Snit's Revenge

I had never heard of this game before, published under Steve Jackson Games,  a "trippy" classic from Tom Wham (circa 1977). Amazing the amount of stuff you are still to discover

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/710/snits-revenge

Despite its age, I am really glad I played it. A treasure from a friend's attic so to speak, I found it great fun (see below, the game board is the anatomy of the terribe Snits predator. the Bolotomus, the idea being you steal the Bolotomus' spark of life [killing it] and escape as a Snit hero into legend): 

The game starts with British typical toilet humour. Gaining entry into the Bolotomos it either through the nose (which is a risky 50:50 "do-or-die" strategy, losers being decapitated, you need a very fast Snit to succeed) or try the "toilet parts" a safer entrance bar the fact you meet anti-bodies pretty quickly - yeah, kids [or adults who are big kids] love this game! Once inside the Bolotomus, red anti-bodies try to kill you as you try to "take out" the Bolotomus' organs one be one, as you are looking for the "spark of life". Lots of antibodies get generated and lots of Snits die but a "lucky" one can/will find the "spark" - instantly killing the Bolotomus (see below, an end game gambit of a successful Snit exiting a dying Bolotomus via the gut):   

There were two teams of Snits (the Green Clan (me) and the Pink Clan [Renko]) and one Bolotomus defender (aka the gamesmaster). At the start there is a brief semblance of teamwork as the Snits scatter to all four corners of the Bolotomus in search of the "spark of life" - fighting anti-bodies (sometimes together) along the way. Once the Bolotomus is dead though, then it is Snit-eat-Snit. Both Clans wanting to be the one with "the spark" and hailed winner (see below, a close up of the winning Snit [a Pink Snit who had killed the Green Snit carrying "the spark" - sniff, yes it was me] looking for the exit [OK let's call it what it is - the anus]): 

A fun game with great replay value. Not chess but cerebral in parts. Best played with alcohol to aid the narrative!

Munchkins: D&D but not as you knew it ... Brilliant Family Fun

I am feeling really  happy that I finally "discovered how to play" this little classic board game. First, at the after-hours "Gamers Club" at work and then immediately when I brought it home and played it with the family. Certainly not a "cooperative game" but the fun is also in the 'sneaky thief' stab-in-back aspect to the game. It gets quite murderous in the "end game" phase as many tall-poppy fell making bloody scenes from "Game of Thrones" look like Kinder-garden Cop by comparison (see below, the iconic art work from Steve Jackson Games - note there are also many differently themed variants out there, such as Warhammer 40K):

Despite coming "a joint close second (just when I thought I was in with a chance a female warrior ran past me wearing 'slime armour' to ace it to Level 10)" in the friendly Work Game, I was roundly beaten by the superior wit and cunning intelligence of my eldest son in the no-holds barred "Home Tournament" game (see below, the game nearing its end phase - a two player duel for Alpha male dominance in which I duly lost, being a Dwarf Wizard with a "singing sword" was no match against a Munchkin multi-class [wizard-warrior], multi-race [Elf-Dwarf] tooled up killing machine with a sword in both hands and a scary bandanna, not to mention "the boots of butt-kicking"!): 

The Home Game: The final score card shows the hectic frenzied finale. To his credit it was a well earned victory with him overcoming many adversities as he was finally crowned House Munchkin Champion (see below, "First to Level 10 wins"): 

The game was so much rip-roaring fun (we made a lot of noise in retrospect, which included my son developing a Germanic accent for some unexplained reason), the wife even expressed more than a passing interest in playing; the eldest's Dungeons and Dragons school friends will soon be exposed to this D&D Lite event (the shouting from which I expect to be very loud and boisterous)!

Family Christmas Games Night will be fun this year!