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Crux: The Great Outdoors – CRUX TERMINATUS!
You very quickly find out that you can only hold on to certain handholds for so long, meaning you need to move and plan quickly. Suddenly, this is a fast paced puzzle game, as you need to work out how to get to the next checkpoint and make…
Ted Lasso Party Game is frantic and choatic
Ted Lasso is a feel good comedy TV show about an American soccer coach who comes to England to coach a team to victory. As this TV series has really hit off, it makes sense that there is a board game dedicated to it. Much like the show…
KartRider: Drift is everything you want from a racing game
There are tons and tons of different racing games on the market. Some rely on being super realistic, some rely on the types of cars or characters featured in the game, and others are doing something new and different. KartRider: Drift is a…
OTXO – Wolf at the door
The story is seemingly bonkers, with you travelling on the train with your beloved, only to find a mask on the floor which you obviously put on. The next thing you know, you awaken on a beach in front of a huge mansion and are informed that…
Spin Rhythm XD – Round round like a record
Your mouse, or controller if you’re a maniac, rotates a disc at your end of a lane. All you need to do is match the colour on the disc to the colour of the note that’s approaching it. With the only colours being blue and red, this should be…
Garden of the Sea — Down By The Sea Chore
Garden of the Sea is a farm simulator that gives you a set of islands to relax in with an environment that is as beautiful as you choose to make it.
Muderous Muses – Museum musings
You work as a night guard for a museum, due to open in a few days to display the paintings of the recently murdered Malachai Grey on the island of Mirlhaven. Malachai had an impressive array of artwork of all different genres, but of…
Moss: Book II — Three Cheers for Little Ears
A proper sequel four years in the making, Moss: Book II continues right where our tiny hero, Quill, left off at the end of her first adventure. This new entry offers Quill new abilities, has her assisting new friends, and pits her against…
Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window allows you to be nosey neighbors
It is often frowned upon to look in your neighbor's window, but when it comes to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, you will not only be looking in their windows, but making decisions and assumptions around who they are and what they are…
Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom is best in its manic moments
A solid BBC staple for the last decade, the Peaky Blinders setting has now made its way to VR as Maze Theory developed Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom. Now, you might be asking, "But Dann, how does a TV adaptation of a period crime drama…
Psycho Killer: The Card Game has you attempting to stay alive.
Psycho Killer: The Card Game has you and your friends attempting to survive being attacked by a killer! This simple to play card game doesn’t put one of you in the role of the killer, instead it has everyone look out for themselves as they…
The Light Brigade — A Higher Power
The Light Brigade by Funktronic Labs is a VR roguelike shooter that places you in the middle of a war between the templars of the Light Brigade and the evil Obsidian Forces. Does it have what it takes to outshine the rest in a crowded genre…
The King’s Dilemma: Chronicles captures the essence of the board game – but only just
We are yet to cover The King's Dilemma in board game form here at B3, but I have had the pleasure of playing a few games of it — and what stood out for me was without doubt the off-board interactions between players. With that in mind, the…
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened – Holmes is where the Lovecraft is
The story goes that having only just built up their relationship, Holmes and Watson are thrust into a world-spanning case that begins with something as simple as a missing person. Starting out in London, the pair end up in Scotland,…
Into The Odd Remastered Explained
Into The Odd is a rules-light RPG brimming with myths, mystery, arcana and creeping horror. It exists at a crossroads between easily accessible starting out and spiralling potential, with a vague 'age of industry' meets 'age of exploration'…
Dark Souls: The Board Game has two excellent new Core Sets
It’s been almost six years since we reviewed Dark Souls: The Board Game and a lot has changed. Hobby board games have changed massively in that time, and so too have our expectations as gamers. Thankfully, the tools and mechanisms available…
Trenches – Something Horrible
Trenches is trying something relatively unique, on a conceptual level. A psychological horror game set in the trenches of the First World War. I can’t understate how appealing that concept is, how it could be such a fantastic vehicle for…
CyberHeroes Arena DX – No survivors
CyberHeroes Arena DX understands the mechanics of the genre leader, in that you simply move your character around the area whilst they automatically fire weapons. Enemies spawn in and move towards you, intent on your death. In that regard,…
Mr Prepper on console feels somewhat unprepared…
I love games like Mr Prepper. Sheltered, for example, is one of my favourite survival games, and only recently I reviewed Endzone (which shares a post-apocalyptic theme) and found it to be broadly fantastic. Mr Prepper has some really…
Qwirkle is a shape and colour matching alternative to Scrabble, and it’s a lot more fun!
When it comes to family games, most people know and reach for the classics — those games like Monopoly or Scrabble that almost anyone over the age of twenty will know well enough to play without being taught. However, without getting into a…