Ice Cool Gameplay Ice Cool is an addictive dexterity game. Players flick their cute-as-a-button, coloured penguins around a frozen high school (get the pun?) in an elaborate game of tag. Penguins sail through doors, jump over walls and knock into each other all in order the gain fish, which represent victory points. Each round one […]
I am an admirer of engineering, history, and construction, so when I was introduced to the Leonardo da Vinci kits by Pathfinders, my intrigue was immediately set alight. Even though I’d promised myself I would only have a look at the pieces, I was soon assembling it on my lunch break. I quickly discovered that […]
Inis was probably the weirdest and most wonderful package of 2016 At first glance, it can very easily be mistaken for the album cover of an obscure Celtic hair-metal band, and that incredibly distinct art style runs through the entire game. The card art is something else; straddling a line between intriguingly ugly and insanely […]
My first foray into ‘proper board games’ was through the highly acclaimed, and vastly awarded Ticket to Ride (USA), which has remained a favourite even after all this time. Perhaps the craftsmanship and artwork set it apart from many others, or maybe the whimsy and charm of this game bring to life a character rarely […]
If Camel Up has taught me anything, it is that camels are the only exception to the ‘Red Goes Faster’ rule. Time and time again the game’s bright red, stackable racing camel has lost me all my my hard-earned, poorly-spent cardboard coinage. Every time Camel Up is brought to the table and unpacked I think […]
Celebrating 15 years this year since it was first published, Carcassonne is now rightly considered a ‘classic’ in the boardgame world. What has helped Carcassonne achieve this is its perfect blend of approachability, strategy and replay value. The perfect ‘gateway’ game, it can be taught to complete beginners and non-gamers in just a couple of […]