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Stamp Swap

By Stonemaier Games, Paul Saloman I don’t know what it is with games which have really mundane themes, but something always appeals to me about them. Fantasy and science fiction are fine, I’ve got several games about Cthulhu and about zombies, but if you tell me there’s a game about a stamp convention, I’m in. […]
 
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Star Trek Adventures Second Edition Starter Set Review – Roll to Do a Starfleet!

 
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Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth

 
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After Us Review

Mike reviews the game of post-apocalyptic monkey tribe engine-building
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DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: CASTING TRUE RESURRECTION ON THE GAME

by Charlie Etheridge-Nunnon May 11, 2015
I’ve had a long relationship with Dungeons and Dragons and one which has led me to some odd places. I’ve had some great times with D&D, but it and I have also split up a bunch of times, I like to feel with good reason but that’s always the way in a breakup. Here’s a […]
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Forbidden Desert

by Mike Bon May 3, 2015
WDR Silver
Matt Leacock designer of Pandemic, Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert seems like a nice enough chap, I can only assume he was picked on as a child, maybe he always lost those family games of Monopoly. The reason for this? Well take a look at his board game output it resembles a 70’s disaster movie […]
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Who Dares News 29 April 2015

by Mike Bon April 29, 2015
Its exactly one month to the UK Games EXPO if if that doesn’t get you all a quiver and send you into spasms of happy joy joy levels of excitement then what on earth are you doing reading this. The EXPO is the HOT ticket for board gamer’s in the UK, running from the 29th […]

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Alchemists

by Mike Bon April 23, 2015
WDR Bronze
Alchemists was one of the big hits from Essen 2014 with much ballyhoo concerning its reliance on an app to play. I was intrigued, not only by the apps inclusion (it did sound quite cool) but generally from what the game pertained to be, a heady concoction of deduction and worker placement all bottled together […]
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Who Dares Rolls Podcast Episode 19 – XCOM

by Mike Bon April 17, 2015
Its episode 19 of the Who Dares Rolls podcast and in this scintillating batch of nonsense Mike B,Robbie,Ben & Charlie discuss XCOM Fantasy Flights new App assisted game of global panic based on the popular license. Are apps in games a good thing? Is XCOM a big meany that wants to ruin everyone’s fun? and […]
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Who Dares News

by Mike Bon April 16, 2015
More news I hear you cry, but we have already had some this week! Yes, yes you have but as I’m feeling particular generous with the news at the moment here’s another nugget or two. So stop with the griping already! Jeez. So first up is a little British game that could. Surviving: One Month […]

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Lords of War – Orcs versus Dwarves 2 – Magic and Monsters Expansion

by Mike Bon April 15, 2015
WDR Silver
The Lords of War series has long been a pleasure of mine since it first charged screaming onto the battling card scene back in the crisp winter of 2012.  With its straight forward and easy to teach rule set and spiffy artwork from Steve Cox it was an instant family favorite with myself and Ollie […]
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Who Dares News 14 April 2015

by Mike Bon April 14, 2015
Greetings Greg’s one and all and any lurkers, malcontents or confused spam bots I tip my hat to you. Well its another week and news is spurting fourth like an overripe boil spilling its goopy goodness all over the bathroom mirror of our hobby… Sorry. Moving on swiftly. So lets start the ball rolling with […]
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Sons of Anarchy: Men of Mayhem

by Mike Bon April 9, 2015
WDR Silver
Gale Force Nine have become one of my guilty gaming pleasures, OK let me quantify that statement further. By rights their output should be terrible consisting as it does of TV show licenses an area of our hobby historically beset by cheap buck efforts with slapped on themes. Yet despite this they have consistently managed […]

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Who Dares News – 7 April

by Mike Bon April 7, 2015
In keeping with our recent podcast discussion of all things Kickstarter, here’s something that all would be project creators should certainly take a look at. Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier games has long been posting fascinating blog updates dissecting both his own projects and generally everything that could or can go awry with a kickstarter and […]
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