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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, or bringing a nice mix of topics to the podcast.

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Mandala is the most complicated simple game you’ll ever play — but…

Matthew Smail Jan 1, 2021 0
My review for Mandala was originally taken on alongside a number of other two-player games, with the intention of including it in a piece about games that cater specifically for couples. Somehow, though, the suffocatingly thematic language…
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Lost Ruins of Arnak takes tomb raiding to a more cerebral level

Matthew Smail Dec 28, 2020 0
When I think of movies like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom or The Mummy, I tend to be drawn towards the swashbuckling elements of those movies, and the protracted and exciting action scenes. The fantastical archaeological and…
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7 Wonders Duel is the essential two player hobby game

Matthew Smail Dec 25, 2020 0
Whilst I admit that I’ve been something of an evangelist towards two-player board games recently, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed that the new 7 Wonders: Second Edition strips out all two-player variants entirely. That is only…
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope is a well-told tale about facing your own…

Matthew Smail Dec 23, 2020 0
As the second — of at least three, but maybe more — games that make up The Dark Pictures Anthology, Little Hope faces the tough task of addressing the challenges levelled at the first, whilst also living in the shadow of developer…
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Baron Voodoo casts an interesting spell, but it may leave you a little…

Matthew Smail Dec 21, 2020 0
If times were different and board-games were being played as normal — between a mixture of players who do and don’t know each other, often in dedicated cafes or spaces in public areas — then Baron Voodoo is the kind of game that would make…
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Almost as frustrating as it is terrifying, Visage sets the new standard for horror…

Matthew Smail Dec 14, 2020 0
With one of the most horrific opening sequences in any game that I’ve played, Visage sets out its stall early on. This is a game designed to shock and scare you to your very core — especially if you have the stomach to play it for long…
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When it comes to big experiences, Kahuna’s small box is solid but a little…

Matthew Smail Dec 7, 2020 0
Continuing our recent run of two player only games, Kahuna is a small box standalone game from publisher Kosmos and designer Gunter Cornett, in which the players act as deities vying for dominion of an archipelago in the South Pacific.…
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Man and beast meet with deadly consequences in Matagot’s Raptor

Matthew Smail Dec 4, 2020 0
I could think of more loveable heroine’s than the Velociraptor, yet there’s something about Bruno Cathala and Bruno Faidutti’s Raptor that invokes a primal instinct to protect, and leaves the players in no doubt about who the bad guys are.…
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Lost Cities converts the Golden Age of exploration into a head to head duel

Matthew Smail Nov 23, 2020 0
Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve been playing more and more games with just two players — primarily with my wife and one of our children. Whilst many games work with two players, relatively few multiplayer games scale down well, and…
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Frozen Unicorns is a Charming Idea, but it isn’t much of a game…

Matthew Smail Nov 16, 2020 0
When it comes to choosing board and card games, I’m always on the lookout for options that might appeal to me, my wife and our kids equally. This is a heck of a challenge, and so far only the likes of Jurassic Snack and Zoo Run have managed…
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