Sunday 20 November 2022

Board to Death


Circa Christmas 2000: Having already released a range of Robot Wars action figures, school supplies, multiple tie-in books, an official magazine, and just about anything else you care to think of, the latest addition Mentorn and the BBC deign to add to this already sizeable list of merchandise is a board game. And I have to give them some credit for actually coming up with a unique game, and not just slapping the logo and a bunch of publicity stills on Monopoly or Cluedo or something. But... well... trying to replicate actual robot combat in this medium is certainly a choice. Below the cut are all four pages of the rules. You make up your own mind as to how much fun the target audience for this game might have had with it.