Gobgob has chosen an element. It's snacks.Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game is the official tabletop RPG set in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, from Magpie Games. It runs on the Powered by the Apocalypse system and is made for a GM and a group of friends creating brand-new heroes. The core book has all the rules, ten playbooks to build your character from, and support for five eras: Kyoshi, Roku, the Hundred Year War, Aang and Korra. It won two Gold ENNIE Awards in 2023, for Best Rules and Best Family Game/Product.Gobgob's favourite bit: The balance track. Every hero is pulled between two ideals they believe in, and the story pushes them back and forth. Very Avatar. Gobgob is torn between lunch and second lunch.📖 Hardcover core rulebook  |  Powered by the Apocalypse📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.

Gobgob just wanted the blue tiles. Everyone wanted the blue tiles.Azul is the Spiel des Jahres-winning tile-drafting board game by Michael Kiesling, from Next Move Games. You're a tile artist decorating the walls of a royal palace in Portugal. Each round players take tiles from shared factory displays, line them up on their own board, then move them onto their wall to score for rows, columns and colour sets. Simple to learn, gorgeous on the table and a top family game.Gobgob's favourite bit: The floor line. Take more tiles than you can place and the extras smash on your floor for minus points. Gobgob has broken so many tiles.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 30–45 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Two players. One palace ceiling. Zero mercy from Gobgob.Azul Duel is the two-player version of Azul, designed by Michael Kiesling and published by Next Move Games. This time you're decorating a palace ceiling, and you choose the patterns too: you draft dome plates to shape your own board as well as the tiles to fill it. It keeps the tile-drafting heart of Azul and adds a sharper, head-to-head edge.Gobgob's favourite bit: The sun and moon factories. Leftover tiles don't just slide into the middle, they stack up on the moon side, and only the top tile can be taken. Gobgob plans three stacks ahead. Gobgob is usually wrong.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 45 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob knows exactly what 'flibbertigibbet' means. Gobgob is lying.Balderdash is the classic bluffing party game from Mattel. One player reads out a strange word or an unbelievable-but-true question, and everyone else secretly writes a made-up answer that sounds real. The real answer gets mixed in with the fakes, then everyone votes on which one they believe.Gobgob's favourite bit: You score for spotting the truth, but also for every player who falls for your fake. The more convincing your nonsense, the better. Gobgob's nonsense is world class.👥 2–6 players  |  ⏱ 60 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob spelled BANANA. Gobgob won. Gobgob will not stop talking about it.Bananagrams is the fast, no-board word game that comes in a banana-shaped pouch. Everyone races at the same time to build their own crossword grid from 144 letter tiles, rearranging words as often as they like. It's quick to teach, great for families and word nerds, and small enough to take anywhere.Gobgob's favourite bit: Peel! When someone uses all their tiles, they shout it and everyone has to grab a new tile, ready or not. Gobgob peels early and often.👥 1–8 players  |  ⏱ About 15 min  |  🎂 Ages 7+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob picked the guitar-playing summoner. Obviously.BattleCON: Devastation of Indines is a standalone fighting card game from Level 99 Games, designed by D. Brad Talton Jr. It brings the feel of a 2D arcade fighting game to the table: pick from 30 heroes and villains, each with their own unique ability, and duel along a seven-space board. It supports team battles too, and the included BattleQUEST guide adds solo and co-op adventures against automated bosses.Gobgob's favourite bit: Every attack is built from two cards: one of your fighter's unique styles plus a base card everyone shares. Pick your combo, reveal, and hope your opponent guessed wrong. Gobgob button-mashes. Even here.👥 1–5 players  |  ⏱ 45 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Round one. Fight! Gobgob is already blocking.BattleCON: Trials of Indines is a standalone, two-player fighting card game from Level 99 Games, inspired by 2D arcade fighting games. Choose one of 10 fantastical heroes and villains and go toe-to-toe, building custom attacks from your fighter's special moves to outsmart your rival in a tense, strategic duel.Gobgob's favourite bit: Every fighter has a unique ability that twists the rules just for them: psionic powers, cloning yourself, even coming back from the dead. Gobgob wants the one that comes back from the dead.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 10–45 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Fans designed these fighters. Gobgob sent in a goblin. Gobgob is still waiting.BattleCON: Wanderers of Indines is a standalone fighting card game from Level 99 Games, and its fighters were created by BattleCON fans through a character design contest. Pick a fighter, then build attacks from their unique moves and a shared set of basics to outwit your opponent on the board. It plays on its own and mixes with the other BattleCON sets.Gobgob's favourite bit: The fan-made fighters bring some wild tricks, like ninja arts, magical puzzle boxes and ghostly minions. Gobgob's favourite is whichever one is winning.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 15–30 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob challenges you to a duel. Loser shuffles.BattleCON: War of Indines is the original standalone fighting card game from Level 99 Games, designed by D. Brad Talton Jr. and inspired by 2D arcade fighting games. Pick one of 18 characters, from a fire elemental to an ocean guardian with her panda familiar, then trade blows on a seven-space board by combining your fighter's unique styles with base cards everyone shares.Gobgob's favourite bit: There's no hidden information. You always know exactly which cards your opponent holds, just not which ones they'll pick. Pure mind games. Gobgob is thinking about what you're thinking about.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 15–60 min  |  🎂 Ages 9+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob hid a scarab in a pyramid. Gobgob forgot which one.Battle of the Pyramids is a two-player strategy board game with an ancient Egypt theme. Race your pyramids across the board to the far side, while hiding scarabs inside them to block your opponent's attack. Plan ahead, keep your secrets and try to work out what your rival is hiding before they work out yours.Gobgob's favourite bit: The hidden scarabs. You know where yours are, your opponent doesn't, so memory matters as much as strategy. Gobgob's memory is... sorry, what were we talking about?👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 40 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.

