Alliances made. Alliances broken. Gobgob regrets nothing.Cosmic Encounter is the classic sci-fi board game of alien politics, published by Fantasy Flight Games. Everyone leads a different alien race with its own rule-bending power. On your turn you send ships to another player's planet, both sides invite allies, and cards decide who wins the encounter. Deal, bluff and betray your way to five colonies outside your home system. Because allies share the spoils, more than one player can win at once.Gobgob's favourite bit: Shared wins. You can win together with your allies, so every deal matters, right up until someone changes their mind. Gobgob changes its mind a lot.👥 3–5 players  |  ⏱ 60–120 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Two aliens. One filing form. Gobgob brought a pen.Cosmic Encounter Duel is a standalone two-player board game set in the Cosmic Encounter universe, from Fantasy Flight Games. You and your favourite frenemy each lead one of 27 alien species, racing to be the first to control five planets. Draw Destiny cards to discover planets, face cosmic events and regroup, then secretly choose how many ships and which tactics to send into each duel.Gobgob's favourite bit: The alien powers. Each one bends the rules in its own way, like the Cheater, who can keep an extra tactic up their sleeve as long as nobody calls them out. Gobgob always picks the Cheater. For research.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

The Duke? Oh, Gobgob definitely has the Duke. Please don't check.Coup is a quick bluffing card game by Rikki Tahta, published by Indie Boards & Cards. Everyone starts with two secret character cards and two coins. On your turn, take an action like collecting coins, stealing or assassinating, and claim whichever character you need to do it, whether you have it or not. Anyone can call your bluff. Lose both cards and you're out. The last player standing wins.Gobgob's favourite bit: Getting challenged when you really do have the card. Flip it, your accuser loses a card, and you get to look very smug. Gobgob practises the smug face in the mirror.👥 2–6 players  |  ⏱ 15 min  |  🎂 Ages 13+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

The Queen is throwing a banquet. Gobgob is throwing shade.Courtisans is a quick card game of court intrigue by Romaric Galonnier and Anthony Perone, published by Catch Up Games. Each turn you get three cards: play one at the Queen's table to raise or lower a family's standing, one in your own domain, and one in a rival's. When the banquet ends, cards from well-loved families score points and cards from disgraced families cost points.Gobgob's favourite bit: Spies. Some cards are played face-down, so nobody knows which family they belong to until the very end. Gobgob loves a surprise ending.👥 2–5 players  |  ⏱ 20–30 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob is a bounty hunter now. Cash only, no questions.Cowboy Bebop: Space Serenade is a competitive deck-building board game from Don't Panic Games, based on the classic anime. Play as one of the four Bebop crew members and prove you're the best bounty hunter by earning the most reputation. Buy cards to improve your deck, fly from planet to planet, and team up when it suits you to catch criminals wanted by the ISSP. The game ends when Vicious is captured or gets away.Gobgob's favourite bit: If you're on the same planet as another crew member, you can use their special ability too. Gobgob only visits friends when it's useful.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 30–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Act it, draw it, sculpt it, decode it. Gobgob did all four, very badly.Cranium Cadoo is the kids' version of the party game Cranium. Players take on a mix of quick activities, like acting, puzzles, sketching, sculpting with Cranium Clay and cracking secret codes, and try to get four in a row on the board to win. With so many kinds of challenges, every kid gets a chance to shine, and grown-ups can have a go too. A fun family game for game night.Gobgob's favourite bit: The Secret Decoder Mask. Use it to crack hidden codes on the cards and feel like a real secret agent. Gobgob wears it even when it's not its turn.👥 2+ players  |  ⏱ 45 min  |  🎂 Ages 7+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob tiptoed past the dragon. Then Gobgob tripped. CLANK!Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure is a deck-building board game designed by Paul Dennen. Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair, grab an artifact and get out alive. Everyone starts with the same small deck and adds better cards as they go: Skill buys new cards, Swords fight monsters and Boots move you through the dungeon. Delve deeper for richer loot, but the further you go, the harder the escape.Gobgob's favourite bit: Making noise. Clumsy moves add your coloured cubes to the Clank! pile, and when the dragon attacks, the pile goes into the bag and cubes are drawn out. The more racket you've made, the more likely it's you getting chomped.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 30–60 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Hold the front page. Gobgob found a clue.Chronicles of Crime: 1900 is a standalone co-op detective board game from Lucky Duck Games, designed by David Cicurel and Wojciech Grajkowski, and part of the Millennium Series. It's 1900 and you're Victor Lavel, a young journalist in Belle Époque Paris chasing murders, kidnappings and robberies. Scan evidence with the free app, question suspects and solve escape-room-style puzzles built into each case.Gobgob's favourite bit: The puzzles. Open a locked safe, decode a secret message or track a suspect across a map. Stuck? Your colleague Charlotte, who runs the paper's puzzle column, will slip you a hint.👥 1–4 players  |  ⏱ 60–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

