Ninjato – a great looking game…
I mentioned in my ‘Review of the Year’ podcast that I was looking forward to several new boardgame releases this year. I did mention one release, which I [...]
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Discworld games – like buses?
A couple of weeks ago I made a very enthusiastic post about the news that Martin Wallace was releasing a game themed on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels in October. [...]
Exciting new game from Hasbro
It’s not often you can say those words, but in this particular case I think they are true. Purple Pawn have just released pictures of Battleship Galaxies taken at Toy [...]
Polemos Ancients rules coming in April
Baccus 6mm Ltd have updated their website with the latest news on their much-anticpated next rules release: Polemos: Ancients. Well, I say Polemos: Ancients, but Baccus have [...]
A Few Acres of Snow…
Other than Ankh-Morpork, Martin Wallace and Treefrog Games are only producing one other game this year… A Few Acres of Snow will be the latest in the line of 2-player [...]
Gaming Heaven coming in October 2011
Boardgame News today posted the fact that a conjunction of one of my favourite game designers with one of my favourite authors is due to occur this October. Ankh-Morpork, a [...]
Ex Illis – now simply Ex???
Well, word spread on e-mail, then Beasts of War broke the news, and finally today we have official news from the company themselves…Bastion Studios are no more, and [...]
First Elite, now X-Com…
Following on from last week’s release of The Phantom League, based on the computer game ‘Elite‘, this week sees another release of a board game based on a [...]
The Phanton League – intriguing…
This week sees the release in the UK of the boardgame The Phantom League. When I first saw this I thought “just another space game” until I saw the line at the [...]
Announcing ‘Beyond the Bleeding Edge’
As you may have guessed from my review of the game, I really like the new Ex-Illis game from Bastion Inc. – so much so that I’ve decided to launch a podcast and [...]
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics – rules now available.
As has been noted in the comments to another of my recent blog entries, GMT Games have now released a PDF of the rulebook for Commands & Colors: Napoleonics. Although I [...]
Battle Cry is now available
The 150th Anniversary Edition of Battle Cry is now available to purchase in the UK. Although I have decided to purchase this game, I must admit I am somewhat in two minds as [...]
It gets knocked down, but it gets up again…
A couple of eagerly anticipated games have been released in the last couple of weeks. The first is The Great Fire of London 1666, the debut boardgame designed by Richard [...]
Lost Cities on Facebook
I’ve always been a fan of Lost Cities – a 2 player card game designed by Reiner Knizia – though the theme of exploration is somewhat pasted on, the gameplay [...]
Battlecry release date…
Wizards of the Coast have announced the publication of the re-release of Battle Cry – the first game published from designer Richard Borg to use the ‘Commands [...]
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics – nearing completion…
Good news – it looks as if GMT Games may still hit their November deadline to publish Commands & Colors: Napoleonics. They have started to publish some of the [...]
Getting ‘Ex Illis’ figures in the UK…
One of the things you will notice about the figure box sets for Ex Illis – especially if you live in the UK – is the fact that they are currently quite expensive [...]
Ex Illis ‘Emissarius’ release imminent
Bastion Inc. have just announced the official news of the release of their latest model for Ex Illis. From their announcement: “Can you feel the ground shaking under [...]
Charlie Don’t Surf available pre-order
Excellent news! Charlie Don’t Surf is now up for pre-order at the Too Fat Lardies website. Also included in the new releases is Surf’s Up! which is a scenario [...]
New games that could be worth a look…
There are several games coming out over the next few months that have peaked my interest – here are some of them… First up there is the new game from Pilot [...]
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