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Tips and Tricks for Two Point Hospital
Running a hospital in Two Point Hospital's infamous Two Point County is no small feat. Once you have made your way through the ominously easy-going stages, you will start to reach more challenging hospitals in need of your help. If you’re…
Chaos Tavern, cooking up a fireball
Chaos tavern, another PAX AUS highlight has you and a group of friends run a magical tavern
Set a Watch — Relight my fire, solo play is my only desire!
An icy wind rushes into the cavern where you and your companions huddle around a meagre campfire. The flames rush upwards in the gust, throwing their light onto the glistening, icy walls. As the flames die down, you notice that there are…
Valfaris — Ready to Rock!
As a game, Valfaris wears its inspiration clearly front and centre from the get go: The heavy metal soundtrack, rich in electric guitar riffs, the names of the weapons of destruction you wield to exact your revenge and a protagonist who…
Tangle Tower — Lakeful of mysteries
A giant, two-towered mansion stands on an island in a lake, a mansion, for some reason, called Tangle Tower. And inside, a body.
Embrace the call of Cthulhu in Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones!
The call of Cthulhu is a hard one to resist, at least it is for me. When I see anything that resembles the Lovecraftian mythos I’m immediately interested in it. Whether or not I like it depends on the product of course, but when I say…
Small Islands — tiny paradises made with tiles
Tile placement games are always interesting to play through, especially when people ignore the name of the game and instead just want to build a beautiful world. Small Islands is indeed a beautiful game, about creating small islands — not…
Cybermonk, fight against lasers of death!
Welcome to Cybermonk. Power up your religion and fight against the heathens by sending terrifying lasers of death into your portal, charging up your religion to win. Playing Cybermonk at PAX AUS was great fun. Running around the small map,…
Yes, Your Grace — Royal Pixel Management
Yes, Your Grace mixes RPG and management elements with a colorful pixelated look. You are the king in his castle, lord of Davern, husband, and father to three daughters.
Because We’re Here has you dating during the war.
There is a huge flux of dating games out there lately; and thanks to that you can now date swords, fridges and all manner of spooky creatures. But, rather than romanable kitchen appliances, Because We’re Here takes you back to the early…
Farsight — the long and short of it
I can’t remember where I first read it, but one line from the lore surrounding Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 has always stuck with me; “in the grim darkness of the future, there is only war” it forecasts. From the moment I laid eyes on…
Ecos: First Continent — Populous Thinking
Ecos: First Continent is the second of John D. Clair’s designs that we’ve reviewed here at B3, with the first one, Mystic Vale, being a game that we enjoyed immensely thanks to its unique gameplay. Ecos, whilst having a completely…
Megaquarium — Making money hand over fish
How hard can it be to put a few goldfish in a bowl and charge people to look at it?
Ghost Grab 3000 is about leashing and busting ghosts
In Ghost Grab 3000 ghosts are flooding the screen, and the only way to beat them is to grapple, chain and zap them.
Symphony No. 9 — magnum opus
In Symphony No. 9, players compete to sponsor their favourite composers over several rounds of gameplay, putting on exquisite royal concerto's periodically, which must match the mood of the people in terms of both how lavish they are, and…
Toodee and Topdee changes perspectives, and changes friends to foe
A long, long time ago, I played Toodee and Topdee as a part of my Ludum Dare coverage. The game, at the time, was just a demo which contained a very unique concept; two worlds, which you are able to interact with through playing as one of…
Clear the table as a deviant feline in Cat Tap
Cat Tap is a simple game. You get to be a cat who gets to knock various items off of a table. I have a cat, his name is Pancake, and he only knocks over boxes so he can lay in them, opting to try and eat whatever food is left there. But, I…
Citadel: Forged With Fire — hot under the collar
Touted as the next massive, open world, online role playing game, Citadel: Forged with Fire is a particularly exciting prospect for me. In particular because it comes from Blue Isle Studios — a crew that has both Valley and Slender to their…
Gloom: Second Edition — Kill your family
Gloom: Second Edition is a card game I have heard talked about over and over. It’s something people always seem to have in their collections if they have been playing board games for a while. I’ve never played Gloom before, but have…
Little Misfortune — Cheerful dark comedy that delights and disturbs
A polished and compelling story that leads you down a humorous and morbid path.