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Puffin Rush is a four-player, quick dash through hidden lands
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…
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector – Tau Empire DLC
In terms of units, there’s a solid array of choices, but as with the other DLC packs, there are some notable exceptions. You have your mainstay Fire Warriors and Crisis Suits as you’d expect, plus the sneaky Ghostkeel and Stealth Suits with…
Astro Chef challenges you to repair the family legacy by serving weird food to weirdos
Smash, blend, hammer, cut and blast your way to a five-star restaurant in Astro Chef. We're at a point now where there's a couple of dozen games launching on VR every week. While a lot of those might be smaller experiences, and a lot seem…
Aqua: Biodiversity in the Oceans is a point scoring paradise
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…
Under Cover is possibly the best arcade shooter-inspired option for VR right now
Under Cover is another great gateway game for VR, however it's a couple of rounds short of a full clip. It was during the PS3 era when, suddenly, arcade shooters stopped getting console versions. It turns out that there was a whole bunch of…
Farplace is an animal rescue and rehoming race
Race to the finish in Farplace, a board game all about animal rescue and rehoming. The Game of Goose, Snakes and Ladders, Pachisi; some of the most popular games out there are Race Games, and it's their simple objective that helped them…
Nour: Play with your Food is a trippy, relaxing food game
Nour: Play with your Food is a game that I've had my eye on for quite some time — regularly seeing the beautiful and vibrant foods show up on Twitter as its worked its way through development. Now it’s out, so I dived in to see what I could…
Transformers: Earthspark – Expedition
Combinations of light and heavy attacks unleash different combos that can hit multiple enemies or drive foes away from you, but really you can get through the game without doing anything fancy. On hard mode you actually do need to be a bit…
Leaf is a game of simple actions and complicated choices
In Leaf, a forest-themed and environmentally friendly game from Tim Eisner and Weird City Games, the players will use cards to place leaves and build an expansive tapestry that represents a forest floor during fall (or Autumn, as we call in…
Spectra Nintendo Switch Wired Controller – Sublte Glow
The Spectra Nintendo Switch Wired Controller stands out with its brilliant outline. The outline of the buttons, thumbstick, and the controller itself features a rainbow light in it, which makes the plain, black controller really stand out,…
Lord of The Rings Adventure Book Game – An Interesting Board
We have played a lot of different board games over the years, and through them we've seen a whole bunch of different designs, quirks and styles. That said, unique boards are few and far between, which is why I was delighted and surprised to…
Forgive Me Father 2 – Unforgiven too?
As before though, I’m not all that interested in the story, as the combat is absolutely the focus. I’m happy to say that the combat is just as much fun as ever! Fast-paced, brutal, and plentiful, shooting your way through your foes is…
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin is *almost* the RTS that the Imperium has been waiting for
I must admit that I’ve lost interest in Warhammer over the past ten or fifteen years — mainly because the rank-and-file gameplay of “classic” Warhammer Fantasy was more my cup of tea than the squad-based skirmishes that have replaced it.…
Railbreak – Not a break out
Interestingly, the fact you’re playing an arcade game does get used a little bit. Every now and then you’ll get a glitch in the game in the form of random modifiers that get “patched” about a minute later. You’ll cause more damage or gain…
Weird Little Elf is a family-friendly deception game suitable for play all year round
It's the night before Christmas and an imp has snuck themselves into the rank of Santa's elves, planning a little bit of festive mischief. In Weird Little Elf, Santa has gathered his workforce and each must take turns answering a question,…
Kiss the Goblin has you acting your class
If you are familiar with DnD, you might know the different alignments of characters. It’s sort of like a grid, with one side of the grid being Good, Neutral and Evil, and the other side being Lawful, Neutral and Chaotic. Characters can be…
Heretic’s Fork is a devilishly good fusion of merge, deck building and tower defence
Tower-defence deck-building has absolutely zero reason to be as good as Heretic's Fork makes it, and if you can deal with the grungy red-and-black dominated colour scheme you're almost certainly in for a treat. Heretic's Fork is doing a…
RATIFACT is a strange, unsettling puzzle game
RATIFACT is a puzzle game where you are working in a factory trying to make rat toys for other… rats, maybe?! Sort of like making doll kits, except these different rats are very much alive, until they aren’t, and you need to do a lot of set…
Hellbreach: Vegas – Putting everything on red
From a mechanical standpoint, this is very similar to Call of Duty Zombies. You start in a small environment with a basic weapon as monsters spawn in. Killing them completes the round and earns you money you can use to buy weapons and perks…
Terracotta Army has great ideas, but will it stand the test of time?
I am all for new ideas in board games — especially when they are designed and implemented to a high standard. In Terracotta Army, there are several good ideas including more than one that I’ve never seen before, but what I’m struggling to…