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Game review 100: Escape from Atlantis
A family-friendly dose of existential dread to distract us our surrounding dystopian vibes? Don't mind if I do…
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 99: Kluster
Simplicity can be a joy in itself
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 98: Meeple Circus
Run away from home to join the Big Top in Matagot's dexterity tabletop game
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 97: Animal Chess
It's a dog-eat-dog game
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 96: IQ Fit
A travel-friendly, simple brain-buster
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 95: Bugs in the Kitchen
Test your roach-catching skills in this dexterity game complete with jittery, battery-operated creepy-crawly
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 94: Mouse Trap
Is Mouse Trap a good board game? No. But its central contraption's ability to ignite a fleeting spark of childhood joy makes it worth enduring the pain…
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 93: Zombie Kidz Evolution
Annick Lobet's game gets its ingenuity from breaking down the co-op legacy mechanic into just about its simplistic, family-friendly form possible
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 92: Drop It
Who knew releasing random objects on to other random objects could be a game-worthy skill?
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 91: Tornado Rex
That's a nice money-making cartoon-character tie-in your game's got there. Shame if something were to… happen to it…
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 90: Coconuts
Who doesn't want to try out a grinning monkey catapult?
 • Andrew Brassleay
Game review 89: Foosketball
Does the world need a two-player-only, basketball-ised, plastic version of table football complete with multi-ball mode?
 • Andrew Brassleay

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 • Andrew Brassleay
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Cheer anthropomorphised fish, bears and hot dogs to victory in the UFO 50 co-creator's tabletop game mascot-race simulation
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Wolfgang Warsch: Topp Die Torte helps put the icing on versatile design career
We speak to the designer – and molecular biologist – about his cake-making board game's Kinderspiel Des Jahres nomination
 • Andrew Brassleay
Ami Baio: 'Couples tell me they got married faster because of playing my games'
What's the key to making 'sweet, kind games to connect people'? We spoke to the Pink Tiger Games founder to find out.
 • Andrew Brassleay
Adrienne Smith: How the NFL helped Blitz Champz's designer score a touchdown
The Boston Renegade's wide receiver on the NFL's Leaders programme and inclusivity in tabletop gaming
 • Andrew Brassleay
Rob Daviau: 'A new game has to do something different'
The creator of legacy games and Restoration Games co-founder on the Crossbows and Catapults update, high-concept elements and why designers should…
 • Andrew Brassleay
Ian Livingstone: 'We have lots of ideas for bringing Fighting Fantasy into other media'
The series co-creator on The Dungeon on Blood Island and Magic Realms, and whether FF will appear on our TV screens
 • Andrew Brassleay
Ryan Laukat: 'Most of my playtesting is done by my family'
The Sleeping Gods and Roam designer and illustrator on building worlds, then publishing them
 • Andrew Brassleay
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