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Villages of Valeria — build a house of cards in this expansive town
Only a few months ago we reviewed Valeria: Card Kingdoms, and I really enjoyed its accessibility, speed of play and how generous it felt overall. Today, we’re taking a look at its sibling — the travel sized Villages of Valeria, which is…
Halloween ‘86 came from the NES to the Nintendo Switch
It’s me, back once again with a NES review. However, this one is slightly different. Even though I am playing Halloween '86 on an original NES cartridge, which released back in 2016, this game is actually now available on Xbox One, Steam…
Secret Unknown Stuff: Escape from Dulce — B-Movie Blast!
As a board game reviewer, I sometimes have to accept that it can be hard to get some games to the table. Where Secret Unknown Stuff: Escape From Dulce is concerned, I have to hold my hands up and say that I wish I had done it sooner. The…
Spaceland — One More Turn, Space Rangers!
Anyone who’s ever been a fan of turn-based tactics is sure to get a kick out of Spaceland! Whilst it might not be on level as some other turn-based tactical games that are out there, it would be silly to miss out on the opportunity to add…
Yaga — Take on an adventure
With an interesting story, great narrative & quest dynamics, and hearty combat, there’s a lot to like about Yaga and plenty to have you return for at least a second helping
Frenemy Pastry Party — making beautiful cakes
Making beautiful cakes is a great pastime, especially if you do it without making the entire kitchen a mess. In Frenemy Pastry Party, you and your friends are working together to make pastries, while also trying to get the most points that…
Cities: Skylines: The Board Game — Building a city
Cities: Skylines is probably the most comprehensive and perhaps even the most popular city planning simulator of the current era. Whilst Sim City is possibly still a more famous brand, its last few haphazard releases have resulted in…
Chaos Tavern, cooking up a fireball
Chaos tavern, another PAX AUS highlight has you and a group of friends run a magical tavern
Set a Watch — Relight my fire, solo play is my only desire!
An icy wind rushes into the cavern where you and your companions huddle around a meagre campfire. The flames rush upwards in the gust, throwing their light onto the glistening, icy walls. As the flames die down, you notice that there are…
Valfaris — Ready to Rock!
As a game, Valfaris wears its inspiration clearly front and centre from the get go: The heavy metal soundtrack, rich in electric guitar riffs, the names of the weapons of destruction you wield to exact your revenge and a protagonist who…
Tangle Tower — Lakeful of mysteries
A giant, two-towered mansion stands on an island in a lake, a mansion, for some reason, called Tangle Tower. And inside, a body.
Embrace the call of Cthulhu in Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones!
The call of Cthulhu is a hard one to resist, at least it is for me. When I see anything that resembles the Lovecraftian mythos I’m immediately interested in it. Whether or not I like it depends on the product of course, but when I say…
Small Islands — tiny paradises made with tiles
Tile placement games are always interesting to play through, especially when people ignore the name of the game and instead just want to build a beautiful world. Small Islands is indeed a beautiful game, about creating small islands — not…
Cybermonk, fight against lasers of death!
Welcome to Cybermonk. Power up your religion and fight against the heathens by sending terrifying lasers of death into your portal, charging up your religion to win. Playing Cybermonk at PAX AUS was great fun. Running around the small map,…
Farsight — the long and short of it
I can’t remember where I first read it, but one line from the lore surrounding Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 has always stuck with me; “in the grim darkness of the future, there is only war” it forecasts. From the moment I laid eyes on…
Ecos: First Continent — Populous Thinking
Ecos: First Continent is the second of John D. Clair’s designs that we’ve reviewed here at B3, with the first one, Mystic Vale, being a game that we enjoyed immensely thanks to its unique gameplay. Ecos, whilst having a completely…
Symphony No. 9 — magnum opus
In Symphony No. 9, players compete to sponsor their favourite composers over several rounds of gameplay, putting on exquisite royal concerto's periodically, which must match the mood of the people in terms of both how lavish they are, and…
Gloom: Second Edition — Kill your family
Gloom: Second Edition is a card game I have heard talked about over and over. It’s something people always seem to have in their collections if they have been playing board games for a while. I’ve never played Gloom before, but have…
House of Golf — Hole in One?
House of Golf takes the obstacle heavy mini-golf format and merges it with common household objects in a variety of room-themed locations for fast-paced pad swapping for one to six players
New Super Lucky’s Tale — A Second Chance
New Super Lucky’s Tale is a colorful platformer that brings out the best of the genre with a happy-go-lucky character and fun to play, well-designed levels, each with its own set of clever mechanics.