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!

• 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

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

• 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?

• Dr Finn’s Book of Solo Strategy & Word Games
• Night Soil
• Nippon: Zaibatsu

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

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – This weekend!

• 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)

• Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game
• Cantaloop
• On BGA:
  • Revive
  • Azul Duel

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!

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

• 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.

• 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

• 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)

• Nick

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

• Lewis

• • • Return to Dark Tower
    • Lost Ruins Arnak

• Joel

Joel, Nick and Lewis were meant to be free-flowing with the show like other Christmas shows in the past, however, Nick still wrote a script. so you will still get news, Kickstarters, played board games, and more.

Fox & Hounds board game weekend – rooms available now (which include weekend tickets). Visitor weekend tickets will be available from our website soon!

• Asmodee get a cash injection, goes looking for more companies to acquire
• The Mandalorian: Adventures to get a sequel
• Nucleum 3rd expansion announced
• New BGG feature: Trends
• Lewis goes off on an Apple TV tangent
• Why Lewis’ ankle hurts

• Alhambra: Family & Friends edition
• Ascendice 2: Levatating Dice
• Tiny Crawler – a 3D-printable dungeon crawler

(nothing noteworthy on Gamefound)

• Nick

• • • Pandemic
    • The Crew: The Quest for Planet 9
    • Apiary + Expansion
    • River of Gold
    • Rebirth

• Lewis

• • • Concordia
    • Lost Ruins of Arnak
    • Side-discussion about Monumental & its delayed expansion that’s finally started shipping + the Monumental Duel Exploration card game

• Joel

• Joel’s annual Marvel Snap update

• • Power Grid Outpost

The March ’25 Devon Board Game Weekender Hotel rooms are available to book, hurry while rooms last. Weekend tickets will be available shortly from our website.

Devon Board Game Weekend

• Hansa Teutonica
• Medical Mysteries: NYC ER
• Race for the Galaxy
• Grand Austria Hotel
• Jaipur
• 7 Wonders
• It’s a Wonderful World
• Dice Forge

• Great Western Trail: El Paso – Great Western Trail spinoff card game
• Cascadia: Junior – a kids’ friendly version of an already light game
• Isle of Cats: Duel – 2p spinoff of Isle of Cats, going straight to retail
• Die Sandburgen von Burgund – Kids version of Castles of Burgundy – Sandcastles. In Burgundy?

• Western Legends Stories
• Revenant
• Sweet Lands