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On the nose: Stranger Things Risk board game

December 20, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Given that recent seasons of Stranger Things have both alien invasions from supernatural realms and the tension of the Cold War the official Stranger Things Risk board game feels on the nose!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, stranger things, truffle shuffle

Learning to play 4,000 board games (and AIs are learning from those too!)

December 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The paper also describes the ancient game as “really old version of backgammon”.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, board games, history

Feel smart: A review of Zensu

October 19, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I like Zensu loads. It will be a game I bring to meet a friend in a gaming cafe in the future. I felt smart playing it, and it may be a game that makes me better at critical thinking.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, reviews

The big geeky Halloween board game roundup

October 13, 2024 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Yes, folks. It’s that time of year again; it’s getting cold, it’s officially past the 1st October and everyone’s beginning to enjoy the spooky autumnal vibes – AND STAVE OFF CHRISTMAS PROMOTIONS!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, halloween

Big Heckin’ Two-Day Prime Day: Gamer geek deals!

October 8, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s curated Prime Day bullet point list of gamer geek deals in the super sale.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: board games, dice, dice trays, Dungeons & Dragons, prime day

Oranges and Lemons is a trading board game flavoured by a creepy English nursery rhyme

September 16, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Many people will know that Oranges and Lemons references the bells of churches within the (or close to) the City of London. Did you know there are several theories about the origin of the rhyme, though?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, tabletop scotland

Exclusive: Grumpy Gorilla producing a Rosebyrne Manor card game

September 8, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Grumpy Gorilla sells Magic: The Gathering, Drunken Monkey Barrell (DMB) 3d dungeon tiles and Rosebyrne Manor.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, card games, tabletop scotland

UK Games Expo Awards 2024 winners

June 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the announcements, the UK Games Expo organisers whisked through the People’s Choice winners with special guests Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games and Luke Gygax of GaryCon.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: awards, board games, card games, Free League Publishing, leyline press, luke gygax, ravensburger, steve jackson, uk games expo

Lander: After The Crash offers free rulebook now (and UKGE demo) as Intrepid Games returns

May 31, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lander has hundreds of notes of interest on the Kickstarter launch page, a free to download rulebook for the game and, right now, Intrepid Games is at GameLand’s stand at Hall 1 #631 at UK Games Expo.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, uk games expo

Exploding Kittens: Good vs Evil based on the Netflix series is the most high-stakes version of the game yet

August 1, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Game company Exploding Kittens – who we’ve all heard of by now – have just launched Exploding Kittens: Good vs. Evil, based on the upcoming adult animated Netflix series. It’s a new standalone version of the original Exploding Kittens, and is designed within the fictional world of the Exploding Kittens TV series. And have I said […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, exploding kittens

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