Bombastic

This game is to Tic Tac Toe what Trio/Nana is to Go Fish. Just a tense, addicting, and frequently funny little game that I can play with anyone, anywhere. (Disclosure: I am the publisher, but now you know why I love this game :)

Objective designer rating. I feel like I stumbled upon this game more than I designed it. It all came together so fast. Out of the dozens of "surely, this can't work" prototypes I've tried, this is the only one that has worked... still feels like witchcraft.

can teach as you play and games are so fast it keeps things low-stakes and fun. can play it just about anywhere with just about anyone when you just want something fast a funny with a nice hint of deduction.

[Hallo, it's me again, the Bitewing editor, with an obviously biased but still honest take on an upcoming release!] Bombastic is so slick. The fallibility of memory jammed up against the allure of bluffing. Can games fizzle out anticlimactically because of the luck of the layout? Sure. But that's like, three minutes of your life, and the ending of this game is always a thrill no matter how things shake out. And man! Kids love this game! The colors and familiar structure are a siren call they cannot resist, and they will beat your butt, haha. Give me a million copies: I have a new game to gift for all occasions.

Bombastic riffs off the classic tic-tac-toe and turns it into a mix of strategy and hilarity. Simply set out a 3x3 grid then look at 3 in a row, or activate an action card letting you peek at tiles or swap tiles around. But it's not as simple as X's and O's, hidden in their midst is a bomb. Accidentally reveal the bomb and lose the game. The game includes cards like "peek at as many as you want, if you see the bomb you lose." I can't think of another game that can introduce actual strategy and induce actual laughter in such a short time.