In Episode 150 of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick, Claire, Lewis, and Sam as they travel back 15 years to count down their Top 10 games of 2011. Along the way, they chat conventions, cover the latest board game news, highlight some exciting crowdfunding projects, and celebrate a decade of Clank!—all before diving into a nostalgia-packed list of 2011 classics.

Conventions

• The Torquay Full Board Gaming weekend: Just happened this past weekend
• Fox and Hound’s Boardgaming Weekend: 20th-22nd March
• Baycon: 8th-12th April, in Kennford

News

• As reported a few podcast episodes ago, W Eric Martin has now left BGG to run his own independent news site, Board Game Beat. No clue as to if anyone will take over BGG’s News blog.
• Sam Healey leaves the Dice Tower amidst a bit of controversy
• A new Forest Shuffle stand-alone game: Smoky Mountains, plus a Forest Shuffle Dartmoor expansion, Exmoor, announced.
• Two new King of Tokyo spinoff games announced: King of Tokyo Duel: Tokyo Bay, and King of Tokyo: Godzilla.
• Clank! 10 years old
• Labyrinth + Carcassonne crossover

Crowdfunding

• The next Scott Almes’ game: Tiny Epic Invincible
• Pampero reprint + new expansion
• A triple KS of Trick Takers from Portland Game Collective
• Knizia’s next rebranding is for his older game, Spectaculum, as Gold Country
• Mythwind – new expansions
• Stellar Ventures – described as “cube rails in space”

 

2011 Joel  Nick  Sam  1 The Castles of Burgundy The Castles of Burgundy King of Tokyo 2 Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game Trajan Discworld: Ankh-Morpork 3 Village Village The Castles of Burgundy 4 Belfort King of Tokyo Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game 5 Takenoko Friday Takenoko 6 Skull Takenoko Skull 7 Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Space Station Letters from Whitechapel 8 Dungeon Fighter Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Martian Dice 9 Small World Underground Super Rhino! Elder Sign 10 Cargo Noir

Flash Point: Fire Rescue Micro Space Empire Kingdom Builder 11 A Game of Thrones 19 My Happy Farm

 

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Episode 149: The Best of 2016 & 2021

In this episode of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick to dive into a nostalgic showdown of their best games of 2016 and 2021, comparing favourites, surprises, and all-time table hits from two great gaming years. The duo also cover upcoming conventions, including Torquay Gaming Weekend, AndyCon, and the Fox & Hounds Board Gaming Weekend. Along the way, they tackle the latest news—such as Cole Wehrle leaving Leder Games and the cancellation of the TAKE crowdfunder—plus a stack of crowdfunding highlights before counting down their Top 5 lists and honourable mentions from both 2016 and 2021.

Upcoming conventions:

• Torquay gaming weekend (Full Board Gaming) at the end of January
• AndyCon
• Fox and Hound’s 20th-22nd March Boardgaming Weekend

News:

• Cole Wehrle leaves Leder Games, causing the planned forthcoming TAKE crowdfunder to be scrapped.

Crowdfunding:

• Colt Express: Complete Collection
• Mountain Goats Legacy + Enchanted Ivy
• Old King’s Crown: 2nd printing + new expansion
• Arboria: Reprint, + new Corruption & Rewild expansions

Top 5 of 2016, top 5 of 2021

(games in orange are on other lists)

• Merchants Cove 
• Mechs vs. Minions 
• Red Rising 
• Ark Nova
• Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure
• Terraforming Mars
• Imperial Steam
• Descent: Le
• Great Western Trail
• Junk Art
• The Hunger
• Golem
• Vast: The Crystal Caverns
• Excavation Earth
• The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
• Crisis
• Happy Salmon
• Boonlake
• Lorenzo il Magnifico
• Citadels (2016 Edition)

 

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In this episode of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick and Claire to round up the best games they’ve played in 2025—all new-to-them discoveries that have really hit the table this year. With Lewis struck down by the lurgy, Sam lost to board gaming winter blues, and Honey enjoying a well-earned nap, the trio also dive into the latest news, including the Fox & Hounds Board Gaming Weekend, a huge Stonemaier Games announcement dump, AllPlay reveals, Dice Tower crowdfunding, and some fresh GenCon breaking news. Then it’s time to celebrate the standout games that made 2025 a great year for gaming at Devon Dice HQ.

