Was it Colonel Mustard? Does he have a moustache? Gobgob needs answers.Guess Who? Clue Game mashes up two classic Hasbro games. You and your opponent each have a hidden case to solve: the suspect, the weapon and the room where the crime happened. Take turns asking yes-or-no questions about your opponent's cards and flip down everything that doesn't fit on your grid. Narrow it down, then make the right accusation to win. A great family game for young detectives.Gobgob's favourite bit: It's Guess Who? with a murder mystery twist. You're not just hunting for a face any more, you're cracking the whole case, and Gobgob feels very clever about it.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 15 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob put on a bow tie. Jay Gatsby still hasn't called.Gatsby is a stylish two-player board game from Catch Up Games, designed by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc. It's Long Island in the 1920s, and you're both chasing the favour of the mysterious Jay Gatsby. On your turn you take an action and place influence tokens at the cabaret, the finance centre or the racetrack to win over high-society characters. Collect three characters of the same colour, or one of each of the five colours, to win.Gobgob's favourite bit: Every spot plays differently. At the cabaret your tokens need to form lines or cover stars, at the finance centre you climb a track, and at the racetrack you want the most tokens on the finished race lines. Gobgob has a favourite, and it changes every game.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+🛒 Grab it from Dice Goblin, online or in-store.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

Gobgob forged a tiny army. The tiny army has opinions.Forgenesis is a pocket-sized two-player strategy game from ThunderGryph Games, designed by Ignazio Panades. Each player summons their forged creatures onto a small grid board, then moves them and uses their special abilities to be the first to reach the opposite corner. Simple rules, quick games and plenty of clever tactics. A great little abstract game to take anywhere.Gobgob's favourite bit: Every creature moves and acts in its own way, so each turn is a mini puzzle about which one to summon and where. Easy to learn, hard to master. Gobgob is still at the "easy to learn" bit.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 5–15 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📦 In the box: 1 board, 12 creature tokens (6 orange, 6 blue) and a rulebook.🛒 Grab it from Dice Goblin, online or in-store.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

Gobgob's fingers are fast. Gobgob's aim is still in training.Fastrack is a speedy two-player wooden dexterity game from Blue Orange Games. Each player has discs on their side of the track and a rubber band to flick them with. You both fire at the same time, shooting discs through a tiny slot in the middle wall to send them over to your opponent's side. Clear every disc from your side first and you win. Loud, fast and great for families.Gobgob's favourite bit: The slot is only just wider than a disc, so going fast means missing a lot. Gobgob's strategy is "flick everything, hope".👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 10 min  |  🎂 Ages 5+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob recommends this for date night. Loser gathers the berries.Everdell Duo is a two-player take on the woodland city-building board game Everdell, from Starling Games and designers James A. Wilson and Clarissa A. Wilson. Place workers to gather twigs, resin, pebbles and berries, then spend them to play critter and construction cards into your own little city. Compete for the most points, or team up and play co-operatively through the chapters, all across four seasons.Gobgob's favourite bit: The sun and moon tokens. You can only play meadow cards that are touching them, and every turn you move them along. Timing is everything, and Gobgob always seems to be one space short.👥 1–2 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+🛒 Grab it from Dice Goblin, online or in-store.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob moved the horse. Apparently it's called a knight.Chess is the timeless two-player strategy board game of kings, queens and clever plans. Each type of piece moves its own way across the 8×8 board as you attack, defend and capture. Trap your opponent's king so it has no escape (checkmate) and you win. Quick to learn, a lifetime to master.Gobgob's favourite bit: The knight. It moves in a sneaky L-shape and is the only piece that can hop over others. Gobgob's best forks start here.👥 2 players  |  🎂 Ages 6+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob got kinged. Please address Gobgob as Your Majesty.Checkers (also known as Draughts) is the classic two-player strategy board game. Move your pieces diagonally across the 8×8 board and jump over your opponent's pieces to capture them. If a jump is available you must take it, so the real game is setting traps that force your rival into bad trades. Capture every piece, or leave them with no moves, to win.Gobgob's favourite bit: Reach the far side and your piece is crowned a king, free to move backwards too. Then line up a double jump and watch the board clear.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 6+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Four in a row. Gobgob keeps getting three.Connect Four is the classic two-player strategy game from Hasbro. Stand the grid up, then take turns dropping your coloured discs into one of the seven slots. Get four of your discs in a row, across, up and down, or on a diagonal, before your opponent does. A family game you can learn in seconds that stays surprisingly tricky.Gobgob's favourite bit: Setting a sneaky double trap, so your opponent can only block one of your four-in-a-rows. Gobgob calls it the pincer. Gobgob has pulled it off exactly once.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 10 min  |  🎂 Ages 6+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob tried to stack the cats. The cats had other plans.Cat-a-Comb is a two-player abstract strategy game from ThunderGryph Games, designed by Pierpaolo Paoletti. A gang of mischievous wooden cats is trying to take over the place. On your turn, either add a cat from your supply to build up a stack, or pick up a stack and spread it across neighbouring tiles, mancala-style. You can't put a cat straight onto a cat of the same colour, and stacks top out at three high. Win by topping every tile of one colour, or by topping three separate three-high stacks.Gobgob's favourite bit: Spreading a stack across the board to grab the top spot in one sneaky move. Quick to learn, surprisingly brainy, and full of tiny wooden cats.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 15 min🛒 Grab it from Dice Goblin, online or in-store.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

