the A button for the lead notes. This is a great feature for younger players or those who find coordinating lots of button…
Paleo Vet is family-weight fun a few tricks up its sleeve
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…
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley — Sweet summer days
Alright, full disclaimer — proud owner of several of Tove Jansson’s beautiful Moomin books, Moomin tattoo. I love these weird little melancholic creatures! Who doesn’t? So I approached Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley with a lot of…
Get Wavey – Funny Words and Phrases
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…
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – Yes, Lord Captain
Welcome to the 41st Millenium, Trader! Do you like war? No? Well that's too bad because there's a LOT of it. Okay, first things first, I am utterly and unapologetically enthusiastic about the universe of Warhammer 40,000. I think it’s an…
The House of Da Vinci – Mona Lisa guile
If you’ve played The Room or its ilk, you’ll know what the structure of this game will be. If not, you’ll work your way around a room, finding odd objects that will have hidden switches and compartments that will provide you with items that…