Here are the games I played at UK Games Expo 2025!
Yes, it is half a year late!
SO I write about oen game a week in the order I play them. When I release a how to pl;ay video I prioritise that game so it jumps up the list. As I tened to play, on avewrage, more than 1 new game a week I tend to drop behind!
I realised I was 7 months behind so Christmas week I’m releasing one review a day for 2 weeks to catch up. I’m also doing a brief overview of the games I haven’t already spoken about elsewhere.
Also, i”m only including full productioon copies, not prototypes so for a full overview that includes those games, check out my vlog.
UKGE 2025 Vlog
The vblog contains video reviews of each game
Timber Town
You’re a beaver architect drafting drifting building tiles from a shared river and adding them to your town grid.
You win by scoring the most points from matching objective tiles and constructed buildings when the draft ends.
A turn is: pick one tile from the river, place it in the corresponding column of your town, then resolve any tile actions or scoring effects.
Aim to chain placements to satisfy round objectives and deny good tiles to your opponent.
The idea of the river is really good, the art is cute and the puzzle fo the game is good. The symbology was hard to see in some place.
Overall, a good fun 2-player only game.
Neon Reign
You’re a cyber-fighter in a fast head-to-head duelling card game of moves, attacks, and gear that simulates a 2-player fighting video game.
You win by reducing your opponent’s health to zero or otherwise forcing them to be unable to act. A turn involves playing move/attack cards that represent the joystick movement and button presses of an arcade machine. Obviously, resolving combos as you can imagine in this type of game.
The art is nice, the cost of the game is cheap for what you get and games only last 7 minutes. It’s not great though.
Disney Villainous: Unstoppable
You play a Disney villain with a small personal objective and a shared board of locations. You win by completing your villain’s unique Evil Plan before others do. You discard a card to move, resolve the action matching your current space, and use your cards’ effects to advance your plan or hinder rivals.
Match symbols on cards to locations to trigger actions and manage heroes that can block you.
HotShot Pickleball
You’re a pickle avatar in a light, competitive sports game that simulates pickleball rallies. You win by scoring the target number of points first through successful serves, rallies, and shots.
A turn/rally consists of playing Rally cards (serve, dink, volley, long shot), moving your marker, and resolving shot outcomes against opponent defenses; successful plays score or advance court position.
Manage your hand, choose shot types wisely, and react to opponent plays to create scoring windows.
It’s a fun and cute simulation of Pickleball.
Ink
You’re a city artist filling a map with coloured regions and playing ink bottles to objectives.
You win by being the first to place all your personal ink bottles (or the player who places the most when the game ends).
On your turn you move your pawn on the central wheel, select the tile or action indicated then add the tile into your play area.
When you fill regions that match objective shapes or personal palette requirements, you may place ink bottles on those regions; placing bottles removes those spaces from further scoring and edges you closer to victory.
This is a very fun and very difficult game to explain.
Thanks!
Jesta ThaRogue