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A whizzbang, kracking new 2D physics platform game for ios and Android is out now. Gunpowder Studios launches Kastles – Medieval Mayhem the app!

What makes a great 2D physics mobile platform game? Well, our mage says lots of magic, concentration, and herbs! but he still uses leeches! What really makes a fun platform game is lots of hard work (by the king of course) late nights drawing up cunning level designs,...

Best travel games for kids and games to play during the half term school holidays

The half term holidays can be a great way to spend time together as a family but what can you do to keep the kids entertained these days? Well, some people like to visit friends and family, maybe granny will cook up a nice big roast and you can learn about what they...

Best new family games for Christmas, stocking fillers and gift ideas for kids

Spending time at home with the family over the Christmas holidays can always be a fun affair! Especially when Uncle Jack turns up with his new (stocking filler) who says nothing and plows straight into the drinks cabinet! Why not alleviate family tensions with a game...

Need a pocket sized fun family card game to take on holiday?

What are the best games to take on holiday? It's not always easy to keep the kids entertained (or the adults), you can't take a full sized game of monopoly on the plane so why not save your baggage allowance and pop a game of Kastles in your hand luggage. Kastles may...

Kastles chosen one of the best family games to take on holiday

We are very chuffed here at Gunpowder Studios that the the popular holiday travel firm Thomas Cook has chosen Kastles as one the best games to take on holiday. It's a small game with a big theme so it won't make you go over your baggage allowance. It's suitable...

Tight Red Pants – A new card game for super heroes!

Pull them up! and take them down... the villains that is!Tight Red Pants the Card Game Crystopolis is ravaged by crime, arch villains rule the streets, making life downright miserable and dangerous for our good citizens. Their only hope is a small band of local...

Kastles Card Game – FREE Next Day Delivery

Kastles is a fast and furious battling card game where you pit your wits against your enemies and watch them crumble in defeat as you defend your stronghold and plot their destruction. Every game is different as you use your cards to plan your attacks -...

How to get the kids off the screens. Why not try playing an old-fashioned family card game?

Do you have a monosyllabic teenager staring into your fridge? Find it hard to prise the kids off their screens? Do you insist at meal times they put their mobile phones away? We do. Does it always work? No! Recent research shows that the modern teenager spends up to 8...

Why the new generation of family card games are the real deal. The toys are back in town

Why do kids love card games? Why do adults love card games? in fact why does anyone love a card game? ok maybe not everyone, but most people know of at least one great game that turned up in the last batch of holiday or birthday gifts, everyone loves 'Dobble', drunk...

How to set-up and play Kastles the card game – Video tutorial

Kastles is a fun game for the young to the middle ages! and is a simple castle defense card game. Chosen best game to take on holiday by Thomas Cook last year, here is a simple set-up and play a tutorial video by Tim Sharville the game's designer. Any question? just...

How to design and make your very own card game – Father and Son create family card game that’s a hit with the kids

It's funny what you do on holiday, you know like designing games and stuff! So back in 2012 or was it 2013?, for copyright reasons let's say 2012, we where on a family camping holiday and I decided to try devise a way of keeping the kids entertained or interested with...