Tabletop Reviews

Kodama (and recent two player standalone/sixth player expansion Kodama Duo) are among the cutest of all the small box card games that I’ve played. What these games lack in size and apparent complexity though, they more than make up for…

Having the best tea party out of all of your friends is the aim of the game in Elevenses. Elevenses is a cute yet cut-throat card game which sees you trying to make the best tea party that you can as a 1920s socialite, all before someone…

Ornithologists: prepare your binoculars for the birds of Wingspan.

2018 was a year in which there was not one, but two Stefan Feld games themed around ancient Rome. The first, Carpe Diem, is a relatively straightforward tile drafting and placement game where players act as wealthy Patricians. The second,…

Have you ever dreamed of travelling through the stars, exploring new worlds and exploiting their resources to fuel the expansion of your species? Horizons is certainly not the first board game to help this dream materialise, but it is one…

In Kanagawa, players take on the role of art students in 19th Century Japan. In a time-honoured tradition, the students will compete to improve their skills, expand their own studio and compete to make the best impression on their master.…

It’s not every day that you’ll see a re-release like The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition. In fact, it’s a game — or rather a system — that I think will surprise a lot of people with both its accessibility and it’s flexibility. As the…

Playing with your food is something children are always told off for, but The Noodle Game by Big Potato Games sees you fighting over a giant box of noodles in the middle of the table.

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 XCOM: The Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games.

Dinosaurs pooped too! As a matter of fact, in Dino Dump by Big Potato Games, you end up playing with cartoonish cards of poop-covered dinosaurs, looking to get rid of all your cards.

Once you’re past the seemingly complex rules, AuZtralia has that excellent balance of simple to play but hard to master gameplay.

A reflective review of Michael Kiesling's game: Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra.

Resident Evil 2 takes some of the most-loved aspects of the digital original and translates them onto the tabletop.

Consonant please, Gandalf... I mean Carol... What on Earth is happening here?  For the uninitiated, Spell Smashers could easily be seen as just another throwaway fantasy deck-building game. Look closer, however, and you'll discover that…

11:59 is a real time, dice rolling microgame that pitches two players against each other as nuclear powers in an arms race that could end the civilised world. All is not lost however, because despite the presence of physical components…

A board game attempt at a classic video game, The Oregon Trail Game: Journey to Willamette Valley is an adaption of a giant, but how well does it all come together?

With a straightforward and enjoyable theme, Veracruz 1631 is fairly endearing — a feeling that is only enhanced by the speed of play.

If you take Werewolf and give it a modern twist, with new components and fun visuals then you would get Werewords.

Ceylon looks beautiful and plays in a fast, fluid manner, whilst simultaneously delivering complex choices that require considerable forward planning.

Build up huge buildings and be the top hero of the town!