Since we don’t live anywhere near a volcano, we don’t usually worry about lava destroying our home and neighborhood. And if we were to think about it, I’m sure it would be a horrendous thought.

But even if the thought of a real volcano erupting in our town would be awful, the prospect of playing a game about it is just fun. After all, a lot of game themes may not be so fun to encounter in real life, but there’s a lot of fun in playing a board game about them.

In Eruption, you’re saving your village from the lava from a nearby erupting volcano while at the same time diverting the lava toward the villages of your opponents.

Our now 16 year son, Trevor, loves to edit our video reviews. But he doesn’t like to get in front of the camera to review the board games very often. So when he’s excited to do a review, we know it’s a game that he loves. And he was very excited to talk about Smallworld.

In fact, Trevor’s highest board game rating has landed on Smallworld – 5 out of 5!