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Matt is B3's resident Head of Board Games. As a life-long fan of all things gaming he'll also occasionally be found covering video games with the team,

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Honk! is a lightweight strategy game specifically for young players, but is it a…

Matthew Smail Feb 3, 2023 0
As a fan of board games and a father of young children, I am always on the lookout for games that will help my kids make the step up into what I consider to be “proper” board games. Honk! Is a game about feeding geese, matching different…
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February is 7 Wonders Month – Find out what makes this such a classic…

Matthew Smail Jan 29, 2023 6
With the excitement of Christmas long behind us and the chilly darkness of Winter still in full swing, February can feel something of a dower month at times. That said, as we look for the positives — like the fact that spring is just around…
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Wingspan: Asia is a versatile expansion and a standalone experience

Matthew Smail Jan 16, 2023 0
Chances are, if you have arrived at this review then you sit in one of two camps. Most people, I suspect, will be well aware of Wingspan already, and will want to know whether or not they should add Wingspan: Asia to their existing…
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Mount and Blade II Bannerlord is a bit too big for its boots – but my, what…

Matthew Smail Nov 24, 2022 0
When I was still a wee lad in short trousers, I was amazed by several things — video games, movies, chess and mediaeval warfare. As I played basic 8-bit games like North vs South on my NES and watched movies like Braveheart, I dreamed of a…
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Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Vampire Survivors

Matthew Smail Nov 16, 2022 0
Well, who would have thought that pressing the left stick in different directions whilst staring at some of the worst visuals since the 1990’s could provide so much entertainment… I certainly didn’t, but that does not stop Vampire Survivors…
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Splendor Duel sparkles as an outstanding two player board game experience

Matthew Smail Nov 11, 2022 0
Ah yes, the art of making a quality two-player board game is a tough one to master. Perhaps the most commonly played and toughest player count to get right, almost any game needs to cater for duo gamers. Whether the focus is on friends and…
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Settle in to your comfy chair, its time for Brewmaster

Matthew Smail Nov 9, 2022 0
As an ex home-brewer myself, Brewmaster is a very interesting prospect. I might as well just come out and say it — slotting in somewhere between a walking/narrative simulator and at times an unintentional physics puzzle, Brewmaster pretty…
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Trekking Through History offers beautiful drafting and set collection for all

Matthew Smail Oct 14, 2022 0
When I first read about Trekking Through History, I had no idea that there were already two Trekking games — Trekking the National Parks and Trekking the World. I now understand that the first two games in this trilogy are broadly similar,…
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Vengeance: Roll and Fight is a frantic dice brawler that’s smarter than it…

Matthew Smail Oct 7, 2022 0
A few years ago I spent several evenings playing Gordon Calleja’s Vengeance. Vengeance was (and still is) a brutal, fast-paced miniatures game that has the players recreate scenes from classic vigilante films like Taken or The Transporter.…
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Big Boss Battle’s Best 50 Board Games We’ve Ever Reviewed

Matthew Smail Oct 5, 2022 0
Hello and welcome to Big Boss Battle's Best 50 Board Games We've Ever Reviewed list. It may not be as definitive an opinion as suggesting that these games are the best we've ever played, but it is a list of the best games that we've played…
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