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!

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

• 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)

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

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

Joel: Space Junkers

Sam: Hotel

Nick: Food Trucks

Lewis: Wrath of Fire Mountain

Mark Prentice from Next Dimension Games

• Space Junkers
• Go Ahead Punk!

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.

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

• 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.)

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!

Here’s what each of us is hyped for:

1. Goat Simulator: The Card Game

2. Distilled: Cocktails

3. Popcorn

4. Calimala

5. SETI: Space Agencies

1. Last Week of Summer

2. Transgalactica

3. Asterix & Company

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

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

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

• 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

• Qu’arz
• Adventurers

• 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

• Nick

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

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!

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

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

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.

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!

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

• 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!

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

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!