EA has flat out mentioned that followers should not anticipate The Sims 5 anytime quickly. However when you’re wanting for a brand new launch from the franchise, you may be blissful to know a brand new Sims sport truly did simply come out July. Did you someway miss this momentous information? I definitely did, and that is as a result of it is truly only a board sport. The Sims Board Game arrived at Target on July 20, 2025 and it appears to have gone largely unnoticed.
Which makes a whole lot of since to me. It has been a very long time since I’ve performed The Sims 4, however having spent an honest period of time in that sport I am unable to actually conceptualize how it could successfully transition to a tabletop expertise. The board sport itself is a collaboration with Goliath that was announced back in February and garnered a bit of reports protection from numerous gaming shops, however now that it is available for purchase no person appears to be speaking about it.
The Sims Board Game Is Now Out there
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I’ve no plans on ever buying or taking part in this sport, however for the sake of this text I watched the official how to play video just lately printed on the Goliath YouTube channel. It is about 5 and a half minutes lengthy and after sitting via the entire thing, I am nonetheless undecided find out how to categorize this sport and even find out how to truly play it. The gameplay and guidelines appear unnecessarily complicated regardless of the narrator suggesting simply “tossing out the rulebook” early on within the video. The essential theme of the sport is that every participant tries to earn factors by finishing aspirations and numerous actions all through play. The first participant to eight factors wins, with the bonus choice of taking part in to 10 factors as an alternative to make the sport longer.
As complicated because the gameplay appears, what turns me off to this sport probably the most about this sport is that it is meant for 2-5 gamers. That instantly removes the factor about taking part in The Sims I loved probably the most: That I obtained to do it on my own. Introducing a number of gamers into the expertise looks as if a recipe for catastrophe. It is being marketed as a household board sport, however I might by no means think about attempting to play this with my precise household.
Though it initially launched at Target, The Sims Board Game is at present obtainable to preorder from Amazon with an August 15 launch date. If you happen to really feel like giving it a attempt, it’s truly fairly moderately priced at $19.99.