Worms: The Board Game Game Review

Did you ever play the Worms computer games? You may be too young, or too old. They have no lasting cultural impact to speak of. For a while there, though, for a few blessed years, everyone loved Worms. And why wouldn’t you? Who doesn’t love moving adorable animated worms around a screen, picking a weapon, and opening fire? The idea of a sarcastic-sounding worm with a fat cartoon Glock is good comedy. Or at least it was then. American culture ca. 2000 was in a weird place.

Memories of Worms are sufficient enough that my copy of the game, from designers Jack Caesar and Matt Gilbert, was met with excitement. “Oh, man, they made a Worms game?” That sort of thing. And indeed they did! Publisher Mantic Games has issued a Worms game.

For those who never played the computer games, the idea is to blow things up. Blow ‘em up real good. You are trying to eliminate your opponent’s worms by reducing their health or blasting them into the sea. Either works. Any dead worm is a good worm, as far as you’re concerned.
   

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