The Who Dares Rolls UK Games Expo 2018 Preview
So its amazingly that time of year again! Already!! We are just a couple of weeks away from this years UK Games EXPO, the best weekend of tabletop gaming you can have. So here is a short video I’ve compiled of all the forthcoming goodness that I’m interested in taking a look at. Which is […]
The UK Games Expo Game Design Hackathon 2018!
Greetings and salutations one and all. It’s six weeks till the UK Games EXPO! I’ll let that sink in a bit. Yep just six measly weeks before we once again will dance that fabulous crazy, thrilling, amazing, exhausting and incredible tango of all that we love squeezed into a paltry 3 days. There’s just too […]
We’re Not Wizards Podcast Featuring Me!
Hello, hello. While you wait for me to edit the latest podcast episode here’s an audible treat to tide you over. I recently guested on the wonderful We’re Not Wizards podcast where I managed to derail proceedings and talk nonsense for most of the show. We did touch on some of my recent gaming treats […]
We have a new Mobile interface!
Greetings! So it’s with some fanfare I can confirm that we have updated the software running the mobile interface for this site. So finally it should look great on all your lovely phones. This was only made possible by the very generous support from our Patreon backers that allowed for me to afford to upgrade […]
The Tabletop Retailer’s View of 2017
In the world of tabletop journalism, it’s easy to focus too much on the games themselves and the designers. Something I’ve been wondering about lately has been the retailers. They tend not to grasp a massive amount of the headlines unless it’s something like Tom Vasel’s massive rant against bricks and mortar retailers, which was […]
The Best Components to Stack Up While You’re Playing a Board Game
Board games can be marvellous things, with cardboard, plastic and wood replicating vineyards, wars, civilisations and more. They are a wonderful experience and something I always heartily recommend to people as a social experience to have with friends (or sometimes solo, if you’ve read any of my ‘playing with ourselves’ articles . There’s one aspect of […]
Board Game Geek User Reads Rules Before Posting.
Jonathan Marmalade BGG User G&ME_MSTR01 was astounded yesterday when he took the unprecedented decision to read the rules to a new game before posting a question on the geek. In a post, he shared on multiple forums, REDDIT and to BGG he exclaimed his newfound amazement at the information contained in a rule book. “Normally […]
Gaming overlords unhappy that you aren’t buying all the games!
Apparently, the avalanche of new game releases has led to promising Asmodee titles being suffocated by the oversaturation of the market, an executive from Game Publishing Overlords Asmodee has suggested. Asmodee CMO Steve Hovarth estimated that 3,500 new games were released during 2016 – or around ten releases a day on average – resulting in […]
We’re Not Wizards Podcast
I’ve been silly busy over here and not really had the time to show at lot of WDR love. But I did just guest on the wonderful We’re Not Wizards Podcast. So why not settle yourself down for an hour or so of chit chat and nonsense. And if you like that then I strongly […]
