Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage DLC — Vacation Cancelled
Does the Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage DLC offer new heights for our spacefaring hero’s adventure or just end up feeling mostly recycled?
Wartile is a Real Time Board Game with an unusually authentic look
When I think of board game adaptations, I put them into two camps: those which retain a near-exact replica of the game that inspired them, and those which simply take the IP and produce a completely different sort of game. Wartile, which…
Pong Quest is much more than just Pong
A new entry in the long-running Pong series has released in the form of Pong Quest, but as you might imagine from the name, it's not just a game of a ball and two paddles now.
Ninjala Beta Impressions — Bubblegum Pop
This week I took part in the open beta for Ninjala, an upcoming free to play game by GungHo coming exclusively to Nintendo switch. With its colourful visuals and close-quarters, playfully chaotic gameplay, I was pleasantly surprised from…
Freakout: Calamity TV Show — Just how calamitous is it?
The environments are very hard to navigate due to the camera. It’s often difficult to tell if something is an obstacle until you run into it, and considering how fast-paced this is, that’s pretty much a death sentence. Enemies can often…
In a world of inequality, Children of Zodiarcs delivers a strong message
Having played about five hours of Children of Zodiarcs, I feel like I’ve barely even scratched the surface. This Kickstarter funded tactical role-playing game from Cardboard Utopia hits all the right notes for me, with deck building, dice…
The Wind and Wilting Blossom — Art and War
I’m definitely no expert in it, but I do enjoy some Japanese culture. Give me some ramen and ill scoff it down in seconds. Good anime? I'll binge watch it all day. But good Japanese games are my bread and butter. Whether they are from…
Playing solo game The Ratcatcher is a great way to pass time during lockdown
Although we haven’t covered many solo board games here at B3, when we have come across them we’ve enjoyed them. Nemo’s War, Cities: Skylines and The Rise and Fall of Anvalor all managed to put a smile on my face, but The Ratcatcher, which…
Tharsis — Our Survival or Humanity?
Tharsis presents an interesting take on board game mechanics in a mission to Mars in video game format. There's cannibalism too.
Vampire: The Masquerade — Coteries of New York is a visual novel lacking in bite
While it should probably pain me slightly to admit it considering the game I’ve just spent the last six or seven hours with (Vampire: The Masquerade - The Coteries of New York), I’ve never really been a fan of digital graphic novels.…