[Ad – Gifted Products] We have a tradition of playing with board games every other Monday, at our local Geek Retreat, where we find ourselves spending some wind-down after the first school and work day of the week. We’ve been exploring a bunch of the Dogman board games, so went on to play Dogman 20,000 Fleas Under the Sea as Robin is such a big Dogman fan! We often feel that getting the board games that contain these book characters really encourages reading in our household.
Dog Man 20,000 Fleas Under the Sea Board Game is a game where the players are sort of against a baddie, that is also is looking to complete a submarine before you have gained all of the items (collectively) to defeat them. Instead of dice, players spin a spinner to move across a bunch of circles on a submarine. You can end up landing on a Super Buddy Power place, which triggers Super Buddy Power tokens on the board, giving players the ability to move double spaces when the spinner is spun, a sub repair space that allows you to get a sub repair part, or a Switch or Build space which allows players to either switch with another player on the board or reveal all face down sub repair cards and look for matches, to build up your own submarine. There is also the pie space, which I will talk about below.
The box of the Dog Man 20,000 Fleas Under the Sea Board Game is really quite good, as this is what brings together your submarine and works as a big monster that you end up throwing pies into. If you miss the face, the baddie gets to have their go, where they can try to build their own, much smaller submarine and mess with your work. I do like that building your submarine goes sort of over the face of the monster, which can make things more tricky!
Robin instantly knew all of the characters and about how this board game related to the Dogman story, which is always fantastic. We weren’t the best at flicking pie tokens into the mouth of the monster, but had a fun time trying, coming out barely losing in the end. I think the board itself is very easy to follow, as there is a lot of freedom in deciding where to go and what to do next, but at the same time, you do all need to work together and make group decisions. It’s a decent, casual game.
I enjoyed reading this as my son loves anything silly like Dogman, so this game sounds right up his street. A quick, fun game like this is always a win for family time at home.
Corinne x
The board game seems soooo cool. I love that it requires teamwork, these are usually my favorite board games. I will get it. Thank you for the review.
I love this one! My family is a sucker for anything Dogman or Dogman-related. I’m as big a fan as they are.
I really enjoyed reading this review. The game looks exciting and perfect for family game nights!
It sounds like a fun game for Dogman fans. The kids at the school I work in always talk about Dogman, I might suggest this as a game we could add to our wet day play cupboard.
My son hasn’t come across Dog-man yet. The game does sound like great fun especially flicking the pies about, kids love that sort of thing!!
I want to get some of the dogman books for my little one when she’s at the right age. So if she likes those this might be the kind of game we need to get x
The Dogman story is quite something, huh? Interesting how this is the second related game I’ve seen this week. It’s a sign for me I guess – time to invite friends and give it a go!
All my girls have loved dog man , my youngest is getting into it now , always looking for new games to add to our collection! This looks fun
My daughter’s cousin has read the Dog Man books. This game would be perfect for her!
This Dogman 20,000 Fleas Under the Sea board game sounds like an engaging one to play for kids. Thank you so much for the recommendation.