Brown, translucent and elastic, this reduced-salt version of Marmite is very strong tasting – perhaps even too strong – but that just means you don’t need to use as much. Doesn’t lose any flavour despite its lower salt content. Plus, if you’re trying to watch your weight, Marmite is very low in calories. In each recommended 8g portion of Marmite, there's only 22 calories and less than 0.5g of fat. At times it is a very funny game for a very inappropriate fun game night that has its moments and some hilarious answers. With it being based around American culture and phrases some of the answers just didn’t hit home (having to look up someone’s name to make the joke work just takes away any humour in the joke). Some of the answers are inappropriate depending on the age, maturity and level of understanding or naivety of the children playing – how do you explain what a “turd burglar” is to a 10 year old? Whilst it might be funny for some, others will find it offensive and to be honest it isn’t something a 10 year old needs to know about yet. Yes, you can go through the cards before playing to remove anything you might deem inappropriate but that times time to go through 600 cards and will spoil the enjoyment. A majority of the cards will be innocent and inoffensive toilet humour that players will wet themselves with laughter (hopefully not literally) especially when the answer is in perfect context with the question. There’s even a free Fishing game if you get psn, although it’s American based, so lures, bobbins, bass etc. This would be fairly easy if you could tell each other your rolls, but as with Warsch’s big hit The Mind, your communication is constrained. You do get a reroll or two each turn, plus maybe a boost from a unique skill or equipment.

The strongest aspect by far is the setting. Without exaggeration, I feel that the closest modern equivalent in terms of story is Fallout: New Vegas. Now, even people who have played the game might baulk at that comparison, but hear me out, I think my reasoning is sound. Marmite is particularly good for pregnant people. As Shona Wilkinson, nutritionist at SuperfoodUK, explains, “Marmite is also high in folic acid, providing nearly 50% of the recommended daily allowance per serving. Folic acid works to reduce the risk of high blood pressure, increase the chance of conception and prevent birth defects.” The first jar I tried was very runny – the runniest of all – and very dark, with a slightly grainy layer on top. The texture was grainy too, and it had a weak flavour. I tasted salt, and not that much else. My second jar tasted different, less salty and quite rounded – still a bit runny but much preferred by all the tasting gang.There's no specific setting for Lamentations. It's basically plonked straight down into 17th century Europe, but with the possibility of running across a fantasy elf, dwarf or halfling. There is however a specific theme that is suggested by the artwork. In many ways, it's the Game of Thrones of fantasy tabletop RPGs. Everything that takes place in the illustrations is gruesomely realistic, down to people losing eyes and limbs in combat, which is something that games like Dungeons & Dragons tend to shy away from for various reasons. The bare bones of the story is that you are a party of exiles, forced into the underground kingdom of Avernum by the draconian policies of the aboveground Empire. The specifics of why you might have been cast out are deliberately left vague, but from speaking to the inhabitants of the vast caverns you develop a distinct impression of the surface world. Unilever, the maker of Marmite, denies there’s been any alteration of the recipe. A very carefully worded statement from one St John Skelton, the brand’s “quality specialist” informs me that “the major ingredient of Marmite yeast extract paste has remained rigidly unchanged” since it was first created – “yeast extract”. Well, duh. And there it is – the marmite game. Whilst we look forward to seeing where Square go with Outriders as a franchise, there’s no doubt that it was a big old hit with many.

Still, the beloved name alone is enough to earn it a place in my Marmite library, which includes previous limited editions such as the 2008 Guinness yeast version (rich and fruity) and the following year’s Valentine’s tribute champagne-spiked variety (currently missing in action; if any of my former housemates have any information, I urge them to come forward). A competently designed game catering to a specific type of gamer, others may find themselves sky-torn about buying this. Pots of gold is one of the most popular bonus features in the Rainbow series and comes up as option number 2, Gold, Silver and Bronze pots rotate around the screen with a value of each displayed at the top (Gold/Silver only in big bet mode) and when they stop an arrow points to the winning pot and the resulting value is paid out. All spins win or not add money to the pots when this bonus is active, the gold pot is always the max win of 500.00 credits.

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I bought these before I started steering clear of vehicles that demand healthy wodges of butter. That said, they would of course be even nicer with a wodge of butter, and some more Marmite on top.