Gobgob got sorted into the snack house.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Trivia Game is a trivia board game based on the first Harry Potter book. Roll the special die, move around the track and answer questions about the story. Get one right and you might earn a handy Charm card; get it wrong and you could end up cursed. Collect six Charm cards, head back to your house common room and answer one final question to win.Gobgob's favourite bit: The final question. You've got all six Charms, you're home at your common room, and it all comes down to one last answer. No pressure.👥 2–6 players  |  ⏱ 60 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob built a wall. The Picts were not impressed.Hadrian's Wall is a pen-and-paper strategy board game from New Zealand publisher Garphill Games. You're a Roman general in 122 AD, building a fort and a stretch of Hadrian's Wall over six years. Each round you spend workers and resources to tick off boxes on your own sheets, building walls, man the defences, and attract civilians with services and entertainment, all while fending off attacks from the Picts. Earn the most renown, piety, valour and discipline, and avoid disdain, to be crowned Legatus Legionis.Gobgob's favourite bit: Everything chains together. Tick one box and it unlocks another, which grants a bonus, which fills another track. Gobgob loves a good combo, and this game is one big combo.👥 1–6 players  |  ⏱ 30–60 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+🇳🇿 Made in NZ. Support a local creator!📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob found every good pup a home. Except the one on Gobgob's lap.Forever Home is a cosy puzzle board game from Birdwood Games about giving shelter dogs a second chance. You're a shelter worker: take turns drafting dogs into your shelter, completing training cards and matching pups with their perfect new families. Earn reputation for training and rehoming, and compete for shelter commendations. The player with the best reputation at the end wins. It has quick turns, a solo mode and an advanced side on the player board.Gobgob's favourite bit: Matching each dog with the right family. Line up your pups just so, finish their training and send them home happy. Gobgob cries a little every time.👥 1–5 players  |  ⏱ 20–45 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob bought a hot rod. Then a tractor. Then a very sad scooter.For Sale Autorama is a fast bidding card game from Eagle-Gryphon Games and designer Stefan Dorra, a vehicle-trading spin on the classic For Sale. It plays in three phases: first you bid to hire advisors, then you buy vehicles from classic cars to custom rides, then you sell them off for the biggest profit. Each advisor gives you a helpful boost in the later phases, so picking the right one matters.Gobgob's favourite bit: The advisors. They add a fresh opening round to the For Sale formula, and grabbing the right helper early can set up your whole game. Gobgob picks whoever has the nicest hat.👥 3–6 players  |  ⏱ 30–45 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob bought a cardboard box for one coin. Gobgob sold it for a fortune.For Sale is a quick, classic bidding card game by Stefan Dorra about flipping property. In the first half, everyone bids coins to buy buildings, from a cardboard box to a space station. Pass early and you get half your bid back, but you're stuck with the cheapest house on offer. In the second half, you secretly play those properties to win the best cheques. Most money at the end wins. Easy to teach and great with family or friends.Gobgob's favourite bit: The selling round. Everyone picks a property in secret and flips at the same time, and the best house grabs the biggest cheque. Timing your dud shacks is an art. Gobgob is still learning it.👥 3–6 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob moved into the Ever Tree. The rent is three berries.Everdell: The Complete Collection is the big-box edition of Everdell, the woodland city-building board game from Starling Games and designer James A. Wilson. Send your critters out to gather twigs, resin, pebbles and berries, then build a city of critter and construction cards across four seasons. This box has the lot: the base game plus the Pearlbrook, Spirecrest, Bellfaire, Newleaf and Mistwood expansions, collector's upgrades, and storage to keep it all organised. Play solo against automated rivals like Rugwort and Nightweave, or with up to six players.Gobgob's favourite bit: The giant wooden Ever Tree standing in the middle of the table, plus squishy berries, metal point tokens and Giant Critters with saddles. It looks like a tiny forest moved in. Gobgob refuses to move out.👥 1–6 players  |  ⏱ 40–120 min  |  🎂 Ages 10+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob locked the front door. Now the whole family has to think their way out.Escape Room: The Game – Escape Your House: Spy Team is a family escape room game from the Escape Room: The Game range that turns your own home into the puzzle. Pick one of six spy missions, hide the puzzle cards around the house using the set-up card, then fit the timer door lock onto a door handle. The lock counts down 15 minutes while your team solves the clues to find the key that opens it.Gobgob's favourite bit: It's a real lock with a real timer on a real door in your house. Don't worry, there's an emergency key. Gobgob keeps it in a very safe place. Somewhere.👥 3–6 players  |  ⏱ 15 min per mission  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

The sand is pouring in. Gobgob is pretending that's fine.Escape Room: The Game – Tomb Robbers is a co-op escape room expansion from Identity Games. An ancient map has led your team into the tomb of Osiris, but the moment you step inside, sand starts pouring from the ceiling. You have one hour to find the treasure and get out. Solve the puzzles together, then use the Chrono Decoder to check your answers against the clock.Gobgob's favourite bit: The whole room is a giant hourglass. Every wrong answer costs precious time, and the Chrono Decoder ticks away the whole hour. Gobgob now dreams about sand.🔑 Heads up: this is an expansion. You'll need the Chrono Decoder and keys from the Escape Room: The Game base set to play.👥 2–5 players  |  ⏱ 60 min  |  🎂 Ages 16+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

Gobgob squinted at the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa squinted back.Escape Room: The Game – Da Vinci's Telescope is a co-op escape room expansion from Identity Games. A collector has found clues to a secret telescope hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, sketches and notes, and your team has one hour to crack them before the solar eclipse. Work together to solve puzzles, then slide your answer keys into the Chrono Decoder to see if you got it right.Gobgob's favourite bit: Every clue is hiding in Leonardo's own art, so you end up staring at famous paintings like a very confused detective. Stuck? The hint cards are there, and Gobgob will not judge.🔑 Heads up: this is an expansion. You'll need the Chrono Decoder and keys from the Escape Room: The Game base set to play.👥 3–5 players  |  ⏱ 60 min  |  🎂 Ages 16+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Find a how-to-play video on YouTube

Gobgob cast Magic Missile with a finger gun. It counted.Dungeons & Dragons: Rock Paper Wizard is a silly party game from WizKids. The dragon has been slain and its treasure is up for grabs, so every player is a wizard racing to grab the most gold. Everyone shares a spellbook of famous D&D spells, and each spell has its own hand gesture. All players cast at the same time by making the gesture and pointing at a target, pushing wizards towards or away from the hoard. First to 25 gold wins.Gobgob's favourite bit: The hand gestures. Everyone throws their spell at once, pointing across the table, so every round is a burst of flailing wizards and loud reactions. Gobgob's gestures are very dramatic.👥 3–6 players  |  ⏱ 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob got a dinner invitation from a vampire. Gobgob brought garlic bread.Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft is a co-op dungeon crawl board game from Wizards of the Coast, designed by Rob Heinsoo, Peter Lee, Mike Mearls and Bill Slavicsek. Choose a hero, such as a ranger, rogue, fighter, cleric or wizard, and explore the dark halls of Castle Ravenloft together. Flip new dungeon tiles, face monsters and nasty surprises, earn treasure and experience to level up, and complete each scenario's quest, from recovering a relic to taking on the vampire lord himself. You can even play it solo.Gobgob's favourite bit: The dungeon builds itself as you go. Step to the edge of a tile, flip a new one and see what's waiting. Usually it's something with teeth. Gobgob keeps flipping anyway.👥 1–5 players  |  ⏱ 60 min  |  🎂 Ages 12+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob picked the beholder. Gobgob regrets nothing.Dungeon Mayhem: Monster Madness is a fast, chaotic card game from Wizards of the Coast where you play as one of six classic Dungeons & Dragons monsters. Each monster has its own 28-card deck and its own way to charm, crush, disintegrate or devour the competition. Play cards to attack, shield yourself and pull off mighty powers, and be the last one standing. It works with the original Dungeon Mayhem and Battle for Baldur's Gate, and the monster-sized box holds all twelve decks, with rules for up to six players.Gobgob's favourite bit: The monsters have huge personalities. Where else can you play a beholder princess or a mimic disguised as a chair? Gobgob sat on the chair. The chair bit back.👥 2–6 players  |  ⏱ 10–15 min  |  🎂 Ages 8+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

Gobgob hopped on a sandworm. Steering is optional.Dune: Imperium – Uprising is a standalone follow-up to Dune: Imperium from Dire Wolf, so no base game needed. It builds on the same mix of deck-building and worker placement in the world of Frank Herbert's Dune. Balance military might with political intrigue as you send out spies, take on contracts to grow your resources, and learn the ways of the Fremen to ride sandworms into battle. It also adds a six-player mode where two teams face off. Most Dune: Imperium cards, plus the Rise of Ix and Immortality expansions, work with it.Gobgob's favourite bit: The six-player team mode. Three against three, full of shared plans and secret glances. Gobgob's team lost, but it was very dramatic.👥 1–4 players, or 6 in teams  |  ⏱ 60–120 min  |  🎂 Ages 13+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube

He who controls the spice controls the universe. Gobgob controls the snack bowl.Dune is the classic strategy board game of Frank Herbert's Dune, originally designed in 1979 by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge and Peter Olotka and brought back by Gale Force Nine. Lead one of six factions, each with its own special powers, and fight for control of Arrakis, the only source of the precious spice. Bid for treachery cards, dodge the deadly storm, strike alliances and battle for strongholds. Control enough of them and the planet is yours.Gobgob's favourite bit: Traitors. At the start you secretly hold some of your rivals' leaders as traitors, and if one of them leads an army against you, you can reveal the betrayal and win the battle on the spot. Gobgob trusts nobody now.👥 2–6 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 has a crush. Gobgob will not be telling you who.Dream Crush is a fantasy dating party game from Mondo Games, created by Nick Prueher and inspired by the classic dating board games of decades past. Over five rounds, a Milestone is revealed and a Secret about each Crush comes out. Everyone quietly picks which Crush they'd take on the Milestone, then guesses who their friends chose. Correct guesses score points, and the best guesser wins.Gobgob's favourite bit: The Milestones get bigger every round. It starts with an invite to join a bar trivia team, and before long you're deciding who to co-sign a lease with. Gobgob has made some questionable choices.👥 2–6 players  |  ⏱ Up to 30 min  |  🎂 Ages 14+📚 Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.🎥 New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube