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Matthew Smail

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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Chronicles of Crime Noir and Welcome to Redview Expansions — Virtual realities

Matthew Smail Nov 4, 2019 0

When I think back to my review for Chronicles of Crime, it was obvious at the time that the game was designed with expansion content in mind. After all, several add-on scenarios were available on day one, and, most tellingly, the box…

Guides

Frostpunk: 9 tips on how to keep warm and win the game

Matthew Smail Nov 3, 2019 2

The world has fallen into a new ice age and only you can lead the remains of humanity into a new age of survival in Frostpunk. With more and more strategy and management simulation games making their way onto consoles these days, you might…

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Megaquarium — Fishy business

Matthew Smail Nov 1, 2019 0

When it comes to management simulations, the strength of the area of focus is often the deciding factor between whether a game succeeds or not. Theme Park, for example, excited millions of fans with its theme, despite some relatively…

Reviews

Pax Pamir Second Edition — A great game about The Great Game

Matthew Smail Nov 1, 2019 0

If you’ve never heard of Pax Pamir, then you’re probably not a fan of war games or political simulations — and you know what, that’s totally fine. For those who are fans however, the return of Pax Pamir is something that has been long…

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Drunkgeon — Grape and grain

Matthew Smail Oct 28, 2019 0

Up until now, I think that every drinking related board game I’ve played has been strictly a party game, usually with a real focus on drinking and very little actual game. Drunkgeon, whilst undoubtedly linked to the consumption of alcohol…

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The Ancient World: Second Edition — Old dog, new tricks

Matthew Smail Oct 25, 2019 0

In Ryan Laukat’s The Ancient World: Second Edition, each player will take control of a city state vying for the attention of five migratory tribes, fleeing from rampaging titans. To do this, each city must be bigger, better equipped and…

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Senshi — Martial mastery

Matthew Smail Oct 18, 2019 0

Senshi, from Arcane Wonders, is a small box, very low key design from Dan Manfredi. The game centres around the idea that each player is one of the titular Senshi — a trainee monk under study from an ailing master. With the master fading…

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Man of Medan — is it a ship shape successor to Until Dawn?

Matthew Smail Oct 15, 2019 0

Until Dawn was one of the five or six Sony exclusive games that first made me invest in a shiny new PS4. Supermassive Games' blockbusting horror game featured an all-star cast, incredible visuals and, most importantly, a heart pounding…

Reviews

Flashpoint: Fire Rescue — Hot under the collar

Matthew Smail Oct 14, 2019 0

If you stare into the looking glass back through tabletop history, you’ll spot that we once reviewed Hotshots, a firefighting themed cooperative game from Fireside Games. Hotshots was not the first game to riff on the idea of firefighters…

Reviews

Talisman: Legendary Tales — A game of Luck

Matthew Smail Oct 11, 2019 0

Talisman: Legendary Tales is aimed at a new, much younger audience and even though it is faster and simpler than the original, it also manages to be way, way smarter. When you mention Talisman to a modern board gamer, you’ll likely get one…

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