A knight with prophetic dreams. Gobgob mostly dreams about snacks.Chronicles of Crime: 1400 is a standalone co-op detective board game from Lucky Duck Games, part of the Millennium Series. You're Abelard Lavel, a knight in 1400s Paris with strange visions of crimes past and future. Scan locations, suspects and evidence with the free app, question the locals and crack the case before time runs out. Vision Cards give dreamlike clues, and your family (a monk, a merchant and a spy) share what they know.Gobgob's favourite bit: Your faithful dog. Give him an item that belongs to someone and he'll sniff out where it leads. Best detective in Paris, honestly.👥 1–4 players  |  ⏱ 60–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob scanned the suspect. The suspect looked nervous.Chronicles of Crime is a co-op detective board game from Lucky Duck Games, designed by David Cicurel, that mixes cards and a board with a free app. Scan locations, suspects and evidence with your phone, question witnesses and follow leads, then name the killer before time runs out. The box includes a tutorial and five cases, with more to download in the app.Gobgob's favourite bit: Crime scenes. Hold up your phone (or pop it into VR glasses) to search the scene for clues, then hunt through the evidence cards for what you spotted.👥 1–4 players  |  ⏱ 60–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Someone's after Gobgob's crystals. Gobgob suspects everyone.Chocobo's Crystal Hunt is a quick Final Fantasy card game from Square Enix, designed by Yoshihiro Oneda. Send your cute Chocobos out to steal your opponents' crystals before they steal yours. Fire, Water, Wind and Earth crystals are up for grabs, which makes it a perfect quick warm-up for game night.Gobgob's favourite bit: The cast. Alongside the Chocobos you'll meet Fat Chocobos, Bombs and Ahrimans, all in cute new artwork. Gobgob trusts nobody, especially the Bomb.👥 3–5 players  |  ⏱ 10–20 min  |  🎂 Ages 13+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Wark wark! Gobgob speaks fluent Chocobo now.Chocobo Party Up! is a cute Final Fantasy family board game from Square Enix, designed by Yoshihiro Oneda with art by Toshiyuki Itahana. Roll the die to race your Chocobos through the forest, find lost Chocobo Pals and lead them home. Play Friend cards starring Final Fantasy favourites like Moogle and Typhon to help yourself or hassle your rivals. First to gather six Chocobo Pals in their nest wins.Gobgob's favourite bit: Fat Chocobos. Discard two Friend cards to summon one. It only waddles one step a turn, but it's big, it's round, and it can kick other pieces.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 30–45 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

Trolls at the gate. Gobgob has packed snacks.Champions of Midgard is a Viking worker-placement board game with dice-rolling battles, from Grey Fox Games and designer Ole Steiness. Your clan has sailed in to defend a harbour town from trolls, draugr and other beasts of Norse myth. Place workers to gather resources and warriors, then send your fighters out to battle monsters near and far for glory and the favour of the gods. Most glory at the end becomes Jarl.Gobgob's favourite bit: Your warriors are custom dice. Build a longship, sail across the sea to face a monster, and roll to see whether your crew comes home as heroes or as fish food.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 60–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob traded three turmeric for one cinnamon. Worth it.Century: Big Box collects the whole Century trilogy from Plan B Games and designer Emerson Matsuuchi: Spice Road, Eastern Wonders and A New World, plus all the promos and the new Golden Deals mini-expansion. Each one is a quick, easy-to-teach board game about collecting and upgrading goods to score points. Play them on their own, or combine them for seven different ways to play.Gobgob's favourite bit: Spice Road's rest turn. You play trader cards to upgrade cheap spices into fancy ones, then take a turn off to pick every card back up. Rest at just the right moment and your engine roars.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 30–40 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

The King wants a castle. Gobgob wants the good workers.Caylus 1303 is a streamlined, modern take on the classic worker-placement board game Caylus, from Space Cowboys and original designer William Attia. Place workers on buildings along the road to gather and trade resources, construct new buildings and send goods to help build the King's castle for prestige. Characters with special powers offer their services, but their loyalty wavers.Gobgob's favourite bit: The Provost. Buildings past him on the road don't activate, and players can spend workers to shuffle him up or down. Nudge him back a step and your rival's big plan fizzles. Gobgob calls that town planning.👥 2–5 players  |  ⏱ 60–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube