Smashbomb

A fantasy battle royale! Choose you're hero; the axe wielding barbarian, the spell slinging wizard, the dagger throwing rogue, or the divine paladin and prepare for battle. Every character has a 28 card deck filled with spells and abilities specific to that character. To start the game every player sets their health to 10 and draws 3 cards to make their hand. Every round each player will play a card from their hand, and some cards let you play another card. This continues until there is only one player left. 4 heroes enter but only 1 leaves the battle alive. Each game lasts approximately 10 to 20 minutes and is a fun game for a small group of friends.

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Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated Sequence in Tabletop Games

Apr 29, 2021

Sequence

1982 | Abstract Strategy, Card Game

7.1

(14 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Works well for individuals or teams (1 more)

Enjoyable board and card game combo

A good family perennial game

My family really enjoy playing this game and it has become a classic we play regularly. The combination of strategy and luck works well and it's an easy game to learn. Not many games work this well for both individuals and teams. Great game with long-lasting playability.

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Bang Wed Murder

6.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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HILARIOUS GAME - Based Upon the Popular Party Game F Kill Marry. A party game that triggers...

Adult 18+ NSFW

Mystic Vale: Vale of the Wild

8.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Vale of the Wild adds a large variety of new advancement and vale cards to the base Mystic Vale...

Mystic Vale: Vale of Magic

8.0 (5 Ratings) Rate It

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Mystic Vale: Vale of Magic introduces 54 new advancement cards and 18 vale cards to the Mystic Vale...

Gavin Harper (4 KP) rated Spot it! in Tabletop Games

Jul 27, 2019 (Updated Jul 27, 2019)

Spot it!

2009 | Card Game, Kids Game, Educational, Party Game, Real-time

7.2

(11 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Extremely simple to play (2 more)

Good fun for a really wide audience.

Kids and adults can play it and be on a level playing field.

Great game that never seems to get tired.

We've had Dobble (what Spot It's called in Europe) for years now and it still gets played all the time.
Very simple idea with lots of ways to play keeping it varied and fun.
The aim of the game is to match one of the pictures on your card with the same picture on another card. There is always a match somewhere, but the images on each card can be different sizes which can make then difficult to spot at first.
However, while you're trying to find a match on another card so is everyone else. As soon as a match is found you shout out what the matching picture is and lay your card on top of the other card. It gets frantic and frustrating as you keep trying to find a match only for the card to be changed by someone else and you have to start searching again.
Fab game, can be taken and played anywhere.

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9JA WHOT

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HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED 9JA WHOT? If you have, then you know this is the BEST card game on the...

Purple Phoenix Games (2266 KP) rated Ninja: Silent But Deadly in Tabletop Games

Aug 20, 2020

Ninja: Silent But Deadly

2016 | Action, Party Game

4.0

(2 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Playing games is so much fun, sometimes I wish I could play two games at the same time! Enter Ninja: Silent But Deadly. From the people who brought us Pretense, Button Shy Games delivers again with another meta-game card game that lasts the entire game night. So don’t get too caught up in the current game on the table, because there are Ninjas out to get you!

Ninja: Silent But Deadly (referred to simply as Ninja from here on out) is a party game of player elimination in which the goal is to be the last player standing. The setup is simple – each player receives 1 Ninja card. Yeah, that’s it. The gameplay is the fun part. Each player has until the end of the game night to hide/place their card in a spot where another player will be forced to see/find it. For example, maybe you drop some dice on the floor and ask your neighbor to pick it up for you. When they lean down, they see you also dropped your Ninja card as well! Upon their discovery, they are eliminated from the game and must forfeit their own Ninja card. The game continues with players being eliminated, until there is only one player left. That player is the winner! Be careful, though, because if another player sees you trying to sneak your Ninja card somewhere, they can call out “Ninja!” and you are eliminated from the game. It’s a game of stealth, cunning, and mistrust, and it makes for an entertaining experience.

Based on the above description, I’m sure you are thinking that Ninja is just a silly game. And you would be correct. It is no brain burner or king of strategy, but rather a fun way to keep the party engaged throughout the entire game night. Everyone has to be on their toes, and everyone is trying to come up with the most clever way to trick someone into finding their card. You have to be innovative and sly when hiding your card, as well as being wary of anything someone might ask you to do all night. Although games of player elimination can sometimes be cutthroat, Ninja feels light-hearted enough to be enjoyed by all gamers.

That being said, the problem with player elimination games is that only the players who have yet to be eliminated get to participate in the game to the fullest. If you are the first player out, the magic is kind of over and you just get to spend the rest of the game night as normal, watching others continue playing a game while you sit on the sidelines. That’s probably my biggest qualm with this game.

So overall, how is Ninja? I think it’s a cute little game. It is silly, light-hearted, and easily accessible to all ages and types of players. Having played Button Shy’s other meta-game, Pretense, however, I would say that Ninja falls a little flat. In Pretense, players are eliminated only if they have fulfilled the requirement on your individual role card. In Ninja, you are just automatically eliminated if you find a Ninja card. Pretense takes a little bit more strategy, and that makes the game more engaging for me. But all in all, Ninja: Silent But Deadly is a cute game that I will definitely bring out at larger game nights for some light-hearted fun! Purple Phoenix Games gives it a stealthy 5 / 12.