Tabletop Reviews

If simplicity's your style, look no further than this ghoultastic game of 'Guess Who?', where it's all about the numbers.

I for one don't think I'd want to act out Arnold Schwarzenegger coercing Obama into eating his own children.

It's cardboard coaster time for us in Coaster Park, but can this game's marble-rolling fun cut through all its excess baggage?

Build yourself some ships worthy of the great seas in resource-management card game Shipwrights of the North Sea, but beware the sabotage of your fellow vikings.

Fresh from Kickstarter: a worker-placement, card-drafting and engine-building game.

A well-rounded board game with a scoring system that rewards constant aggression and tactical thinking.

We sit down with the highly accessible card game Majesty: For the Realm, which features some interesting (and potentially frustrating) combat rules.

We set out to create our own village under the watchful eyes of our temperamental king in Charterstone, a worker placement board game from Stonemeier Games.

We immerse ourselves in Legacy of Dragonholt, a tabletop game reminiscent of Choose Your Own Adventure books which could prove to be a stepping stone to Dungeons and Dragons for some.

Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition (2017) is a solid testament to the legacy of the original, 1984 classic, a game fondly adored for good reason.

It's a battle of emotions in this board game as we squint through the fog of love to fulfil our character's needs and keep their relationship successful.

Ever wanted to be a wine magnate? We explain how we frustrated our friends in this Essential Edition of Viticulture, all for the glory of the grape.

Colour the board with mosaic tiles in Azul, an easy-to-learn board game inspired by Moorish azulejos mosaics.

We find Betrayal at Baldur's Gate, where any myriad of insane events could lead our friends to turn against us in this easy-to-play board game.

Friendly faces are few and far between in the city of New Angeles, where we play as heads of megacorporations to stake our claim on the city.

Become a druid to save the Mystic Vale in this fast-paced card game.

Amid the ever-increasing stack of board games at B3-HQ is a favourite which keeps getting dragged out as a warm-up game: Ninja Dice. 

There's some bluffing involved as we encounter new rules in Ticket to Ride's massive expansion boards, France and the Old West.

Creeping out from under popular board game Pandemic's shadow is its spin-off Reign of Cthulhu, seeing you save the world from Old Ones instead of disease.

With this year's Star Wars hype train fully underway, we take a look to see if Star Wars: Imperial Assault is still a good gaming investment three years on.