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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic CCG

by Mike Bon May 29, 2014
And now for something completely different. We have a guest review from Trixie. I’ve been meaning to do this myself but I’m rubbish. This was her first attempt at a CCG and the review is from that perspective.Mike B I was a little surprised to find a card game with this particular theme, and after […]

The something, somewhen News!!

by Mike Bon May 27, 2014
3 Days till the UK Games EXPO… 3 Days! So excited. So yes UK Games EXPO is hitting this weekend and promising 3 days of board gaming joy. There are a bunch of big names attending, Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone authors of the wonderful Fighting Fantasy series, Matt Leacock the designer of Pandemic and Forbidden […]

Who Dares Rolls Episode 5 – Filler Games

by Mike Bon May 24, 2014
Join the WDR boys as they delve into board games both old and new, give opinions and thoughts on the hobby and tackle the terrors that await them  in Deathtrap Dungeon. In this episode having not prepared at all the gents discuss some hastily snatch boxes from the shelves and cover some filler games including […]

Wednesday Board Game News On Tuesday!

by Mike Bon May 20, 2014
So how does this grab you firefly fans? Announced for demo at GenCon with a release later in 2014 is the new Blue Sun expansion for the rather popular Firefly game, this latest expansion adds more boards!! to a game that already devours table space, and some new rules for the Reavers to make them […]

Game Angry

by Mike Bon May 19, 2014
Every once in a while i’m angered, nay enraged at the levels of general ignorance and/or stupidity displayed by the human race, having a job requiring persistent contact with the general public in a service position will do that to you. Fortunately board gamer’s on the whole are a happy and calm lot, the very […]

The Board Gaming News in the middle of the week.

by Mike Bon May 14, 2014
Hot of the presses is the very exciting news that Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau recently turned up at a protospiel event with an interesting item wrapped in plastic. They demoed an early prototype for Pandamic Legacy. Now this subject was only recently discussed on the Plaid Hat Podcast episode #134, little did those shrewd […]

Who Dares Rolls Podcast Episode 4 – Spartacus A Game of Blood & Treachery

by Mike Bon May 2, 2014
Join the WDR boys as they delve into board games both old and new, give opinions and thoughts on the hobby and tackle the terrors that await them  in Deathtrap Dungeon. Its episode 4, in this we discuss Spartacus a game of blood & treachery. Join us as the boys get all oiled up and […]

The News! On Mon… Ah forget it. Board Game News!

by Mike Bon April 29, 2014
Crikey a new week already, time is zipping by faster than a hamster in a turbo charged wonder wheel… Um. So hang on to your lugnuts here we go. IDW have announced that in league with Pandasaurus games they will be releasing the cool and funky Machi Koro in July with retailer exclusive game cards. […]

Tuesday News, late again…

by Mike Bon April 22, 2014
News has been a bit thin on the ground, there isn’t a whole lot of new games shipping at the moment with companies clutching hold of the good stuff in preparation of this summers big conventions. However a couple of gems have been teased so we’re make of them what we can. Gale Force 9 […]

Who Dares Rolls Podcast Episode 3 – Firefly

by Mike Bon April 21, 2014
Join the WDR boys as they delve into board games both old and new, give opinions and thoughts on the hobby and tackle the terrors that await them in Deathtrap Dungeon. Its episode 3 – Ben’s away and the remaining crew discuss Firefly The Board Game. What did our motley crew of browncoats think of […]