robin hood the legend of sherwood gaurds

Q-Bert will need to get hopping to change all those green squares. It should also be noted that the game was unpunched and unplayed, which is never a good sign for a game that's 20 years old.

Imagine my joy when I got home and opened the box to find the artwork on the board is just as bad - and even looks like one of the levels in the old Spectrum game Q-Bert. The box art looks like one of those loading screens from an old ZX Spectrum game, and the massive hit of nostalgia I got off that alone was enough to pay the price tag. The box art - reminds me of my old Spectrum. However, I think I would have purchased Robin Hood and the Friends of Sherwood Forest even if it had been much more expensive, simply because I was equally fascinated and repulsed by some of the worst box art I have ever seen. I am a sucker for old games at the best of times, but when the money is going to a good cause, and the price is reasonable, I'm always going to make the purchase. I found this game in a charity shop marked up at £1.99. So why, exactly, has this game caused me to have such a response? And why did I buy it in the first place? Hell, I wouldn't subject any of my enemies to play it either. I know that isn't really the done thing, but this game looks so bad in every possible way I just know that I will never be able to bring myself to set it up and subject some of my friends to playing it. Yeah, that's right I'm reviewing a game I haven't (and will not) play.

For Robin Hood and the Friends of Sherwood Forest I have decided to skip the 'News' feature and the bit where I play the game and go straight to a review.

Usually, I will go out hunting for out-of-production board games at charity shops, and then I will photograph them, announce their arrival in a 'News' feature here on my blog, play them, and then eventually write a review. Today's instalment on Always Board, Never Boring will be a bit of a break from the norm. Robin Hood and the Friends of Sherwood Forestĭesigned by people who have (quite rightly) decided to remain anonymous

Robin hood the legend of sherwood gaurds