For a start, there’s just one Doctor – Matt Smith’s Eleven, objectively the best modern Doctor (don’t @ me, Tennant fanboys), ably assisted by his companions Amy, Rory, and Clara. And just one foe, the Weeping Angels. They debuted 44 years after the Daleks and are arguably even less mobile than their famously stair-averse counterparts. In Don’t Blink you need to decide which team you want to be on: the Weeping Angels (one player) or the Heroes (up to four players). The Heroes are The Doctor, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, and Clara Oswald, each with their own unique power. The game map is modular and creates a 3×3 grid with almost labyrinthian passages. Everyone chooses where they will start on the board before gameplay begins. In my playthroughs so far, this game would overall not be good with more than two players, even though you can play up to five. The one exception to this would be if you had a gaming group that was very good at communicating, perhaps knew each other for years, and had a good cooperative dynamic. Absolutely would not recommend this in a random group at a meetup unless you were in the mood for a headache. I haven’t tried any of the other difficulty levels yet but I appreciate that the rulebook gives you options on how to ensure that gameplay is not stale and also provides bragging rights to anyone that likes to master these kinds of games. Final Thoughts:

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Your old nemesis, the Doctor, endlessly seeks to thwart your plans. Worse still, his other adversaries have their own schemes, and they don’t involve you controlling everything. You must send your minions out to thwart both the Doctor’s and your opponents’ schemes, while bringing your own to fruition! It’s delightfully simple: anyone who’s watched a couple of episodes of the show, especially during Smith’s tenure, will grasp the idea at once. On the other hand, every ’hero’ player wins if their team succeeds, since in theory they can be rescued once the Tardis is repaired, though if you really want to trust your fate to a time machine that’s been patched up by Rory, that’s your look-out. Hand management is another consideration. It’s tempting to hoard your precious Don’t Blink cards for later turns, but as I discovered on the first turn of my first game, that can mean losing one of your heroes early on, along with her special ability, leaving the remaining heroes even more exposed.

It's always an excellent service with brilliant products at a very competitive price - will use again! Don’t Blink is a one-versus-many game for 2 to 5 players that takes about 45 minutes to play. The best experience is with three players for challenging gameplay without the co-op infighting. Gameplay Overview: Don’t Blink is, at heart, a dungeon crawler. A band of brave adventurers journeying into unexplored ruins in search of treasure – it could almost be a much simpler Descent or, given the space theme Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps. What makes this game stand out from the rest, though, is the combat – because there isn’t any. That accessibility underpins the whole game. There were probably two ways this could have gone – a big, Nemesis-style starship-crawler with dozens of meticulously detailed miniatures and a choice of Tardis crews, or something altogether more affordable. There’s no galaxy-spanning apocalyptic plot. The Doctor’s time-travelling police box, the Tardis, has crashed on a derelict spaceship. The crew needs to scavenge four components to get it going again and escape. Unfortunately, the ship is home to Weeping Angels – statue-like creatures that can only move when you’re not looking at them, and who can send you out of time with a single touch.

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This is really useful, as our heroes can only move six spaces per turn, while Angel’s zip along at nine, so long as no one’s watching. Players can even drag Angels into position to stare at each other, but there’s a catch. Sometimes a statue is just a statue. Final Score: 4 Stars – Dive into the world of Doctor Who and the Weeping Angels in this one-versus-many cooperative game.Each Doctor’s turn consists of four phases where you prepare, travel, adventure and then clean up. To prepare, you take two sonic charge tokens, which allow you to buy companions, play cards with a cost, buy a new companion and re-roll or change a dice result. You can then travel to a location and have an adventure on Earth or on an alien planet. You have the adventure by rolling the dice to match the symbols that you need to.

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The Dalek turn takes place after all doctors have been and they move forward one space. If the Dalek ship reaches Gallifrey or all the Dalek miniatures are placed, you lose. Final Thoughts Yes, in possibly the most British game mechanic of all time, you can only keep the Angels at bay with a hard stare. Brilliantly, this weakness extends to Angels looking at each other; presumably, they live their whole lives desperately avoiding each other’s gaze, like passengers on the tube.The company’s pedigree is good, with Spartacus, Sons of Anarchy and the mighty Firefly held up of examples of good TV show board games, so what could go wrong… Inside the Box

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For this segment, I’ll be sharing my experience from both the Heroes’ perspective and the Angels’ perspective so you can figure out if this game is for you and which role would be the best fit. Some of you may enjoy being the one versus the many, and some of you may prefer to work as a team. This game thankfully has something for both styles! The Tardis console sheet, which is where the player puts equipment, tokens and companions, is a disappointment to put it mildly. It is thin and easy to tear, and, considering that it is integral to the player experience, should have been of a similar quality to the Time Board at least. I laminated mine before first play to make sure that they weren’t ruined- they are that flimsy! Travelling through the time vortex, the Tardis is hit by a time spiral, past technology which has been reactivated by the Daleks. The collision has scattered three key components of the Tardis throughout time and space. Announced today are two brand-new video games launching in Spring 2021. These two games, made in partnership with Maze Theory and BBC Studios will expand the Doctor Who interactive universe. Fire up your consoles and get your mobiles ready! 2. Why was Doctor Who Cancelled? Upon opening, you realise that the components are a bit of a mixed bag. The dice are nice and colourful. The tokens are very "tokenish" and the main board, or Earth and Web of Time Board as it is snappily titled, is chunky enough to give it a feel of quality. The cards are a little on the thin side, and I recommend sleeving them as they will see a fair bit of wear and tear.The Race to the Tardis Expanded Universe edition comes with all new Doctors counters, companion, and encounter cards to further you’re playing experience. Don’t Blink is for anyone wanting a new and challenging experience that feels balanced throughout. The gameplay is full of puzzles, almost minigames, on how to navigate the limitations and powers of both roles. However, if you’re not prepared to go to mental or tactical war with your friends, sadly I would not recommend this game to play, even with strangers. I don’t suspect that gameplay will become stale as player count and even difficulty modes can provide a new experience and replayability. This review for Time of the Daleks comes with a hefty warning: I am and will always be a Doctor Who fan. I mean, I made them open the Longleat Doctor Who exhibition out of season when I was nine. As a board-gamer, you can understand my excitement when I learnt that Gale Force 9 were going to make a game based on the TV show. Exterminate!" They muttered about their sacred hatred, the Oncoming Storm. Their creator had a plan, a plan to make the Daleks great again. A plan to turn all their defeats into victories. A plan to remove the one variable that has always interfered with the master plan. Doctor Who must be erased from time itself! Travelling through the Time Vortex, the TARDIS is hit by a Time Spiral, outlawed technology which has been reactivated by the Daleks.