Tabletop Reviews

If you’re a fan of Magic: The Gathering and other card battling systems, then you’ll almost certainly want to check out Godsforge from Atlas Games. This attractive boxed game invites two to four players to join an endless war for the most…

Some tabletop games come in big boxes, boasting large boards, meeples and loads of tiny components for you to play with. Others come in smaller packages, allowing for more portability, but still delivering on a big scale. The Blessed Dark…

There isn’t a videogame series on Earth that is more iconic than Street Fighter and there are few card combat systems held in higher regard than EXCEED, from Level 99 Games. Combine these two properties and what do you get? Let’s find out.…

Brotherwise Games’ Call to Adventure is a card based narrative adventure game that combines a unique “rune throwing” mechanic with classic tableau building. Playing between one and four players, Call to Adventure initially surprised me…

Dare you venture into the dark and foreboding RPG fantasy that is Hall or Nothing’s Gloom of Kilforth? Thanks to a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, Gloom of Kilforth has recently been reprinted for a second time, but this…

We’ve been compelled to unearth Imhotep inorder to find out what kind of treasure it might hold. Designer Phil Walker-Harding is well known for his fast paced games that use tight mechanisms to deliver satisfying outcomes, including the…

Where Combo Fighter is concerned, the video game inspiration is clear, but there’s no license to contend with, allowing designer Asger Johansen complete creative freedom. As a site that covers both video and tabletop games, there is…

Although party games come in many shapes and sizes, they do tend to be on the lighter end of the spectrum, which can lead to a less satisfying outcome for more experienced players. It came as a surprise to me — thanks to the simplicity of…

Every fortnight, some of the team at B3 meet up to play tabletop games together, trying out new games and playing some old favourites. This week, we played Crazy Cultists by Rocket House Games.

There have been many video game spin offs to accompany the Robotech series since it started, but only a few relatively niche board games — until now, that is. Enter Robotech: Attack on the SDF-1. The world of Robotech is synonymous with…

Gladiatores: Blood for Roses is a feature-packed card game that has two to five players competing as gladiatorial schools that must bid for the best fighters, bet on combat in the arena and ultimately, participate in duels to the death.…

Swordcrafters is a quick, lightweight game from Adam’s Apple Games, players compete to build actual, physical swords from thick cardboard tiles.

In the high pressure market that is modern board gaming, boxes are becoming ever larger in an effort to grab the attention of ravenous gamers. Even portable or small games are often packaged in enormous, unnecessary packages that hog shelf…

If you have kids and a love of the legendary Dungeons & Dragons games, you owe it to yourself to at least take a peak at Dungeon Mayhem, the latest, unexpected addition to the long list of products carrying this famous license. Dungeon…

Every fortnight, some of the team at B3 meet up to play tabletop games together, trying out new games and playing some old favourites. This week, we played Pandemic by Z-Man Games.

Planet is about drafting and abstracted area control/influence, in it players attach magnetised hexagonal tiles to a large, replica planet.

Puzzle Dungeon is a Solitaire-based dungeon crawler, where your hero must slay certain types of monsters to triumph.

Robin Hood and The Merry Men is the third major release from Macedonian publisher Final Frontier Games. In our reviews for their previous titles, Cavern Tavern and Rise to Nobility, we called out the exceptionally high build quality,…

There are so many modern board games these days that it’s hard to play all of them, so why not tackle two at once with Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig? If you’re new to the scene, it can be especially hard to track down some of the…

Hand of Fate: Ordeals is the recently released board game about a video game about a card game. We followed the Kickstarter closely back in 2017 and we’ve recently managed to get our hands on a retail copy. Hand of Fate: Ordeals wisely…