B7? Miss. Gobgob is not sulking.Battleship is the classic two-player guessing game of naval strategy, made famous as a board game by Milton Bradley and now made by Hasbro. Each player secretly hides a fleet of ships on their grid, then you take turns calling out shots at your opponent's grid. They answer hit or miss, and you use the clues to hunt down every ship. Sink the whole fleet first to win.Gobgob's favourite bit: That first 'Hit!' after a long run of misses. Suddenly you know exactly where to aim next. Gobgob does a little dance every time.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 7+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob is definitely human. Please stop asking.Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game is a semi-co-op game of paranoia and survival from Fantasy Flight Games, designed by Corey Konieczka and based on the TV series. The humans work together to keep the fleet alive, juggling fuel, food, morale and population while jumping ever closer to Kobol. But some players are secretly Cylons, quietly sabotaging everything from the inside.Gobgob's favourite bit: The sleeper agent phase. Halfway through, everyone gets another loyalty card, so a trusted friend can suddenly turn Cylon. Gobgob trusts no one. Especially Gobgob.👥 3–6 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 bet big on stacking cups with elbows. It did not go well.Beat That! is a wacky dexterity party game from Gutter Games. Each round someone reads out a ridiculous challenge using props like cups, balls, dice and chopsticks, and everyone bets on whether they can pull it off. There are 160 challenges in the box, split into Solo, Battle Royale, Buddy Up and Duel.Gobgob's favourite bit: The betting. You have to back yourself before you try, and your tokens are worth different points, so confidence is a strategy. Gobgob's confidence is limitless. Gobgob's aim is not.👥 2–8 players  |  ⏱ 30–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 9+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob recommends this one for tiny treasure hunters (and their sneaky grown-ups).1000 and One Treasures is a family board game from HABA for kids aged 5+. You play Ali Baba and friends, sneaking loot out of the Forty Thieves' cave. Each turn you move through the cave, claim treasure tiles and lay a new tile, twisting its walls to block everyone else. Escape before the thieves' leader reaches the entrance, because anyone still inside loses their treasure. Most loot out the door wins.Gobgob's favourite bit: Turning a new tile so its wall lands exactly where your sibling wanted to go. Pure goblin behaviour.👥 2–4 players  |  ⏱ 20 min  |  🎂 Ages 5+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

Gobgob put on the deerstalker for this one.221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game is a classic Sherlock Holmes deduction board game. Every player is Holmes, racing around Victorian London to visit places like Scotland Yard, the Pawnbroker and the Apothecary, collecting clues and jotting them on your checklist. Crack the case, get back to 221B first, announce your solution and bask in your own genius.Gobgob's favourite bit: Slapping a Scotland Yard warrant on a location so nobody else can get the clue inside. Gobgob calls this "good police work."👥 2–6 players  |  ⏱ 60–90 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube