Spyfall: Time Travel board game box art Spyfall: Time Travel – box back
Spyfall: Time Travel (Library) $0.00
Gobgob is definitely not the spy. Gobgob has always been in this neanderthal cave.Spyfall: Time Travel is a standalone bluffing and deduction party game in the Spyfall series by Alexandr Ushan, published by Hobby World. Everyone secretly learns the location, except one player, who is the spy. Take turns asking each other sneaky questions to sniff out the spy, while the spy tries to blend in and work out where everyone is. This time the locations jump across history and into the future, from a neanderthal cave to a lunar base. It mixes with other Spyfall sets.Gobgob's favourite bit: Walking the tightrope. Answer too clearly and the spy guesses the location. Answer too vaguely and everyone thinks you're the spy.πŸ‘₯ 2–8 players Β |Β  ⏱ 15–45 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 13+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Stay Cool board game box art Stay Cool – box and contents
Stay Cool (Library) $0.00
Gobgob can answer two questions at once. Badly.Stay Cool is a real-time party game from Le Scorpion MasquΓ©, designed by Julien Sentis. On your turn you answer spoken questions from the player on one side while spelling out answers to the other player's questions with letter dice, all at the same time. In later rounds you also have to call for the sand timer to be flipped before it runs out. Your score is the two tallies multiplied together, so stay cool and keep both going.Gobgob's favourite bit: The final round hides the sand timer from you completely. Now you're answering two people at once and counting seconds in your head. Gobgob lasted about four seconds.πŸ‘₯ 3–7 players Β |Β  ⏱ 10–30 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 12+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Taboo board game box art
Taboo (Library) $0.00
Gobgob tried to describe "cheese" without saying yellow. Gobgob said yellow.Taboo is the classic word-guessing party game from Hasbro. Split into two teams and race the timer to get your teammates to say the word on your card. The catch: each card also lists forbidden words you're not allowed to say. Slip up, and the other team hits the buzzer and takes the point.Gobgob's favourite bit: The buzzer. Your opponents are watching every word you say, just waiting to hit it. Gobgob has never been so nervous saying "breakfast".πŸ‘₯ 4+ players Β |Β  ⏱ 20 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 12+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Telestrations After Dark – box front Telestrations After Dark – box back
Telestrations After Dark (Library) $0.00
Gobgob drew exactly what the card said. Gobgob has been asked to leave.Telestrations After Dark is the grown-up version of Telestrations, the drawing party game from The Op (USAopoly). The game works the same way: everyone secretly sketches a word, passes their book along, and the next player guesses what it is. The next person draws that guess, and so on around the table. The difference is the word list, which is cheeky, a bit inappropriate and very much for adults only.Gobgob's favourite bit: The big reveal. Flipping back through each book to see how an innocent-ish word turned into something truly unspeakable. Gobgob's drawing skills made it worse. Much worse.πŸ‘₯ 4–8 players Β |Β  ⏱ 30 minπŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack board game box art Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack – box back
Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack... $0.00
Twelve players, twelve sketchbooks, one very confused giraffe.Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack is the super-sized version of Telestrations, the award-winning drawing party game from The Op (USAopoly), built for big groups of up to 12. Everyone secretly sketches a word, passes their book along, and the next player guesses what it is. The next person draws that guess, and so on around the circle. With twelve people in the chain, your word has a lot further to travel, and a lot more chances to go wonderfully wrong.Gobgob's favourite bit: The big reveal with twelve steps in it. By the time the book gets back to you, "birthday cake" has been a volcano, a jellyfish and possibly a politician. Gobgob laughed so hard it forgot its own word.πŸ‘₯ 4–12 players Β |Β  ⏱ 30 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 12+πŸ“¦ In the box: 12 erasable sketch books, 12 dry-erase markers, 12 cleaning cloths, 192 cards with over 2,000 words, a 60-second sand timer, a die and instructions.πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Telestrations: Upside Drawn board game box art
Telestrations: Upside Drawn (Library) $0.00
Gobgob held the pen. Someone else held the board. Chaos held the rest.Telestrations: Upside Drawn is a team drawing party game from The Op, designed by Kane Klenko, that flips classic Telestrations on its head. One teammate holds the marker, and another holds the sketch board, and the only way to get a drawing done is by calling out "Up" or "Down" to move the board under the pen. Race the other teams to guess the clue first and score points.Gobgob's favourite bit: Watching someone try to draw a giraffe by shouting "down... DOWN... no, UP!" at their partner. It's teamwork. Sort of.πŸ‘₯ 4–12 players Β |Β  ⏱ 20 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 12+πŸ“¦ In the box: 4 sketch boards, 4 dry-erase markers, a category die, 100 cards with 1,000 words and phrases, and 60 scoring chips.πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Texas Hold'em Poker Set product photo
Texas Hold'em Poker Set (Library) $0.00
Gobgob went all in on a pair of twos. Gobgob would like to discuss it.Texas Hold'em Poker Set is a set for playing Texas Hold'em, the classic poker card game played with a standard 52-card deck and chips for betting. Each player gets two secret hole cards, then five shared community cards are dealt in stages: the flop, the turn and the river, with a round of betting before and after each. Make the best five-card hand from your two cards and the five on the table, or bluff everyone into folding.Gobgob's favourite bit: The river. Everyone's been betting for ages, and one final card can turn a sure winner into a very quiet loser. Gobgob has a poker face. It's just not a very good one.πŸ‘₯ 2–10 playersπŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
The Chameleon board game box art The Chameleon – official image 2
The Chameleon (Library) $0.00
One of your mates is lying. Gobgob is also lying. It's fine.The Chameleon is a bluffing and deduction party game from Big Potato Games, designed by Rikki Tahta. Everyone secretly learns the same word from a topic card, except the Chameleon, who has no idea. Take turns saying one word linked to the secret word, then vote on who you think is faking it. Say too little and you look suspicious, say too much and the Chameleon works out the word.Gobgob's favourite bit: Even if you catch the Chameleon, it isn't over. They get one guess at the secret word, and if they nail it, they still win. Gobgob has stolen many games this way.πŸ‘₯ 3–8 players Β |Β  ⏱ 15 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 14+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
The Chameleon: Picture Edition board game box art The Chameleon: Picture Edition – box with contents
The Chameleon: Picture Edition (Library) $0.00
A picture is worth a thousand words. Gobgob only gets to say one.The Chameleon: Picture Edition is the picture version of Big Potato's bluffing party game The Chameleon. Instead of a secret word, everyone except the Chameleon can see which picture is the secret one. Each player says one word about it, then you vote on who's bluffing. The Chameleon can't see the picture, so they have to blend in and sound like they know exactly what everyone's on about.Gobgob's favourite bit: The Magic Reveal Sleeves. Slide a card in and everyone can spot the secret picture, except the Chameleon. It feels like a magic trick every round.πŸ‘₯ 3–8 playersπŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
The Epic Beard Game card game box art
The Epic Beard Game (Library) $0.00
Gobgob's beard is magnificent. Gobgob's poker face is not.The Epic Beard Game is a bluffing card game with a hairy sense of humour. Everyone tries to empty their hand by playing pairs, and because pairs go down face-down, you can fib about what you're really playing. Some cards are tough to get rid of and hurt your score, the lowest score wins, and it all comes with cards, chips and plenty of beards.Gobgob's favourite bit: Avoiding Beardless Harry. Nobody wants to be stuck with him, so the table turns into a lot of innocent faces and suspicious stroking of chins.πŸ‘₯ 3–8 players Β |Β  ⏱ 45–75 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 8+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
The Last Brave card game box art The Last Brave – box back
The Last Brave (Library) $0.00
Many heroes enter. Gobgob plans to be the last one standing.The Last Brave is a quick fantasy battle card game from DELiGHTWORKS, designed by Seiji Kanai (Love Letter). Every player is a champion with three hidden attributes: a class, an element and a type of arms. Attack each other, and every hit you take reveals one of your attributes to the table. It comes with two ways to play: a team game built around hidden identities, or an every-champion-for-themselves battle royale.Gobgob's favourite bit: Getting hit is secretly good. Once an attribute is revealed, you can start using its power, so the champion everyone just ganged up on might be about to strike back. Timing your reveals is everything.πŸ‘₯ 3–7 players Β |Β  ⏱ 10 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 10+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
The Resistance board game box art The Resistance – official image 2
The Resistance (Library) $0.00
There are spies among us. Gobgob is definitely not one. Definitely.The Resistance is a social deduction party game from Indie Boards & Cards, designed by Don Eskridge. Most players are Resistance operatives trying to bring down the Empire, but a few are secret Imperial spies. Each round the leader picks a team for a mission, everyone votes on it, then the team secretly chooses to support or sabotage. Win three missions for your side to win the game.Gobgob's favourite bit: Nobody is ever knocked out. Unlike Werewolf-style games, everyone stays in until the very end, arguing, accusing and making wild guesses. Gobgob's innocent face fools no one.πŸ‘₯ 5–10 players Β |Β  ⏱ 30 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 13+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
The Vibe card game box art
The Vibe (Library) $0.00
Gobgob put the pictures in order. Nobody guessed "soup".The Vibe is a co-op picture guessing card game. Each round one player becomes The Vibe, secretly picks a theme word, then lines up big postcard-sized art cards from "least like it" to "most like it". Everyone else, the Mind Readers, studies the row and talks it through to guess the theme. The art is gorgeous and just vague enough to spark great debates.Gobgob's favourite bit: The order is the clue. A picture might barely fit the theme, but where The Vibe puts it in the line tells you loads. Gobgob's theme was "cosy". Everyone guessed "hungry".πŸ‘₯ 2–6 players Β |Β  ⏱ 5–20 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 8+πŸ“¦ In the box: 64 large postcard-sized cards, with artwork on one side and theme words on the other. Different volumes can be mixed together.πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Trapwords board game box art Trapwords – components
Trapwords (Library) $0.00
Gobgob said "dwarf". The other team cheered. Gobgob fell into a trap.Trapwords is a team word party game from Czech Games Edition, by Jan BΕ™ezina, Martin HrabΓ‘lek and Michal PoΕΎΓ‘rek. Like Taboo, one player describes a secret word to their team, but here the other team secretly chooses the forbidden "trapwords". Say one and you're caught. It's all wrapped in a fantasy dungeon crawl: get through the rooms, beat the traps and face the Boss at the end.Gobgob's favourite bit: Setting the traps. While one team guesses, the other scribbles a list of words they're sure the clue-giver will say. Watching them walk right into "beard" is pure joy. Gobgob has never said "axe" so carefully in its life.πŸ‘₯ 4–8 players Β |Β  ⏱ 30–45 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 8+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube
Tripoley board game box art
Tripoley (Library) $0.00
Three games in one hand. Gobgob brought snacks and a poker face.Tripoley is a classic card game played with a standard deck, poker chips and a special layout board. Each hand has three parts. First, "Hearts": collect chips from the board for holding certain cards. Then a round of poker for the Poker pot. Finally a race to empty your hand in a Michigan-style rummy round to win the Kitty. It's a great, chatty family game night staple.Gobgob's favourite bit: The extra "dead" hand. All the cards get dealt out, including one hand nobody sees, so the cards you need might be hiding in it. Gobgob swears the dead hand is out to get it.πŸ‘₯ 2–9 players Β |Β  ⏱ 60 min Β |Β  πŸŽ‚ Ages 8+πŸ“š Dice Goblin Library game: borrow it at Dice Goblin.πŸŽ₯ New to it? Watch how to play on YouTube