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

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

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

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

Ways you can engage or contact the show

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Joel and Nick bring a little out-of-date podcast, but here it is.

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
• Tavistock Board Game Convention – 3rd – 4th May

News

• Tariffs and more tariffs
• Finspan expansion news
• Corey Knonezska “retires” from Unexpected Games

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• Scales of Fate – a 2 player game in the world of Veiled Fate
• Formaggio – reprint of Fromage, plus an expansion
• Pulp Romance – solo game from Todd Sanders, next in the “Pulp” series

Gamefound

• Qu’arz
• Adventurers

Coming Soon

• Shallow Regrets – a ButtonShy 18-card version of Deep Regrets – coming in May
• Age of Steam: Map Pack Volume V – 7 more maps – coming in May

Played Games

• Nick

• • • Amun-Re – a Knizia classic
    • Age of Steam – yes, more.

• Joel

• • Deep Regrets
  • Black Forest

Devon Dice Podcast – Episode 138: Fox & Hounds Weekend Wrap-Up

In this episode of the Devon Dice Podcast, host Joel is joined by Nick and Lewis (with Sam off sick and Claire busy with university work) to recap their recent Fox & Hounds board game weekend. They discuss the event’s highlights, including hosting duties, the dinner and quiz, and various exciting board games played throughout the weekend.

The team dives into a mix of new and classic games such as Last Message, Orléans, Marvel Dice Throne Missions, Cryptid, Thunder Road Vendetta, and Root. Claire also got involved with Harmonies, and there were plenty of play-to-win moments with Finspan and Treehouse.

Looking ahead, they announce the next Fox & Hounds gaming weekend scheduled for 17 – 19 November 2025.

The episode also covers major industry news, including Awaken Realms’ upcoming releases, CMON’s latest financial troubles, and the controversial new edition of Quacks of Quedlinburg.

Finally, the hosts share their recent gaming experiences:

• Nick played Cerebria, Die Speicherstadt, and several Board Game Arena (BGA) titles like The Bloody Inn, Stalk Exchange, and A Gest of Robin Hood.

• Joel shares his thoughts on Kingdom Legacy.

Tune in for all the details, board game chatter, and a dose of the usual Devon Dice fun!

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – Review & Retrospective!
  • Hosting 
  • Dinner and quiz
  • Games
    • Last Message
    • Babylon
    • Orléans 
    • Compile
    • Harmonies with Claire
    • Marvel Dice Throne Missions
    • Cryptid
    • Thunder Road Vendetta
    • Worms
    • Root
  • Play to win Finspan
  • Treehouse
• Next Event is: 17 – 19 November 2025

News

• Awaken Realms’ 2025/26 announcements:
  • Agricola: Special Edition
  • Agricola: Dead Harvest
  • Labyrinth: Chronicles
• CMON losses
• Adventurers 
• Quacks of Quedlinburg gets an… interesting new edition 

Played Games

• Nick

• • • Cerebria
    • Die Speicherstadt
    • On BGA:
      • The Bloody Inn
      • Stalk Exchange 
      • A Gest of Robin Hood

• Joel

• • Kingdom Legacy

Ways you can engage or contact the show

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Hi I am Nick, not the host of the podcast, well, not usually, but just for today, I’m hosting on my lonesome!

What happened to Episode 137?…and all about Joel’s laptop’s adventure down the stairs a little sooner than he hoped!

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – This weekend!

News

• The year of the 2-player version of bigger games!
  • Aquatica Duellum
  • Flamecraft Duals
  • Celestia Duo
  • The White Castle Duel
  • Sail Legacy
• From the ‘lost’ episode 137:
  • Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship: A new game using the Pandemic system, from Matt Leacock and Z-Man Games (pre-release at UKGE; full release soon after).
  • Finspan: The latest Stonemaier announcement: a (simpler-ish) sequel to Wingspan, set in the ocean!
• Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor: A new stand-alone Forest Shuffle game, based in Dartmoor!
• Forest Shuffle: Exploration: Making the solo mode official, plus adding asymmetric caves
• Awaken Realms’ 2025/26 announcements:
  • Agricola: Special Edition – fair enough
  • Agricola: Dead Harvest – what?!
  • Labyrinth: Chronicles – really?!
• Lost Ruins of Arnak: Adventure Chest – big box and new expansion
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (from Phil Walker Harding)
• Feya’s Swamp(from designers of Terra Mystica & Gaia Project)
• The Druids of Edora (from Stefan Feld)

