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Generation Zero — Robot end wars
If you’ve had your fill of zombie-based, post-apocalyptic survival games, but still have room in your heart for the genre then perhaps Generation Zero’s robot based carnage will appeal. Generation Zero is a cooperative online shooter from…
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! — It’s a challenge on Nintendo Switch
When Cook, Serve, Delicious! came out on PC, I was all over it. I played a bunch of the game, getting perfect days, designing a menu that met my taste and generally enjoying creating my own restaurant. When Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! came…
Forum Trajanum — Forum the Emperor!
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,…
All the Delicate Duplicates — A cerebral trip down memory lane
The reality-bending premise of All the Delicate Duplicates is strong, and even with some errors, it was deeply satisfying to uncover clues in the small but ever-changing environment.
Horizons — To boldly go
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…
TumbleSeed — Patience is rewarding
The fate of the word is left to a seed, the only seed that can move across the land guided by a platform below them. TumbleSeed has you controlling a seed which sets out to explore a world full of holes, desperately trying to not tumble…
Warparty — Jurassic lark
Leading a stone age tribe, training dinosaurs, using your own magical power — all this and more can be found in Warparty. Since the days of the Super Nintendo and Megadrive, dedicated console fans have repeatedly shown their appreciation…
Kanagawa — Paint your masterpiece
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.…
Foundation — The picturesque, village-building beta
Like your cities all higgledy-piggledy? It’s time to sink your teeth into Foundation, a non-grid-based city-building game based around mediaeval villages.
Sushi Bar — Keeping a conveyor belt full
I am not a huge fan of idle games, but sometimes they get me hooked. In my challenge of finding all of the mobile, food-based games, I ended up with Sushi Bar on my phone. I knew it was an idle game, but in fairness, I needed to give it a…
The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition — Dungeon master and commander
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…
In Chernobylite, radiation isn’t all you need to worry about
As if there weren’t already enough problems in Chernobyl, you now have horrors from an alternate reality to deal with in your quest to solve a mysterious disappearance.
The Noodle Game — Fighting over your food
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.
Imperator: Rome — The grand strategy to rule them all?
Imperator: Rome is the latest grand strategy game from veteran design and publishing house Paradox Interactive. With a timeline beginning around 300 BC, players are tasked with managing the formation of the Roman Empire — or one of its…
RedSun RTS does not quite bring back the Glory Days
RedSun RTS is supposedly a classic RTS game. We have been playing it.
Eastshade — Happy little trees
Eastshade is a game about exploration and finding beauty everywhere.
XCOM: The Board Game — Xenopoly
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.
Cure Hunters — Fight virus infected humans
The planet is full of strange, almost alien creatures: humans infected by a virus that came to Earth from a meteorite. In Cure Hunters, your squad is Earth’s only hope to terminate this virus. Cure Hunters is a charming, pixel-art action…
The Pepper Prince: Episode 2 — No reason for sadness
The fairy tale becomes serious while everything else in this point-and-click adventure gets better.
DMG Deals Damage — A Game Boy release in 2019
Fight off generations of consoles, in a retro, dungeon crawling adventure, all on the birthday of the GameBoy in DMG Deals Damage.