Spatial
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Labyrinth Board Game: Learning to Plan and Adapt
In a nutshell… Labyrinth (Ages 7+, 2-4 players, <30m) is a family board game in which players work their way around a shifting maze picking up treasures. On each turn, a player pushes a leftover pathway tile onto the board. The tile moves a full line of tiles and changes the routes available to everyone.… Read more
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Next Step Children’s Board Games: Hey That’s My Fish!
As summer comes to an end, children return to school and the nights draw in, I’m starting a new blog series. I’ll be looking at games for children that come after the early-years staples (e.g. Shopping List, Mermaid Fun) and before the classic “gateway” games (e.g. Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne). These games are still colourful… Read more
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Bandido – A Puzzle‑Based Introduction to Cooperative Games
In a nutshell… Bandido and Bandida are puzzle-based family cooperative games. Players add tunnel cards to a shared layout to close every route before Bandido/a (= bandit) can escape. Bandida uses the same tunnel system as Bandido but adds variety. It has specialist item cards and three modes: stopping Bandida, helping her escape, or completing… Read more
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Kotakote – A Different Kind of Spatial Challenge
In a nutshell… Kotakote is a pattern‑matching family card game where players race to recreate an image using a small set of double‑sided cards. Each picture card shows a target image; each Kotakote card shows fragments of shapes and pictures in different colours. Players must combine the right Kotakote cards, in the right orientation, to… Read more