UK Games Expo 2018: Friday Live Blog

Ryan gets to talk to Jon from The Historic Games Shop about some of his new dice games that he has been developing. Drawing from his practice in making ancient and medieval board games like Alquerque and Hnefatafl, Jon introduces Faerie Dice.

Family team Creative Quest have made a bunch of different, stylish accessories for fantasy RPGs, ranging from tokens and flight stands to cool cases to keep it all together.

Ryan chats to Andrew from Chip Theory Games about two of their games: Hoplomachus and Too Many Bones. Both games from Chip Theory are renowned for their single player and A.I mechanics so don’t worry if your board game night collapses all of a sudden!

Ben’s here with Reaper Miniatures to talk about their setting up shop in the UK. The stand at Expo here has been filled with miniatures and enthusiastic attendees painting all day long.

The SS Omega (SSO) is a survival horror card game currently running on Kickstarter, and Ben stops off with its creator Glen to discover what horrors lie in wait for us within its dark corridors.

Did you back this on Kickstarter? Is it one that tempts you?

Ben is talking to Paul from Handy Con to hear about the biannual event held at Maidenhead to celebrate board games. From heavy strategy games to lighter affairs, Handy Con seeks to bring people together to play as many games as they desire.

We have been loving Lightseekers here in the office so we couldn’t resist stopping by PlayFusion to see what they’ve been cooking up.

At this UKGE, they are also showing off their upcoming card game Age of Sigmar: Champions and give us a few hints about the direction the game is heading in.

Justin can’t resist the calling of Wild West Exodus from Warcradle Studios, and neither can we! Stu takes us through what they’re showing off at UKGE at one of the most beautiful stands this year.

Comment to win a Hex Posse Starter Box.

The classic Fighting Fantasy choose-your-own-adventure stories helped form the gaming experience of many and they have seen a resurgence in recent years, with the books returning to print from Scholastic.

Legendary games designer Ian Livingstone has a chat with us about the future of the series, including new books on the horizon, and offers up a rather cool prize.

Comment to win a copy of Deathtrap Dungeon signed by Ian Livingstone.

Dice Sports have got a couple of games with them at Salute, ranging from the comic book survival horror of Z War One to a dexterity based WWII dogfighting game that adds elements of pool?

Which of these two games appeals to you the most?

Justin updates us on the D&D stock situation with Gordon from Battlefront. Happily reporting that the spell cards are back in stock there’s also another surprise in the shape of an undead dragon!

So comment below to be in with a chance to win a Dragolich miniature from Battlefront!

It’s Vikings in Space! I am already loving this concept from DNAR Games, which they are playtesting at UKGE this year before they take it to Kickstarter.

Do you like the idea of vikings in spaaaaaaace!?

Ryan joins Nicholas from Repos Productions to talk about the new games from them. One of Ryan’s favourite games of the last few years has a new kids edition so you can teach your younglings to play. And Nicholas also explains one of the new 7 Wonder expansions: Armada

We’ve wandered over into the Family Zone to check out some cool oversized games everyone has been playing.

It’s really cool to see all the different ways people can engage with the event and these are definitely a fun way to get the family gaming.

There are a lot of exciting new goings on in the Star Wars universe and we stopped by with Fantasy Flight Games to hear more about X-Wing 2.0.

Are you excited to get started with X-Wing 2.0?

Justin jumps in on a Fallout demo game by Fantasy Flight Games. Returning to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the series, we find out a little more about the mechanics and how it plays.