The start of a new year comes with some high expectations for kickstarter releases that i backed last year, especially the expansion ones for games i already enjoy. Too Many Bones – most of my gaming in January was two player…
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My Hammerhal box set began in 2017 by building and painting the excellent Putrid Blightkings, which are the best enemies in the set. You have a lot of build alternatives with these models, so I decided to make them into mini…
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I have owned this game for over five years, and am still making the effort to work through expansion boxes. Whilst expanding your player cards is important, and deck building will improve your chances of success, i obtain the most excitement from…
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Over the last couple of years kickstarter has become a key place to find new great looking fantasy adventure games, and i selectively back where i think they could challenge my own collection. Gloom of Kilforth (Sept 2015) – the first…
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My other hobby of sorts alongside board gaming is my hifi and music and i thought i would document my second hand Rega turntable history as i made another return to vinyl. I grew up playing vinyl as a teenager…
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This is a summary of the board games that saw my most interest, gameplay, hobby time, funding and general enjoyment in 2018. This year my time painting models reduced a little compared to previous years, and kickstarter arrivals became more focused on…
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Descent 2nd edition is still good enough to fight its corner well against newcomers, and Fantasy Flight Games really should keep it going. A 3rd edition which has an even better app driving it as a co-op dungeon crawler would…
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Nemesis by Awaken Realms arrived and makes an attempt to hijack the top of the games list, just before the year end. If you ever wanted to experience Aliens in a board game setting, then this has to be the…
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When i received the original kickstarter release, initial impressions on the contents were that this is a top quality game. The models are very good by plastic miniatures standards, maybe slightly soft on some thinner weapons, but i was impressed…
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It has always been my intention to continue to collect this game, but with new dungeon crawlers appearing, it is seemingly impossible to have enough painting time. As my Descent models have to all be painted for continuity, it means my…
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