Simple to learn and play, Sherlock is a memory game where correctly remembering a clue will lead you to the next clue, and then the next, and so on. So long as your memory holds you can keep following the clues to win cards. Each player’s turn begins with the player to their right taking […]
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Kubb! Viking Chess
If there’s one thing the Scandinavians got right, it’s games for the outdoors. Kubb is no exception. Kubb (Pronounced KOOb), Â is an ancient strategy game often referred to as ‘Viking Chess’. It’s a team game, for 2-12 players, with the aim is to knock over all the opponents Kubbs (small wooden blocks) and finish by […]
The Amazing Flying Aerobie
I loved my Frisbee when I was a kid. My friends and I would spend ages up at the local park, throwing it about. I seemed to spend most of my time chasing my mate’s dodgy throws. In hindsight, I wonder if I was me with the better throw, or maybe they were pranksters, sending me […]
Schotten Totten
 Schotten Totten by Reiner Knizia is the perfect example of why good things can most certainly come in small packages. A teeny tiny card game, Schotten was originally published in 1999. I am now very grateful to have recently come across the 2004 reprint because I have been obsessed with this gem ever since.    Games of Schotten Totten are brief but head-scratchingly […]
Ice Cool: The Amazingly Addictive Dexterity Game
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 […]
Inis: The weirdest and most wonderful package
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 […]