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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…
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Andrew Brassleay
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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
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Andrew Brassleay
Game review 92: Drop It
Who knew releasing random objects on to other random objects could be a game-worthy skill?
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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…
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Andrew Brassleay
Game review 90: Coconuts
Who doesn't want to try out a grinning monkey catapult?
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Game review 89: Foosketball
Does the world need a two-player-only, basketball-ised, plastic version of table football complete with multi-ball mode?
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Andrew Brassleay
Game review 88: Ice Cool 2
Is this sequel just the same as the base game? It looks it… though that's not the whole story
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Andrew Brassleay
Game review 87: Wacky Blasters
Squeeze the life out of your ill-fated gonzo character around a bizarre 3D obstacle course in this dexterity tabletop game
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Andrew Brassleay
Game review 86: Dice Flick
A brilliantly brainless tabletop game if you’ve finished work and want to find a way to while away 20 minutes with the kids
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Andrew Brassleay
Game review 85: A Game of Cat & Mouth
Catapults and kittens form the basis of this inter-generational-pleasing tabletop game
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Game review 84: Forbidden Bridge
Cross the bridge. Steal the jewels. Make an idol angry. Thanks Milton Bradley!
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Game review 83: Grape Escape
Bloodied berries navigate a chamber of horrors in this 1990s-era board game
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Andrew Brassleay
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