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

One of the oldest board games in the world. Gobgob still hasn't won.Backgammon is the classic two-player strategy board game, with roots going back thousands of years. Each player races 15 checkers around the board and off the other side, moving by the roll of two dice. Land on a lone enemy checker to send it back to the start, and stack your own checkers to build safe points your opponent can't land on.Gobgob's favourite bit: The dice bring the luck, but the skill is in what you do with each roll: which checkers to move, and when to take a risk. Gobgob blames the dice anyway.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob recommends this for date night. Loser does the dishes.7 Wonders Duel is the two-player version of 7 Wonders, by Antoine Bauza and Bruno Cathala. Over three Ages you take cards from a shared layout on the table, some face-down, and every card you grab can open up a better one for your opponent. Build your city and race to raise your Wonders, then win on points, or end it early by marching your army into their capital or collecting six different science symbols.Gobgob's favourite bit: The tug-of-war army pawn. Push it all the way into your opponent's capital and you win on the spot. Gobgob always goes for the army.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+🛒 Grab it from Dice Goblin, online or in-store.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

Gobgob wants to try Riftbound first. Gobgob does not want to buy 300 cards first.Riftbound: The League of Legends Trading Card Game is the League of Legends TCG developed by Riot Games. Borrow our ready-to-play trial decks and learn the game with a friend. Each player leads with a Champion Legend, builds a main deck of units, spells and gear, and uses a rune deck to pay for cards. Score points by capturing and holding battlefields, and the first to the target score wins.Gobgob's favourite bit: Battlefields. Fights are all about taking and holding places on the table, so every move is a choice of where to push and where to defend. Gobgob pushes everywhere.👥 2 players  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Two princes. One Catan. Gobgob has already picked a crown.Rivals for Catan is the two-player card game version of Catan, designed by Klaus Teuber and published by Catan Studio. Each of you builds your own little province in front of you: roll the dice to produce resources, then spend them on roads, settlements, cities and handy buildings, and play action cards to help yourself or hinder your rival. Start with the Introductory Game, then mix in three Theme Games, the Era of Gold, the Era of Turmoil and the Era of Progress, for more cards and more trouble.Gobgob's favourite bit: Your region cards turn like little dials. Rotate a card to show how much lumber, wool or gold it is holding right now. Gobgob spins them just for fun.👥 2 players  |  ⏱ 45–120 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube