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Tearing a new era in competitive boardgaming Post Launch Update – 22 January 2020 Skytear is now in the process of fulfilment and finally I have had my copy delivered. After everyone’s favourite moment of unboxing and smelling that new board game smell (don’t even pretend you don’t) I went about checking I’d received what was promised and it was …
Seeds Of Resilience is a god game where you strive to keep alive a small group of castaways. Directing them to scavenge for food that you find, crafting a place to sleep, making fire, crafting tools to make better food, you can even recycle the parts from the raft that you arrived on the Island with and collect items that …
Let me set the scene for you. A random sunny day a little while back we received a package in the mail. This is pretty normal. But this was no normal package, it was a big package, a big potato package. The lovely people at Big Potato games had sent us a real goodie box of games to try out. …
Fit For A King is the absurdist, non-linear, 8-bit style, sandbox, Ultima-style game where you play Henry VIII and you can do whatever you want.
When the game opens, your ears are greeted with upbeat dance music while you choose your character and stage. You are then thrown into an arena where the walls themselves mean your demise. The round starts, you blink, and next thing you know, it’s over and the walls are suddenly colorful. This is the experience that is ‘Gurgamoth’. Gurgamoth now …
OK geeks, bear with me on this one: What do you get when you mix super cute anime animals, Great British Bake Off, and that person at work who is really nice half the time and a complete, massive, total, less-than-nice person the other half of the time? Obviously, you get a game called Frenemy Pastry Party by Mizo Games. …
T’was a warm June evening when I decided to gather some friends around to try out a new game. I remember being told during my time at the UKGE by the lovely folks at Themeborne Games that ‘Escape the Dark Castle is a thematic game full of atmosphere and simple RPG elements that even a complete newbie to RPG games …
“Sometimes it’s fun just to fail over and over” Have you ever wanted to play a game where your ultimate aim is to find the funniest and most ludicrous way to fail in a quest? Well if you have then Reventure is certainly the game for you. Reventure is set in a fantasy world and completely parodies its 2D classic …
Space. The final frontier. That we know of. For years, humankind has looked up to the stars and imagined life on planets beyond our own. For years, nerds have scratched this itch by exploring digital worlds of every shape and size. In the early 2010s the perennially popular Minecraft set the scene for many in terms of digital exploration and …
Let’s talk sweet treats (candy for our American chums). You have tons of options out there from Mars Bars to Wine Gums, via a plethora of gummies. All good, if not entirely healthy stuff. How do you stand out in a crowded marketplace and appeal to the geek market? Enter Catherine Morgan of Honeybadger games with Food Pawn Winner of …
Being a hero isn’t about saving the world, it’s about looking good whilst doing it.
Grind for resources, manage your own fantasy village, create and equip your heroes and send them to collect swag in Swag and Sorcery – a new streamlined RPG from the creators of Punch Club and Graveyard Keeper.
by Matt Salmon “Don’t worry, after WW3 we all get to fly around in some awesome mechs shooting things for no real reason…but hey, it looks good!” Project Nimbus certainly is a refreshing game to hit the handheld system. For those of you who like big flying robot war games then this will certainly be the one for you and …
How many adventures begin in an alehouse? A group of misfits get drunk and end up on a quest. Or more like a group of horny pansexual casters, with really odd dump stats, flirt with everyone they haven’t killed. Depends on your group I guess. But what happens when you’re finally out on the road? There’s always a way for …
The First Day Of Work Couldn’t Be More Terrifying with Yuppie Psycho Brian will meet all kinds of odd characters, escape from terrible creatures, and unravel the hidden secrets of Sintracorp’s dark past. BY MATT SALMON Review Summary Game: Yuppie Psycho Publisher: Another Indie Price: £16.66 on Steam Summary: During his unconventional employee orientation, Pasternack discovers what his new job …
Realise it’s all pointless with ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove …And don’t even think about this game on a hangover BY MATT TIERNAN Review Summary Name: TOEJAME AND EARL: BACK IN THE GROOVE Publisher: WordPress Plugin Price: £14.99 on Steam, PS4 Summary: Frustrating as fuck. A joy to turn off. I came away with my eyes crossed and ears …
Navigate life, love, friendship and work in Arcade Spirits This sassy game will win you over with intriguing plot twists and unique characters BY AMANDA LEEK Review Summary Product Name: Arcade Spirits Publisher: PQube Price: £15.49 – Steam Summary: This sassy game of life and choices lifted my (arcade) spirits. Rating: Arcade Spirits Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel …
Always in combat with Super Versus (Steam) Superman or moistflan? BY NATHAN LUCKING, MARCH 11, 2019 11:00 AM Review Summary Game: Super Versus Publisher: SUPER VERSUS INC Price: Free to play – Steam Summary: A free to play, fun, mechanical combat system, currently let down by a lack of players. Rating: How do you go about review a multiplayer fighter …
Textorcist: The Basics You might think that you’re not into typing games – but you might feel differently when you’re typing Latin prayers to exorcise a common criminal of demons. Ray Bibbia is a renegade priest – the bad cop of Vatican City. He and the church have separated thanks to “artistic differences”, but this Private Exorcist still works around …
Story-rich, rogue-like role-playing in Sunless Skies Across a dark abyss I spotted a lone ship, engines firing towards me. I braced for another standard battle when I noticed the tentacles protruding from its rear. This was a terror I had not faced before. BY MATT TIERNAN, FEB 13 2019 Review Summary Game: Sunless Skies Publisher: Failbetter Games Price: £18.99 – …
Cats! Magic! Building! And Dreamz (crazy of course)! It’s a MagiCats Builder Review MagiCats Builder; A game of randomness, player creativity and best of all, cats! It is a free to play game that’s available on PC via Steam and it is also available on mobile via the Apple Store and Google Play. Little Big Catnip? < ...
At the UK Games Expo I got some hands-on demos of some of the tabletop games being exhibited. Here’s my games review and low down on the game play mechanics. Game Review: Posthuman Saga I believe that it was fate that I played this game. Two days before the expo I came across an advert in Facebook messenger …