Upcoming conventions:

• Torquay gaming weekend (Full Board Gaming) at the end of January
• AndyCon
• Fox and Hound’s 20th-22nd March Boardgaming Weekend

• News

  • Fox and Hound’s 20th-22nd March Boardgaming Weekend
  • Stonemeier’s big news dump:
    • Wingspan expansion #4 is South & Central America and Caribbean, and includes smaller Hummingbird cards and a new card action. Coming Jan 21st.
    • Euphoria new “revised edition”, which will include the expansion.
    • New Scythe vs Expeditions 2p battling game, which can use factions from each of the other games.
    • Viticulture new expansion.
    • Next Finspan expansion due Q2.
    • Namiji, in the new Stonemeier edition, due Q4
    • New unnamed Wingspan spinoff game which is meant to be a quick (20min) and smaller-table-hog version, more suitable for introducing to players new to boardgaming.
  • AllPlay announces Mountain Goats Legacy, and Enchanted Ivy, solo only!
  • Dice Tower Gamefound campaign
  • Breaking news (just put on BGG), for GenCon releases:
    • New sequel to The Crew: The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth
    • New Deluxe edition of The Gang

  Best played games of 2025, new games to us. 

  The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth

• Harmonies
• Light Speed: Arena
• The Guild of Merchant Explorers
• Pirates of Maracaibo
• The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
• Vantage
• Transgalactica 
• Rainbow
• 1A.M. Jailbreak
• Boss Fighters QR
• Endeavor: Deep Sea
• Railway Boom
• Finspan
• Spectacular
• Rock Hard 1977
• Coming of Age
• Flash Point: Legacy of Flame
• Petiquette
• Finspan
• Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
• River of Gold
• Let’s Go To Japan
• Wriggle Roulette
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game
• The White Castle
• Tag Team
• Fire Tower: Rising Flames
• Civolution
• Lost Ruins of Arnak: Twisted Paths
• The Game Makers
• Pirates of Maracaibo
• Star Trek: Captain’s Chair

 

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Joel’s list of all new to him, played games:

 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game 

The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

6 Kingdom Legacy: Feudal Kingdom 7 Above and Below: Haunted 8 Railway Boom 9 Tag Team 10 Deep Regrets 11 Fishing 12 Fearless 13 Galactic Cruise 14 Black Forest 15 Flash Point: Legacy of Flame 16 Hamburg 17 Lords of Vegas 18 Fire Tower 19 Flip 7 20 Comic Hunters 21 Oranges & Lemons 22 Millennia: Tracks of Time 23 Tenby 24 Caracas 25 Steam Power 26 Dead Reckoning 27 Fall 28 Nucleum 29 Emberheart 30 Finspan 31 TRICKTAKERs 32 Sanctuary 33 Wroth 34 3 Chapters 35 Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels 36 Compile: Main 1 37 Slambo! 38 DroPolter

Welcome to the latest podcast from Devon Dice Podcast, the team brings you news and crowdfunding, plus we look back at the conventions that we have and have not been to this end of the year.

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Not-a-lot-of News

• New HEAT expansion, Rocky Roads, coming at Cannes 2026 (source)
• Wise Wizard Games forced to downsize to cut costs
• Braincrack Games closes its doors

Crowdfunders

Already ended in November:

• Zombie Princess [ended 24th Nov, but Late Pledge Available] – Bezier Games’ follow-up to their Rebel Princess hearts-based game, with this spades-based game
• Song of Silveranth – [ended 3rd Nov, on $750k]  new Ryan Laukat open-world game
• Terra Mystica Special Edition – [ended 4th Nov, on $1m], a deluxe edition of Terra Mystica
• Movers & Shakers – [ended 6th Nov] trains FWT!

Still running:

• Snowdonia: The Grand Tour – [ends 3rd Dec] from Naylor Games; updated with new graphic design, artwork, and lots of new scenarios + final fix pack for the NSKN Deluxe Edition
• The Great Library – [ends 19th Dec] the new Lacerda game
• Rove: Anchorpoint expansion – [ends 8th Dec]

Coming soon:

• RA: The Dice Game & Rheinlander – updated versions of some Knizia games, with Ian O’Toole artwork, start 2nd Dec.
• Tigris & Euphrates – a new edition of another beloved classic Knizia game, with Ian O’Toole artwork, starts Jan ‘26.
• Terraforming Mars: Legacy – long-teased legacy version of Terraforming Mars, coming Jan ‘26. Very little info so far, except that it is apparently crowdfunding just scenarios 1-3 at first, then another campaign sometime later for scenarios 4-6.

