Survive New Board Game Perils In Matt Leacock’s Forbidden Jungle!

August 16, 2023 by brennon

Gamewright and Matt Leacock's new board game in the "Forbidden" series should be making its way to your friendly local gaming stores very soon. Forbidden Jungle has you abandoned on a distant moon where you need to do what you can before the sinkholes claim you!

Forbidden Jungle // Gamewright

This series of games from Leacock have always been great family games and fun cooperative adventures on the tabletop. I played a lot of Forbidden Island back in the day and then a lot of Forbidden Desert as well! I didn't get a chance to dive into Forbidden Sky although it did seem to do some neat things with the game mechanics familiar to most folks.

Forbidden Jungle Components // Gamewright

Forbidden Jungle has you diving back more tile-flipping and memory-based adventures as you look to find the different components for the transportation portal and get it up and running. Despite having an age rating of ten-plus, these games are still just as intriguing for older gamers, especially on higher difficulties.

I really like that we're seeing tweaks coming through in gameplay where you'll end up facing all manner of strange creatures. These baddies are actively out to get you and introduce a brand new threat to your Forbidden games which haven't been seen before. If you're interested in learning a bit more about Forbidden Jungle and the design process, Leacock put together a piece over on BoardGameGeek.

Will you be picking up Forbidden Jungle for your family game nights?