Played Games

• Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game
• Cantaloop
• On BGA: 
  • Revive
  • Azul Duel
  • Toy Battle
  • Aquatica
  • Railways of the World

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In this episode of Devon Dice: Board Game Podcast, host Joel is joined by Nick, Lewis, and Sam (while Claire is off to bed and mascot Honey is busy being adorable) to discuss their best board games from 2010, 2015, and 2020! They dive into the latest gaming news, including Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship and Stonemaier’s Finspan, plus updates from UKGE. The team also explores crowdfunding highlights, with big titles like Baghdad: City of Peace and Everdell Silverfrost making waves. Finally, they chat about recently played games, from Return to Dark Tower to Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game, before unveiling their top picks from the past three gaming eras. Tune in for all this and more!

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – Tickets are now sold out!

News

• Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship: A new game from Matt Leacock and Z-Man Games using the Pandemic system. Pre-release (purchasable) at UKGE (with Matt Leacock on hand to sign copies!) before its public release.
• UKGE announcement: Painting tournament
• Finspan – latest Stonemaier announcement; a sequel to Wingspan.

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• Baghdad: City of Peace from Alley Cat Games – Finishes 13th Feb (18 days to go) – £45 (retail) / £50 (deluxe) + £6 shipping – delivery Nov 2025
• La Patisserie Rococo from Eagle-Gryphon Games – Finishes 31st Jan (5 days to go) – £37 + £12 shipping – delivery Dec 2025
• Everdell Silverfrost from Starling Games – Finishes 31st Jan (5 days to go) – £33 (basic) / £53 (collector’s ed.) + £16 shipping – delivery Nov 2025

Gamefound

• Teotihuacan: Deluxe 2nd Printing from Board&Dice – Finishes 4th Feb (9 days to go) – £103 + £13 shipping + VAT (n/i in cost – so ~£23)
• Dice Tower 2025 (on gamefound, not KS!) – Finishes 31st Jan (5 days to go) – anywhere from £8.25 to £412, as many pledge levels available + add-ons + shipping (not estimated)

Played Games

• Nick

• • • Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game

• Lewis

• • • Return to Dark Tower
    • Lost Ruins Arnak

• Joel

• • • Nucleum

• Sam
  • • Charioteer

Best of 2010, top 3 of 2015, top 3 of 2020

Welcome to the best episode of the year! Devon Dice Board Game Podcast presents we celebrate the highlights of 2024 in the world of board gaming!

Joel, Nick, Lewis, and Sam (who’s back in action!). Unfortunately, Claire has retired to bed, and our ever-charming mascot, Honey, is busy with her latest obsession—a toy badger.

Conventions

We’ve got updates for the upcoming Fox & Hounds Boardgame Weekend. Rooms (which include weekend tickets) are still available, and visitor weekend tickets can be purchased on our website. Don’t miss out!

Tickets are now on sale on our website!

News

A big shake-up in the BoardGameGeek rankings! Ark Nova has climbed to the #3 spot, nudging Gloomhavendown to #4.

Crowdfunding

• Kickstarter: 1899 DAIHAN , an exciting new 18XX game set in Korea, is currently live (ending on January 6th).
• Gamefound: Ark Nova: 3Dition—because your favourite zoo-building game just got even fancier!

Games Played

Our hosts share their most recent board gaming adventures:

• Nick: Power Grid: Outpost, Cantaloop, and Panda Spin(on BGA).
• Joel: Wrath of Fire Mountain and Balatro
• Sam: Clank! Acquisitions Incorporated 2 and Clank! Catacombs – Lairs & Lost Chambers

Top Games of 2024

Finally, we’ll reveal our favourite games played for the first time this year. Please tune in to find out which titles made our list and why!

Grab your meeples, roll the dice, and join us to discuss the best and brightest in board gaming this year. Let’s make it an episode to remember!

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