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Defend the Rook — Tactics, Tower Defence and maybe too much RNG
Defend the Rook is the new game from One Up Plus, the studio who brought us the underrated Dungeontop just fifteen months ago. Mixing the various flavours of roguelikes, turn-based tactics and board games with a seasoning of tower defence,…
Fights in Tight Spaces – It’ll be all fight on the night
Battles take place on a grid in a small area and you’ll always have the exact information on what your enemies will do on their turn, whilst you try to take them out using a deck of cards. On the surface, this is really quite simple, but…
Mix enemies and allies in Marvel Smash Up
Smash Up, much like Munchkin, is a board game that many people have played or at least heard of in their time in the board game space. There have been several different versions of Smash Up, but my first time playing this game has actually…
Grow: Song of the Evertree is a slice of life adventure all about nurture
The last few years have created a massive surge in the Slice of Life genre; with the outside world closed off for so many people, it's no wonder that they looked inside for somewhere to escape to instead. Animal Crossing was a phenomenon,…
Munchkin Spongebob Squarepants brings us back to Bikini Bottom
Munchkin is a game that everyone has at least heard of, if not played. There are tons of variations of the game, including lots of brand collaborations, that bring their own twist to the game. We got our hands on Munchkin Spongebob…
Let’s Cook Together is co-operative kitchen chaos
When it comes to cooking couch co-ops, the only game that normally springs to mind is Overcooked — a classic. So, when we came across Let’s Cook Together, we were excited to take on a new cooking challenge, together! Let’s Cook Together…
Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon Collector’s Edition is lovely package
Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon Collector's Edition is a limited run book aimed specifically at those looking to celebrate the history of one of gaming's most important icons. What can I say about Pac-Man (originally Puck-Man, because he looks…
MasterChef: Let’s Cook! sees you cooking up a storm
Last year, I bumbled across MasterChef: Dream Plate and was disappointed with the fact that I could not actually do any cooking. As it turns out, someone heard my cries, and MasterChef: Let’s Cook was born. This mobile cooking game actually…
Word on the Street rewards good spelling
Word on the Street is an educational tabletop game for two to eight players, split into two teams where players need to capture letters to win. Dann’s phone is full of spelling games. He can spell so many different words and basically is a…
Monster Train: The Last Divinity — More depth and challenge will keep fans happy
The first DLC to Shiny Shoe’s deckbuilding hit Monster Train, The Last Divinity, brings a new faction, adaptive mid-run difficulty and a serious new end-game challenge to the table.
Say No! More balances heart-warming and comedic delivery perfectly
Games are very good at eliciting emotions from players because of the way we interact with them, but Say No! More manages to not only deliver important, heartfelt messages about how we interact with others, but it's clever enough to make…
Griftlands — A roguelike deck-builder that really needs to pick a lane
In Griftlands players take on the role of a mercenary trying to get by on an alien world; taking missions to be resolved by either violence or diplomacy and all handled in-game through deck-building.
Cyber Hook — Falling with style
Cyber Hook is a first-person platformer action game where you’re trying to move towards the goal as fast as possible.
Moonglow Bay is a carefully crafted, loving, slice of life adventure
Lately, I have been spending my evenings playing slice of life styled games. Letting the hours pass by as I explore these strange and wonderful worlds, enjoying my time in the warmth of my own home. The Good Life had taken up a bunch of my…
Jurassic Park Aftermath Part Two — Dino Hide n Seek
The creeping feeling of dread that washes over you as you hear the sharp toothed killing machines prowl around a loading bay, as you cower in a storage locker.
Move Food Around in Takeout: The Card Game
We love food and we love games about food, so we were pretty excited to try Takeout: The Card Game! This game is designed for two to four players and takes about 30 minutes to an hour to play through, while you shuffle food to and from your…
Inscryption — Ignore the OLD_DATA
Upon launching the game, you’ll notice that there’s no option to start a new game, only to continue which seems a bit odd, but if you go with it you’ll be dropped straight into the game. You sit in a dark cabin across from a figure swathed…
Hotel Magnate brings tycoon gameplay back to the lobby
The Tycoon genre is thriving at the moment and, much like with the simulator space, it's spiralling in all sorts of directions. Arcade Oven's Hotel Magnate is grounded entirely in reality and really makes me wonder why there haven't been…
Backbone — The Case That Makes You
Backbone. Backbone, backbone, backbone. Alright. Basics first: this is, as described, a modern take on point and click games. It features detailed, sharply written dialogue and vividly drawn characters. It is rendered in a sort of 2D Pixel…
Foul Play: Once Upon a Crime is a pocket sized murder mystery
Murder mystery games have always been popular with people and we have played many iterations of the formula before, but Foul Play: Once Upon a Crime brings the concept of murder mystery into a single deck of cards that you can take anywhere…