Happy New Year everyone!
How time has flown and I can’t believe that we will are heading into 2021! Hope you have had a lovely break at home with your family and enjoyed sledging and snowball fights. As for us, we have had a lovely week playing all sorts of board games, eating yummy food, watching holiday-themed movies and going for snowy walks.
One thing we love to do as a family during weekends or long holidays is play card games and board games. My children are huge fans of Horrible Histories TV series and own a few Horrible Histories book set written by Terry Deary. We also, in fact, went to watch the Awful Egyptians Live on Stage Tour when they came to The Regent Theatre. So you can tell that we are huge fans! We featured the Horrible Histories board game in our Christmas Gift Guide for Teens and have found ourselves playing this board game non-stop and even better, my children are learning some important facts about history as we go along.
This board game is based on the popular Horrible Histories series and tests your knowledge of our gruesome past from the Rotten Romans to the Vile Victorians and beyond. Suited for 2 to 4 players, the aim of the game is to move around the board by answering a multiple-choice question, true or false or by performing an action, like miming Admiral Nelson. The first player to reach the present time wins, but do watch out for cheeky Rattus and his Horrible Chance cards, from being press-ganged into the navy to being accused of witchcraft! There are over 600 questions in the four books so you can play the board game over and over again without getting bored.
What we thought of the Horrible Histories Board Game
This is such a fun board game for the whole family to play together especially during game nights, weekend or during school holidays. Both my children love the Horrible History TV series and they also own the book collection hence the next step was to get them the board game. The board game consists of 1 x Playing Board, 4 x Playing Pieces, 4 x Horrible History Booklets, 24 Rattus Chance cards, 3 x Dice and Game Rules.
The game can be played with a minimum of two players or a maximum of four. We are a family of four and found it fun when we all played the game. Recommended for ages eight and above, each player is given a Character and needs to race each other to the present day. There are over 600 questions and mimes in 4 books which are differentiated by the eras ie Book 1 is all about Savage Stone Age to Rotten Romans, Book 2 is all about Smashing Saxons to Measly Middle Ages, Book 3 is all about Terrifying Tudors to Gorgeous Georgians and Book 4 is all about Vile Victorians to Terrible 20th Century and the books are colour coordinated with the playing board.
Players take it in turns to throw three dice, the white dice determines the number of spaces moved and combined the dice (from left: red dice, white dice and blue dice) indicate the question number to be asked. As each player moves around the board, they are then asked historical questions in order to move forward further. The fun really comes when players have to draw or act out historical figures and events. My daughter did a really accurate drawing of Isaac Newton and I was really surprised how good it was. It was also fun when my son had to mime Alfred the Great in 60 seconds and that had us all in stitches. I have always bought my children STEM-based toys or games which encourage learning through play and this is definitely one such game! We are having so much fun playing it and learning some gory facts as we go along. If there is just one more board game which can fit in your house, it is this one!
Where can you buy Horrible Histories Board Game and how much does it cost?
You can buy the board game from major retail stores or Wicked Uncle here for £19.95.
About Wicked Uncle
They are a community of small, pointy-eared elves based in a large warehouse in the deep countryside somewhere over the rainbow near Elveden (really!) with a mission to provide brilliant toys for boys and girls. They have an office with some token people in it in London. The company was founded by Mike O’Shea, a former employee of the multinational S. Claus Toy Corporation to do cool stuff all year round and have fun. They do lots of research on toys and many of them are extensively tested by real children led by Patrick X O’Shea, Chief Toy Tester.
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* We were sent the boardgame in return for a review. All opinions are our own.
14 comments
As a child I infinitely loved those types of board games which also helped me develop my knowledge. Very beautifull!
Thank you, so true about board games and how much fun it is to play it
What a unique game! This sounds like fun and a great way to get kids thinking. Games are such a nice way to bring the family together and off electronics.
Agree, as the game helps them to be creative as well with the actions
This looks like a game my family would love! I’m definitely going to check it out.
Hope you do, it is such a fun game
I haven’t heard of the series. I bet my kids would be interested in the series and the game.
The series is huge in the UK and a way for children to learn about history in a funny way
This series is new to me! I’d definitely check out this interesting board game for my niece and nephews. I bet they’d love this for sure 😍
Especially if they are interested in British history and fun facts
As a kid, I used to love board games. This game looks really interesting. Would love to play it once!
Hope you do get a chance to play this game
Love the game but can’t work out what the five coloured counters are for ?
You could either use the coloured counters or the figurines to move when playing the games. We find the coloured counters are easier to move along the board as they are not too tall