221B Baker Street is the London address of the most celebrated fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his dedicated companion, Dr. Watson. In this detective game you start at 221B and travel through the streets and alleys of London picking up clues and attempting to solve the most intriguing cases Holmes and Watson have ever faced.
Each player assumes the role of Holmes and matches wits with the other players to determine who possesses the most skilful powers of deduction. The game includes 75 cases and each case is represented by a card that features a crime told in story form, a selection of probable suspects and a list of locations involved in that crime.
Clues are hidden throughout London, one in each of fourteen locations. Players must collect clues from each location, noting them down on their checklists as they attempt to find the answers to the questions listed on the case card.
Naturally, the crime scene will often contain vital clues, and a prudent detective always checks with the neighbours. Still, you can learn something vital almost anywhere in town. The first player to figure out the correct answers to a particular mystery or crime, return to 221B and announce the solution, is the winner.
Inspired by retrogaming, 8Bit box contains everything to recreate the classic joy of videogames from everyone’s childhood, with the thrill of a boardgame experience.
Enjoy technology so cutting edge that it doesn’t need wires, screens or even electricity, with these three base games.
Games included:
Pixoid – Age 6+ | 3 to 4 players
Outspeed – Age 8+ | 3 to 6 players
Stadium – Age 10+ | 4 or 6 players
Redesigned for 2017. Anomia now has serious shelf esteem – bold, vibrant box that communicates the game play.
Normally, it’s easy to give an example of a dog breed or a frozen food – but you’ll find that your brain works differently under pressure. Flip cards until symbols on two players’ cards match. Matching players must race to give an example of the category on their opponent’s card. Whoever blurts out a correct answer first wins their opponent’s card, and drawing continues. Sounds easy, right? Think again!
Why we love it
It really is a brilliant party game that will have you shouting and shrieking with laughter
There are two decks so you can swap them or mix them to prevent repeats if you’re playing all night
Anomia makes a great icebreaker and can be played with up to six people
Use your life points to bid for the best weapons and use the dice wisely to activate the most powerful attacks. The first player who dies puts an end to the game – and the surviving hero with the most life points wins.
The plethora of equipment and choices in the game will bring a new experience to each replay!
Our little sheep are feeling very cramped in their pastures so the set out to conquer the world – one pasture at a time. Family fun and strategy gaming at its best.
Why we love it:
A strategic family fun game
Simple easy to follow rules, where the objective is to be the player who occupies the most spaces on the pasture.
As the head of a medieval monastery, your goal is to assemble the greatest book collection and build the most famous library. To that end, you need to acquire the necessary pigments for decorative lettering, hire the best copyists and reproduce the most precious works.
But you have only a limited amount of gold at your disposal to reach your goal. The trick is to part with the items in your collection at just the right time and to pay the lowest price for the works for which others will envy you. Finally, you must watch out for the bishops, who can ruin your plans on a whim!
In Biblios, victory points are obtained by being ahead in one or more of the following categories: monks, pigments, holy books, manuscripts and forbidden tomes.
The Big Book of Madness is a co-operative deck-building game in which the players are magic students who must act as a team to turn all the pages of the book, then shut it by defeating the terrible monsters they’ve just freed.
Each player has their own element deck that they build during the game and use for several purposes, such as learning or casting a spell, adding a new element to their deck, destroy or healing a curse. Spells allow you to support your playmates, improve your deck, draw cards, etc. — but the monsters from the book fight back. Each comes with terrible curses that are triggered every turn unless you dispel them in time. They will make you discard elements, add madness cards to your deck, or lose spells…
If you manage to turn six pages and defeat all of the monsters, you win the game!
Place falling blocks onto your grid to score the most points. You can use energy points to rotate the blocks. If you don’t want a piece you can use a bomb to blow it up, but it will cost you!
As soon as you can no longer place a block in your grid, the game is over!
