Conan: Rise of Monsters – DOA?
In any sort of business, but sometimes especially in the gaming hobby, timing is everything. You may have a great product, but if you are beaten to the punch then you could [...]
Articles by Neil Shuck
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 217 – The Ministry of Gentlemanly Warfare
Download Episode 217 Welcome to Episode 217 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast The Meeples crew get back together to catch up with what they have been up to. This [...]
‘That’ head from episode 216
In episode 216 of the podcast, Mike Hobbs and Bill Thornhill were discussing the sculpt of a head that Bill did for Mike whilst attending one of his dinner parties. I forgot [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 216 – Footsore Miniatures
Download Episode 216 Welcome to Episode 216 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast The Meeples crew get back together to catch up with what they have been up to for the last [...]
Dark Souls – thoughts after first play through
I had the chance to play the new Dark Souls boardgame from Steamforged Games the other night, and I thought that I would share my intial thoughts on the game. I have never [...]
Operation Market Larden #5 – The Games in Pictures
Folks gathered from across the country last weekend, drawn to the town of Evesham to celebrate the wargaming goodness that is TooFatLardies with the 5th Operation Market [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 215 – White Dragon Miniatures
Download Episode 215 Welcome to Episode 215 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show the Meeples Crew are joined by guest Alan Crooks of White Dragon [...]
UK Games Expo 2017 – Post Convention press release
The team at the UK Games Expo have just released the following press release following the show last weekend: 3rd Largest Hobby Games Con in the World The UKGE team would [...]
UK Games Expo 2017 – The Show in pictures
The UK Games Expo was held between 2nd – 4th June 2017 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. I thought I’d share some pictures of the weekend, [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 214 – UK Games Expo 2017, Day #3
Download Episode 214 Welcome to Episode 214 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show host Neil Shuck is joined by his son Josh Langley-Shuck as they travel [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 213 – UK Games Expo 2017, Day #2
Download Episode 213 Welcome to Episode 213 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs and Dave Luff travels to the UK Games [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 212 – UK Games Expo 2017, Day #1
Download Episode 212 Welcome to Episode 212 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show host Neil Shuck travels to the UK Games Expo 2017 in Birmingham and [...]
Kenneth’s Heroes – Building the board, Part II
Over the past few weeks, Dave Luff and I have been scratch-building scenery for our “Kenneth’s Heroes” game for Operation Market Larden, which is being held [...]
Getting ready for the UK Games Expo #1 – MeepsMeet
The UK Games Expo starts this Friday – June 2nd 2017, and runs until Sunday, 4th June. For the first time I will be attending all three days of the show, and yesterday [...]
Saga Iron Man tournament at Battlefield Hobbies
After I first heard about the format of the Saga Iron Man tournament, I was determined to enter the next one that was relatively local to me – so I was [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 211 – Test of Honour Review
Download Episode 211 Welcome to Episode 211 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs, & Mike Whitaker catch up with what [...]
New hobby gaming community blog being launched by Footsore Miniatures
We were recording an interview with Bill Thornhill of Footsore Miniatures last night. During our chat he mentioned a new hobby blog that they were setting up, but asked us [...]
Review: The Campaign for Kharkov: October 1941
Rating: This 48 page book, available as a PDF or an e-book, is a campaign supplement written by Chris Stoesen for the Chain of Command World War II Platoon level rules from [...]
Deep Cut Studios release more mats for Runewars Miniatures Game
Over the past few weeks, you may have picked up the fact that I’m a bit of a fan of the new Runewars Miniatures Game from Fantasy Flight Games. One thing is typical, [...]
Review: Scum of the Earth
Rating: Scum of the Earth (Black Powder gaming for the rest of us) is a set of rules developed by Ivan Sorenson & Matthew Sparkes and published by Nordic Weasel Games. [...]
