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It’s been a little while since I gave you an update as to what is going on with my scoundrels in Doksvol, the city at the heart of Blades in the Dark. Since that... The post...
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The 19th of Feb saw my local playtest group roll around once more and I was expecting quite a small turnout due to a few folks being away. Happily this was not the case... The...
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I look at what the first big expansion for Arkham Horror: The Card Game brings to the table. Lets dive into the Dunwich Legacy The post I’m not Dunwich you yet appeared first...
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Disclaimer: I have playtested Ore-some over it’s early design period. I have not played the game for several months and this review is based on a pre-kickstarter prototype. I...
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Under the sea, under the sea, Darling it’s better…..no it’s not, the Engines are exploding our Sonar isn’t up and…. OH MY GOD THE ENEMY HAS LAUNCHED A TORPEDO! Such is the way...
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A new year saw me sorting out some things in my local playtest group in order to let it grow over the following year. One of these was to pin down a regular day... The post...
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It should have all been so simple: a quick trip into a cave system for the Corporation to do some research, nothing could possibly go wrong. Unfortunately you fell through to...
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Over the Christmas period my family were very generous with board games to the point where my shelves are now creaking. I’ve written before about my belief in curating your...
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It’s that time of year when we sit around with our family and try not to murder each other over the outcome of a roll in Monopoly. Surely I can recommend you some better... The...
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Ever since Fantasy Flight Games announced an Arkham game in the LCG format I have been interested. I have had a load of fun playing Eldritch Horror and the idea of a more...
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I’m always happy to help out some fellow designers especially a local group like Inspiring Games. I first met them down at UK Games Expo where they were demoing their upcoming...
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It’s been a while since my Blades group has gotten together but we managed to finally get back up and running just recently. Diving back in with glee I checked over my prep...
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I recently mentioned that I was going to be getting some video shot of various things and this is my first attempt: an unboxing of the Tiny Epic Western game I just received...
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Hot off the presses at Gencon, Star Trek Panic was grabbed for me by a mate heading over there. I’m not usually one for seeking down games in this manner but in this case......
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It’s been a little while but I am still beavering away at various game projects and events. First up I’ve had two playtest sessions since the last one I posted about and both...
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Not being present at Gencon this year I have to live vicariously through the multitude of updates from BGG and various other sites. Here are the things that caught my eye...
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The local playtest group met up once more recently bringing 3 games to the table and a lot of design discussion. First up was a bit of a first for us which was a... The post...
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Late night in the bar saw myself, Gaz and Rich breaking out Rich’s copy of Can’t Stop, something of a classic game that I had never had the opportunity to play. Can’t Stop...
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I’ve been champing at the bit to get Blades in the Dark, John Harper’s latest RPG opus, to the table recently and on Sunday last I finally got my chance. I was running this......
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I didn’t manage to get to the last Playtest meetup but my friend Aaron tookover the hosting for me and sent some notes about the session. Only just gotten around to looking...
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The last day of expo saw an earlier rise than I would have liked due to check out being at 12. Packing up everything was a slightly sad affair as I knew I would... The post...
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This was my first day entering the Trade Hall of the Expo and I knew it was going to be big. However, I wasn’t quite prepared for the change in pace from last year.... The post...
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I was going to post 2 seperate articles about the day and Netrunner Regional but since the later ate most of my day it seems sensible to just squash them into one post. It......
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First game of my con was playing Epic with a mate in the bar. The bar will be a recurring feature in the con, for no reason whatsoever. Epic is basically Magic the Gathering......
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The nice folks at ITB Games recently got in touch about their upcoming game Statecraft and the pitch was interesting enough for me to cut out a couple of hundred cards and give...
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This last Sunday saw me venturing through to the always excellent Settlers in Hamilton to take part in the Scottish Netrunner Regional. I have barely seen the competitive...
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This Sunday last saw the latest meetup of the Edinburgh Playtest group at the always excellent Tabletop Cafe. We had missed out the last month due to both myself and my fellow...
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I was having a conversation with my brother-in-law recently, when he said that he enjoyed the way that I curate my games collection, and it got me thinking about the way we...
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After last week’s crushing failure I ventured once more into a Store Championship with some tweaked decks in tow and a few lessons learnt. I had changed up my Corp deck a lot,...
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In a first for me I have been sent a game for review that is currently on Kickstarter. Ember is the first game from District 31 and I was happy to help out a... The post Ember...