Gobgob died. Gobgob went back to the bonfire. Gobgob died again.Dark Souls: The Board Game is a brutally tough co-op dungeon crawler from Steamforged Games, based on the famous video game. Your party explores the map one area at a time, learns each enemy's attack patterns, manages stamina carefully and gears up before taking on a mini-boss and then the main boss, including the infamous Ornstein and Smough. Plenty of plastic miniatures, plenty of dying.Gobgob's favourite bit: The bonfire. When anyone falls, the whole party heads back to the bonfire and every enemy resets. It's punishing, it's fair, and Gobgob has never been so determined to beat a boss.👥 1–4 players  |  ⏱ 90–120 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gotham needed a hero. Gobgob volunteered.DC Deck-Building Game: Rebirth is a superhero deck-building game from Cryptozoic Entertainment. Pick a hero like Batman, Superman or Wonder Woman, buy powerful cards to build up your deck, and race around the city to stop villains before they reach their destination. Play it competitively, solo, or as a co-op campaign of eight scenarios where your heroes grow stronger from game to game.Gobgob's favourite bit: Your hero actually moves. Being in the right spot on the city board to cut off a villain matters as much as the cards in your hand. And the campaign scenarios come in resealable packets, so nothing gets ruined and you can play them again.👥 1–4 players  |  ⏱ 45–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 15+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob is definitely not the Joker. Next question.DC Spyfall is a DC Comics version of the social deduction party game Spyfall, from Cryptozoic Entertainment. Everyone gets a secret card showing the same DC location, like Arkham Asylum or the Daily Planet, except one player, who gets the Joker. Take turns asking each other sneaky questions: the heroes want to unmask the Joker, and the Joker wants to work out where they are before their cover is blown.Gobgob's favourite bit: Harley Quinn. One player might secretly be Harley, dropping hints to help a Joker they can't identify. Then there are the multiverse decks, where nobody is quite in the same place. Chaos. Gobgob loves it.👥 3–8 players  |  ⏱ 15–30 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob took a salvage job in deep space. The pay was bad. The ship was worse.Death in Space is a grimy sci-fi tabletop role-playing game by Christian Plogfors and Carl Niblaeus of Stockholm Kartell, published by Free League. You play a blue-collar crew scraping by in a broken frontier system, taking any job you can find to keep your spacecraft or station running. The core rulebook has quick, OSR-inspired rules, character and ship creation, 60+ modules to customise your vessel, the Tenebris system setting, a starter scenario and 40+ random tables for players and GMs.Gobgob's favourite bit: Cosmic mutations. Spend too long exposed to the void and your character might pick up one of 20 strange mutations. Gobgob's crew calls them "features".📖 Core rulebook  |  Standalone sci-fi RPG📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.

One of you did it. Gobgob is watching all of you.Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is a social deduction party game from Grey Fox Games, designed by Tobey Ho. One player is the Forensic Scientist, who knows the answer but can only share clues through scene tiles. Everyone else is an investigator trying to name the murder weapon and the key evidence, but the murderer is hiding among them, pointing fingers and steering the table the wrong way.Gobgob's favourite bit: The Forensic Scientist isn't allowed to say a word. Watching them suffer in silence while the table accuses the wrong person is Gobgob's favourite show. With six or more players, the Accomplice and Witness roles make it even sneakier.👥 4–12 players  |  ⏱ 20 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob sent a secret message. Gobgob's own team got it wrong.Decrypto is a team party game of secret codes from Le Scorpion Masqué, designed by Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance. Each team has four secret keywords tucked behind a screen, numbered 1 to 4. Every round, one player draws a three-number code and gives three quick clues so their teammates can crack it. Two failed messages and your team loses. Two intercepted codes and your team wins.Gobgob's favourite bit: The other team hears every clue you give and tries to intercept your code. Make your clues clear enough for your mates, but not so clear the enemy cracks them. Round by round, the spying gets sneakier.👥 3–8 players  |  ⏱ 15–45 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob went down into the dungeon. Gobgob came back with loot and a limp.Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) is a fantasy dungeon-crawl board game from Fantasy Flight Games. One player is the scheming overlord and up to four others are heroes, exploring caves, ruins and cursed forests built from double-sided map tiles. Play single quests or a full story campaign where your heroes level up, learn new class skills and buy better gear between adventures. The free Road to Legend app can even take the overlord's seat, so the whole table plays co-op.Gobgob's favourite bit: The custom dice. You build your attack pool from your hero's weapon and skills, then spend any surge symbols you roll on extra damage and nasty special effects.👥 2–5 players  |  ⏱ 120–180 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob has a case file, a laptop and far too many open tabs.Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game is a co-op investigation board game from Portal Games, designed by Ignacy Trzewiczek, Przemysław Rymer and Jakub Łapot. You play agents of the Antares National Investigation Agency, working through five linked cases in order. Follow lead cards, question witnesses, weigh the evidence and crack each case. Slowly, a bigger mystery joins the cases together.Gobgob's favourite bit: It breaks the fourth wall. You log into the Antares online database to dig into suspects and records, and you can search the real internet for clues too. Bring a device with a web browser.👥 1–5 players  |  ⏱ 120–180 min  |  🎂 Ages 16+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob doesn't know the secret word. Gobgob is nodding anyway.Detective Club is a social deduction party game full of dreamy, surreal art cards. Each round, one player writes a secret word in everyone's notebook except one. The player left out is the Conspirator. Everyone then plays cards that link to the word, explains their choices, and votes on who is faking it.Gobgob's favourite bit: Being the Conspirator. You have no idea what the word is, so you watch everyone else's cards, play something vague and explain it with total confidence. Pure bluffing joy.👥 4–8 players  |  ⏱ 45 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob rolled a six. Gobgob's party is saved. Probably.Diceborn Heroes is a co-op fantasy dice adventure game from Diceborn Games, inspired by old-school JRPGs. Your party of heroes travels the land of Dievalice on quests, fighting monsters to protect the townsfolk. Each round, roll your dice pool and assign each die to your heroes' attack slots, then fight the monsters in order from lowest to highest. Between battles, buy items, level up your heroes and learn new skills on the way to the final boss.Gobgob's favourite bit: Levelling up. Flip your hero card or slide a new class card over it, and your hero gets new abilities and more dice. Very satisfying, very JRPG.👥 1–4 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 drove the dodgem straight into everyone. On purpose.Dice Dodgems is a quick strategy game of bumping and dodging from City Square Studios. Everyone steers miniature dodgems around the arena. Bump your rivals, dodge their hits and be the last player with dice left to win. The rules are easy to pick up, but reading where everyone else will move turns it into a sneaky, chess-like battle.Gobgob's favourite bit: The bouncing. Predict where your rivals will bounce next and line up the perfect bump. Gobgob mostly bumps the wall.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 30 min📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.

Gobgob always roots for the baddie. Finally, a game that agrees.Disney Villainous is a strategy board game from Ravensburger where everyone plays a classic Disney villain. Pick Maleficent, Ursula, Jafar, Prince John, the Queen of Hearts or Captain Hook. On your turn, move your villain to a new spot in your realm, take the actions shown there, then refill your hand. Play allies, items and effects to chase a win goal taken straight from your movie. This is the award-winning base game, and it mixes with every other Villainous box.Gobgob's favourite bit: Fate. Choose a rival, draw two cards from their Fate deck, and drop the worst one on their board. Suddenly Peter Pan is standing in Captain Hook's way. Gobgob cackles every time.👥 2–6 players  |  ⏱ 50–60 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Be prepared! Gobgob has a plan. It involves snacks.Disney Villainous: Evil Comes Prepared is a standalone expansion for the Disney Villainous strategy board game from Ravensburger. It brings three new villains: Scar from The Lion King, Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove and Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective. On your turn, move your villain to a new spot in your realm, take the actions shown there, then refill your hand. Play allies, items and effects to chase a win goal taken straight from your movie. Play it on its own, or mix these villains in with the other Villainous boxes.Gobgob's favourite bit: Fate cards. Draw two from a rival's Fate deck, then pick the one that ruins their plans best. Heroes from their own movie turn up to get in the way.👥 2–3 players  |  ⏱ 40–60 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob wants a spotty coat. Gobgob will not be asking nicely.Disney Villainous: Perfectly Wretched is a standalone expansion for the Disney Villainous strategy board game from Ravensburger. It adds three new villains: Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians, Mother Gothel from Tangled and Pete from Steamboat Willie. On your turn, move your villain to a new spot in your realm, take the actions shown there, then refill your hand. Play allies, items and effects to chase a win goal taken straight from your movie. Play it on its own, or mix these villains in with the other Villainous boxes.Gobgob's favourite bit: Fate cards. Draw two from a rival's Fate deck, then pick the one that ruins their plans best. Heroes from their own movie turn up to get in the way.👥 2–3 players  |  ⏱ 40–60 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the sneakiest of them all? Gobgob, obviously.Disney Villainous: Wicked to the Core is a standalone expansion for the Disney Villainous strategy board game from Ravensburger. It adds three new villains: the Evil Queen from Snow White, Hades from Hercules and Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog. On your turn, move your villain to a new spot in your realm, take the actions shown there, then refill your hand. Play allies, items and effects to chase a win goal taken straight from your movie. Play it on its own, or mix these villains in with the base game.Gobgob's favourite bit: Fate cards. Draw two from a rival's Fate deck, then pick the one that ruins their plans best. Heroes from their own movie turn up to get in the way.👥 2–3 players  |  ⏱ 50–60 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube