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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,
It must be tough to take an IP as popular as former Spiel Des Jahre 2017 winner Kingdomino and expand on it without spoiling a working formula, but Bruno Cathala and friends seem to keep managing it. First we had the roll-and-write…
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King: A Pandemic System Game — Catchy!
I have to admit that when I first saw the previous World of Warcraft branded take on a thematic board game (Small World of Warcraft) I was pretty dubious. Somehow though, the Warcraft theme really enhanced the base game and I really enjoyed…
Tormented Souls is the spiritual sequel that Resident Evil deserves
In the years since classic, fixed-camera survival horror games like Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil were popular, there have been many attempts to capture the same “essence” almost all of which have failed. Tormented Souls, however,…
Unmatched: Battle of Legends and its Expansions are a Duelling Delight
A long time ago (2002) in a galaxy far, far away (when Milton Bradley were still a trading brand) there was a game called Star Wars: Epic Duels. In this game, iconic heroes from the Star Wars universe did battle using cards and dice. For…
Looking back at The Lord of the Rings Adventure Card Game: Definitive Edition
Back in the day, I used to be a huge fan of the Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers series. As time went by, though, the series was effectively replaced by an ever-more-monetised model, and I don’t think that I’ve played a card…
The Eternal Cylinder is Xbox’s most unique game
Sometimes, I am sent a game to review and everyone agrees that it might be a flight of fancy or a passing interest, rather than something to play from start to finish to hunt down every achievement. Usually, such games receive relatively…
Second Opinion: Hell Let Loose is my dream shooter, so why is it now my worst…
Hell Let Loose is a recently released, 50 vs 50 World War II shooter from Australian developer Black Matter and publisher Team 17 that promises an experience unlike any other. The huge maps are designed to scale and it can take four or five…
New Super Lucky’s Tale is a modern classic worth returning to
Despite being perhaps the most popular and arguably longest running genre of game, the humble platformer is tricky to get right. Control inputs and pacing have to be just right, and even setting the tone of a game can have a big impact on…
Crysis Remastered Trilogy is the great shooter you remember, with the spit and…
Anyone that played a first-person shooter in the last ten or maybe fifteen years or so will surely have heard of Crysis. This is a game that is almost as famous for creating the meme “can It run Crysis” as it is for being an excellent…
7 Wonders Architects: Easily one of the top seven gateway games
Board games are so vast, so luscious and so packed with interlocking mechanisms these days that I’m beginning to wonder whether making a game that is both simple and brilliant might not be the true sign of a masterful designer. Up step…