Conventions Wrap-up

Conventions we’ve been at recently

• Essen Spiel – 22th – 25th Oct – we couldn’t make it. Sounded fun though. 😀
  • See Nick’s Essen pics on the website
• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
  • Wrap-up
• Ocean City Games Expo – 25th October
  • Wrap-up
  • Brethren
• Gridcon – 21st – 23rd November
  • Wrap-up
  • Played together:
    • Boss Fighter QR
    • Railway Boom
    • Pirate Republic: Africa Gambit
    • Sanctuary
    • Return to Dark Tower
    • Light Speed Arena
    • Wroth
  • Joel’s Plays:
    • Emberheart
    • Railway Boom again 
    • Coming of Age
    • Boss Fighter QR again
    • Fearless
    • Tag Team
    • Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth: Allies expansion
  • Nick’s Plays:
    • Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

Welcome to the latest episode from the Devon Dice crew, featuring news, crowdfunding updates in the board game industry, and what they have been playing in the last few weeks.

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
  • Hotel rooms not sold out
  • A few day/weekend tickets are still available?…
• Ocean City Games Expo – Sat. 25th October
• (Gridcon in November, but that’s long since sold out)

News

• There goes another one: Ludonaute to stop publishing new games
• Asmodee announce plans to release more kids-version adaptions of classic games
• People’s Choice Top Solo Games 2025 voting is open
• New Stonemeier game announced: Origin Story 
• Restoration Games announced a load of new stuff:
  • New Unmatched stuff 
  • New Thunder Road Vendetta expansion Interstate of Decay (KS Spring 26)
  • Return to Dark Tower expansion, The Expeditions (KS Oct 25)

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• The Game Makers (ended)

• Art Society: Deluxe + Expansion (ended)

• Galactic Cruise: Achievements Expansion (ended)

• Dinosaur Island: Fully Charged (ends 11th Oct)
• Garden Trilogy – Paradise of Dinosaurs, Birds, and Fish (ends 15th Oct)
• Mystic Lands from AEG – coming soon
• Vampire Survivors: The Board Game – coming soon

 

Gamefound

• Ark Nova – 3Dition (ended)

• Blood Rage: Valhalla (ended)

• Terra Mystica Ultimate Edition – coming soon

Played Games

• Nick

• • • Ayar: Children of the Sun
    • Jerusalem
    • Duel for Cardia
    • On BGA:
      • Tag Team
      • Moonshine

• Joel

• Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy 

• • • Merchant’s Cove (boxing it all up)

• Lewis

• • Escape from Colditz
  • Betrayal at House on the Hill
  • Tapestry
  • Britannia

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Welcome back to the Devon Dice Podcast! In Episode 144, Joel is joined by Nick for a newsy roundup packed with convention updates, hot crowdfunding campaigns, and some big stories shaking up the board gaming world. Plus, they share what’s been on their tables recently—including Vantage, Star Trek: Captain’s Chair, and Flash Point: Legacy of Flame.

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
  • Hotel rooms sold out 
  • A few day/weekend tickets are still available?…
• Ocean City Games Expo – 25th October

News

• Brass: Pittsburgh announced
• MicroMacro: Crime City gets a very nice iOS & android digital release
• Devir’s Ace of Spades controversy on “slave owner + slave” artwork, and Devir’s response
• CGE’s Codenames: Back to Hogwarts causes community backlash against J.K.Rowling, and CGE’s response
• CMON losses could reach $8m
• Is Wallace Designs also in a bit of financial trouble?

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• The Game Makers
• Art Society: Deluxe + Expansion
• Last Week of Summer

Gamefound

• Ark Nova – 3Dition
• Blood Rage: Valhalla

Played Games

• Nick

• • • Vantage
    • Star Trek: Captain’s Chair
    • Sail (on BGA)

• Joel

• • Vantage
  • Flash Point: Legacy of Flame

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In Episode 143 of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick and Sam for a news-packed show covering conventions, the latest headlines, hot crowdfunding projects, and plenty of games they’ve been playing. Expect chatter about GenCon buzz, SdJ winners, new mini-expansions, and reprints galore. Plus, hear what’s hitting their tables and what’s keeping them busy off the board—TV, films, books, and video games included!

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
  • Hotel rooms sold out 
  • A few day/weekend tickets are still available.
• GenCon is next week (31st Jul – 3rd Aug). Obviously none of us is going. But lots of new games are being demoed / for sale.  See Nick’s pics from the Gencon Preview on BGG

News

• SdJ 2025 winners announced
• US Tariffs news: It’s constantly changing all the time!
• Gamefound acquires Indiegogo
• Tycoon Games acquires Gamelyn Games, interview with BGG
• New Skull King mini-expansion announced
• New Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth mini-expansion leaked (& now officially announced)
• New The Gang mini-expansion announced

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• Art Society Deluxe edition + expansion coming in Sept
• Ra: The Dice Game + Rheinlander – some classic Knizia gets reprinted with Ian O’Toole art – coming soon
• Flip Voyage – sequel to Flip City – running until 20th August

Gamefound

• Tabletop Inc: Crowdfunding Revolution

Played Games

• Nick

• • • Steam Power
    • London (2nd ed)
    • Flip 7
    • Hutan: Life in the Rainforest (BGA)
    • Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor (BGA)
    • Tenby
    • Unmatched

• Joel

• • • Vantage
    • Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest
    • Above and Below: Haunted

• Sam

• • Galileo Galilei
  • Arcs
  • Petiquette – preview Oink game
  • Wriggle Roulette – preview Oink game

 

Non-Gaming Stuff:

• Nick

• • • TV: House MD (finally getting around to watching it); Marvel Ironheart
    • Anyone watched any of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 yet?… (me: waiting to start)

• Joel

• • • Movies: F1 movie, Karate Kid Legends, Superman, Fantastic 4: First Steps
    • Video Games: Blue Prince, Crime Scene cleaner, Paint spray sim, Robo Cop Rogue City, Police sim

• Sam

• • 28 Years Later (cinema), Murderbot (Apple TV+), Bobiverse (book series), Indiana Jones & The Great Circle (game)

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Welcome to Episode 142 of the Devon Dice Podcast!

Joel, Nick, and Lewis are back from UK Games Expo 2025 and are here to share their Top 5 highlights from the event — plus Sam’s thoughts via his notes! Listen in as they dive into their favourite moments, discuss the games they played, and even give a few honest hotel reviews.

This episode also features bonus interviews with three creators from the UK board game scene (and slightly beyond):

• Mark Prentice from Next Dimension Games

• Chris Priscott of Unfringed

• Jubson Cowan, game artist extraordinaire (okay, not strictly British — but we’ll claim him anyway!)

We still found time to squeeze in a bit of industry news and a roundup of some exciting crowdfunding campaigns currently live.

So, sit back, enjoy the Expo wrap-up, and get your wishlist ready!

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
• Hotel rooms sold out 
• A few day/weekend tickets are still available.

News

• US Tariffs news: courts put a stop to tariffs
• CMON sells off IPs
• Roxley’s new games road map 
• New expansion for Clank Catacombs announced 
• Plus a train game for Nick – Lightning Train
• The next 2 Feld city games have been announced: Manila & Beijing (rethemes of Amerigo & Year of the Dragon)

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• Inis: Big Box (featuring Nemed expansion)
• Catacombs Alpha
• Even more train fun, with Maglev Maps: Expansion volumes 1 & 2

Gamefound

• Agricola Special Edition
• Sniper Elite: Operation Kraken & Reprint

Top 5 UKGE highlights?

Highlight Number 5

Joel: Space Junkers

Sam: Hotel

Nick: Food Trucks

Lewis: Wrath of Fire Mountain

00:44:15  1st Interview 

Mark Prentice from Next Dimension Games

• Space Junkers 
• Go Ahead Punk!

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Highlight Number 4

Joel: more stands and US companies

Sam: Size of the show

Nick: The new hall layout

Lewis: Daybreak

Highlight Number 3

Joel: Lost Ruins of Arnak, Big box and expansion 

Sam: Open gaming availability

Nick: An actually nice hotel

Lewis: Sky Team

1:41:00  2nd Interview

Chris Priscott from Unfringed Games

• Zuuli
• Molehill Meadows
• Fancy Feathers

Highlight Number 2

Joel: Paint pens

Sam: In The Footsteps of Marie Curie 

Nick: Slambo! & Bus & Stop

Lewis: Arcs

Highlight Number 1

 Joel: Fire Tower

Sam: Last Week of Summer

Nick: ito with 13 players

Lewis: Chaos Cards

2:49:30  3rd Interview

Judson Cowan from tettixgames.com

• Deep Regrets and Even Deeper Regrets – Kickstarter link 
• Shallow regrets 
• Personal Demons 
• His white whale game, Fright House

Plus Other bits from the UKGE 25 before we finished up.

Thank you for listening 

 

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Devon Dice Podcast – Episode 141
Title: It’s Our UKGE 2025 Preview Episode!

Welcome back to another episode of the Devon Dice Podcast! Joel, Nick and Sam are bringing their best list of games they are looking forward to, at UKGE 2025, to try and impress Lewis on what to look out for this year.

Convention Chat

Looking ahead, don’t forget the Fox & Hounds Board Game Weekend is coming up:
17th–19th October – mark your calendars!

Board Game News

• Tariffs Update: There’s a 90-day pause on tariffs, prompting a mad shipping dash from publishers. Great for getting games out… but it’s driving up shipping costs again.

• Golden Geek Awards:  announced The winners have been crowned! (Insert dramatic drumroll here.)

Crowdfunding Corner

Kickstarter Highlights:

• Age of Steam Volume 5 & 6 expansions– 16 new maps + 2 promo maps? That’s enough to derail our wallets.

• River Rats – Another co-op poker game, because bluffing with friends never gets old.

Gamefound Picks:

• AVGhost Paranormal Investigation: Second edition – another chance to go ghost hunting … .

Coming Soon:

• Paperback Adventures: Volume 2 – More wordy roguelike fun on the way!

Our UKGE 2025 Top 5 Most Anticipated Games

Here’s what each of us is hyped for:

Joel’s Picks

1. Goat Simulator: The Card Game

2. Distilled: Cocktails

3. Popcorn

4. Calimala

5. SETI: Space Agencies

Sam’s Picks

1. Last Week of Summer

2. Transgalactica

3. Asterix & Company

4. Australis

5. Fathom

Nick’s Picks

1. Conservas

2. 1 a.m. Jailbreak

3. Bus & Stop

4. Sakana Stack

5. Slambo

️ Honourable Mentions

• Pest

• Fighting Fantasy Quest: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

• Moby Dick: Wrath of the Seas

• Sniper Elite: EscalationSniper Elite: Operation Kraken

• Aeterna

• Ofrenda

• Tag Team

• Tomb Raider: The Crypt of Chronos

UKGE 2025 Events To Look Out For

• Live shows

• The legendary Bring & Buy

• Open gaming area

• 4 massive halls of board game bliss

Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and maybe even leave us a cheeky review. If you’re heading to UKGE, come say hi – and if you offer us a game of Clank!, Joel and Sam won’t say no… even if they should.

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Joel, Nick, and Sam are joined this week by Matt Prowes, the Torbay Full Board Gaming Weekend convention organiser. Tune in to hear about the event’s history, what goes into running it, and what exciting things are planned for the future.

Also in this episode: the gang catch up on the latest (well, slightly up-to-date!) board gaming news — including the ongoing US tariff situation, current crowdfunded campaigns, and of course, what they’ve been playing recently.

Enjoy the show!

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
• UKGE (game releases preview page on BGG)
• Just gone by:
  • Baycon
  • Tic-Tac-Tabletop Games Weekend in Tavistock

Interview about Full-Board-Gaming Convention

• MATT and the Torbay Convention Full Board Gaming!  
• 2,3 or 4 nights between 29th Jan – 2nd Feb 2026 (booking here)

News

• Tariffs and more tariffs
  • CMON buckles down; Bordlandia shuts – CMON: pauses all future development; will focus on delivering existing promised games; laying off a lot of the creative team. CMON profit loss was recently confirmed as being over $3million loss.
  • Stonemeier (+ a number of other publishers) are suing the president over the tariffs
  • Final Frontier Games – declares bankruptcy, closes down. Cites non-payment of a large order from CMON as the final straw (CMON disputes any unpaid due payments)
  • Greater Than Games – shuttered by owner Flat River Group, resulting in layoffs.
• Battle of Hoth announced from Days of Wonder, a retheme of Memoir ‘44
• Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid – with Eric Lang & Ken Gruhl – will it be worth it?

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• Dr Finn’s Book of Solo Strategy & Word Games
• Night Soil
• Nippon: Zaibatsu
• Flamecraft Duals
• Trickerion: 10th Anniversary Edition + new expansion
• Escape from Pompeii

Gamefound

• Aeon’s End: Beyond the Breach (launches 5th May, so will be live once the podcast is out)
• This War of Mine: Second Edition

Coming Soon

• Goat Simulator – the Card Game

Played Games

• Nick

• • • Kansas Pacific
    • Lewis & Clark: The Expedition

• Joel

• • • Caracas 
    • Fischen
    • Cabanga!
    • Dro Polter
    • TFotR trick-taking game

• Matt

• • • Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
    • Tyrants of the Underdark
    • Star Wars: Rebellion (Today!)
    • Clash of Cultures
    • Llama Land
    • (Online – Stellaris)
    • FBG survival servers – Return To Moria

• Sam

• • Deep Regrets
  • The Guild of Merchant Explorers
  • Clank! Legacy 2 – Game 4

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