Asmodee signed as the UK distributor for Format Games back in February, and in August the firm expanded the deal to cover the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.

This means you have to make use of the pot and sabotage others who look like they're getting close to their game-winning word. You want a partnership whereby they want to partner with you because the game is good, and you want to partner with them because their brand is going to introduce more people to that game.

The ones that do it really well are the games that have a fantastic mechanic at the heart of them, like Dobble.

The indie label first entered the game space with their highly successful Ansagrams game, and have not slowed down since. If you win a card and decide that you’d prefer one in the pot you can swap the card you've won with one in the pot. Their Wheels vs Doors game is not only entertaining, it’s educational, as you choose which is larger out of two things. It means I have waves of incredible productivity followed by a lowness where I feel like I’m never going to have another idea again. Matt Edmondson added: “Lockdown gave me the perfect opportunity to explore my potential even further as a games designer – I was finding inspiration everywhere, but particularly during the extra quality play-time I had with my young daughter, Ivy.All three games will launch in other global territories through Asmodee in spring/summer 2022, along with a fourth new game, Noggin, which will also be available in the UK next year.