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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,
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times — a unique theme can sell a board game to me in a heartbeat. With that said, I’m ashamed to say that I’d never really heard of Petrichor before I took on this review. Now that I have,…
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is an 18th Century Toybox
The peak of rank-and-file warfare during the Napoleonic Wars has always been an area of great interest to me, and whilst the number of Imperial atrocities committed during that age is enough to raise more than a few eyebrows, I still love…
Choose wealth and notoriety, or take the moral high ground in Beholder 2
I’ve always been a fan of the humble point and click adventure, but in recent years, it hasn’t felt enough to deliver the same tried-and-tested gameplay that made this genre so popular during the nineties. Beholder 2 is essentially a point…
Franky: Rock’n Vegas is the most basic of dice rolling games
There are hundreds of dice games out there, from classics that use regular six sided dice like Yahtzee and Liar’s Dice, to a whole host of modern variants that mix up the formula. Franky: Rock’n Vegas is one such modern take, but with that…
Dawn of Fear may be the worst game you’ll play in 2020
I honestly can’t imagine a better title for a survival horror game than Dawn of Fear. I can only imagine the excitement around the development team associated with this game since I can’t help but feel that the title is the one redeeming…
In Montmartre, aspiring artists compete for the favour of discerning collectors
I have often found that art is an underutilised theme for board games, especially since good artwork is so critical to the presentation of games these days. The last art-themed game I played was the light eurogame Atelier, but now I’ve got…
Kingdomino Duel is a surprising roll-and-write that is quite different to its…
When I opened the sturdy, magnetised box of KingDomino Duel, I was expecting something that at least vaguely resembled the original game. What I got, however, was something that looked entirely different to me, to the extent that aside from…
Pentago is the kind of abstract game that will turn up in caravans for the next…
When I look at my board game collection, I see dragons, Vikings, knights, colourful farms and countless other subjects, but I can’t see a single themeless game among them. That was, of course, until Pentago arrived. The red, black and white…
Shadowrift is a cooperative, hand-management boss fight for one or more players
During the last two months or so, like the rest of the United Kingdom and most of the world, I’ve been confined to quarters thanks to Covid-19. During this time, aside from expanding my collection of unopened Lego sets and drinking too much…
Desperados III is all the tactical stealth action I need — and more!
Whilst I never really clicked with the Desperados series when it first launched almost twenty years ago, I remember considering it to be fairly important because it followed on from the hugely successful, unique Commandos games. Desperados…