And here we have the reason I didn’t play enough of my other games this weekend. (Along with Harlan Coben, I spent a lot of time reading the latest Myron Bolitar book. It was great and all, but the big reveal was a bit silly.)


Orbital is an utterly fantastic game. Simple rules, mercilessly fair, quick to play, hard to put down. It’s pretty much genius.

Explaining the rules would make it sound more complicated than it is, so I won’t bother. Just know that this is the first game since Mr.AhH! that I consider an absolutely essential buy, even at the vast sum of £1.79.