UK Games Expo 2019: Sunday Live Blog
Come and join us for a weekend of awesome fun here at the UK Games Expo in Birmingham, UK!
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We're going to be getting stuck into a lot of live blogging and livestreaming over three days here at the event so make sure to get involved!
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Here's some of the information about what to look out for this year.
- Tickets
- UK Games Expo First Timers Guide
- UK Games Expo Guide
- Venue Hall Map
- Seminar Schedule
- Viking Village!
Make sure to tell us what you're looking forward to this weekend!
UK Games Expo Opening Times
Friday - Trade Halls Opening: 9.30 to 6pm
Saturday - Trade Halls Opening: 9.30 to 6pm
Sunday - Trade Halls Opening: 9.30 to 4pm
You will be able to join us across all three days as we delve into all sorts of awesome goodness from across the gaming spectrum. Tickets are available on the door so if you're inspired to come along, make sure to come along!
Blogging At This Event:
Bring Your Fantasy Worlds To Life With Creative Quest
The folks at Creative Quest have managed to stun Warren with their range of RPG Accessories.
Not only do those beautiful books double as GM screens but they can also hold all of the core RPG books that you might need to bring on a night’s adventure. In addition to that they also do wonderful flight stands and dice boxes in the shape of treasure chests.
Have Fun With Destruction And Wizkid's Smash City
Seth from WizKids provides Justin an update of what they’ve been showing off at UK Games Expo this year.
Smash City is one of the new games from WizKids and it involves rolling huge kaiju sized dice across a doomed city. It’s not just the buildings of the city that are in danger, but cars, street vendor vans and probably the plumbing too!
Archon Studio Show Off Their Minis
Archon Studio is showing off their terrain and miniatures. All their terrain is modular and simply clicks together meaning you can get a table together in minutes.
They were also giving away their Necromancer mini for Starcide.
Did you get one?
Warren Takes In The Superb Miniatures Of Cerberus Studios
Warren got a chance to check out some of the amazing miniatures from the world of Cerberus Studios. They have been working on all sorts of Fantasy miniatures and others with a very Greek-inspired background.
What do you make of their miniature collection?
East Street Games Talk Us Through The Fun & Quirky Mob Sitters
East Street Games have shown off one of their awesome games that caught our eye this year. It’s one which shows off how mobsters and baby care combines.
Come and see what this game is all about here!
Lion Tower Give Us An Update On Wrathborn - Comment To Win
Ben catches up with Rick and Dan from Lion Tower Miniatures to talk all things miniatures.
Comment to Win!
Not only does Ben get to find out what’s new with their miniature ranges but he also gets an update about Wrathborn: their 35mm miniature game. Very kindly, Lion Tower are giving away a Norndrassel Starter faction to one lucky commenter. So comment down below for your chance to win!
7TV Pulp Launch
Designed alongside students from Edge Hill University, Crooked Dice have this weekend launched 7TV Pulp at the UKGE.
It’s the product of a unique collaboration between Crooked Dice, developers of 7TV and 7TV: Apocalypse, and Creative Writing students from Edge Hill University in the northwest of England.
If you love old movie serials, pulp fiction magazines, or any of the action-adventure movies they gave birth to and wish you could realize it on the tabletop – you’ll soon be able to!
Is this something you would pick up?
Ultra Pro Talk Us Through What They've Been Working On - Comment To Win!
Ultra Pro talk us through some of the great stuff that they’ve got cooking here at the event.
Comment To Win – Hot Electric Pink Dice
What do you make of the stuff that Ultra Pro bring to the tabletop?
Ares Games Talk Swords & Sorcery And Beyond - Comment To Win!
Justin busts down the doors to the Ares Games stand to find out what they’ve been bringing to the show floor.
Comment to Win!
With their recent release of Battlestar Gallactica, Ares Games have been busy with it flying off the shelves. In addition to their wonderful backlog, Ares games have been debuting two new card games at UK Games Expo with Nightmarium and Monsters vs Heroes and they are very kindly giving them away to our community. So, if you want to be in with a chance of winning these games then comment down below!
Delve Into The Flames With Fire Gangs 1840s
We’re delving into some great stuff here with a look at Fire Gangs 1840 from UK Games Expo.
This lets you head down into the midst of a Victorian masterpiece where all sorts of things are unfolding. If you like quite dice games this is for you.
Sarissa - New Terrain Tile System - Comment To Win
Ben takes a look at all new terrain advances being made by Sarissa Precision.
Comment To Win
Sarissa have developed an interlocking tile system that can also be assembled in an offset which is a great consideration within this system. Sarissa have been showing off some wonderful, modular dioramas for wargaming tables.If you leave a comment down below, Sarissa are giving away four of these terrain sets!
Bad Squiddo Games' Dwarf & Amazon Kickstarter - Comment To Win!
Bad Squiddo Games have a talk with us about their Dwarves & Amazons Kickstarter which is giving you some great new models for use in your skirmishing games.
Comment To Win – Treasure Blister Packs
Will you be backing Annie’s Kickstarter and if so, which side will you be going for?
#UKGE2019 MASSIVE Charity Game Of Happy Salmon
At the end of Saturday, Ben went to Hall 3 to check out something pretty special: a 200 person strong game of Happy Salmon.
The lovely organiser of UK Games Expo have set up a massive game of Happy Salmon for a little girl called Saren who has attended the convention for the last two years and loved playing Happy Salmon with her family. Unfortunately Saren has cancer and so couldn’t make it to the convention. The organisers set up this massive game to raise money for charity.
Children's RPG Gaming Area!
Ben dives in to find out what’s been doing down as part of the Children’s Role-Playing Area. This is a brilliant way for kids to get involved as they enjoy some cool storytelling with quirky and interesting mechanics.
Kraken Wargames - Comment To Win!
Justin checks out how Kraken Wargames have found their first UK Games Expo.
Comment To Win!
The guys at Kraken Wargames have all the wargaming accessories you could ever want. But they also brought their swatch book to show the extensive terrain options they have for gaming mats. If you want to be in with a chance to win a wooden dice tray provided by Kraken Wargames then comment down below!
Meet The Artist, Anne Stokes - Comment To Win!
We stopped off with the wonderful artist, Anne Stokes, as we look at some of her amazing pieces here at the show.
Comment To Win – A Signed Art Piece!
Make sure that you check out her gallery on the link above.
Hope you enjoy the rest of the show! Thanks for the content, have really enjoyed what you have put out so far. Can’t wait to see what Warren makes John do with the Contrast paints!
last day. its so sad when all is about to end
Final push guys, are you do anything on the way home this time?
Have a great day.
Great coverage guys. Love the continuous live feeds throughout the day. You’ve got them flowing perfectly. Very slick in deed. The guys in front of the camera are doing a fabulous job. The guys beavering away in the background making it all happen, even more so. Moucho respecto!
Great coverage. Thanks a lot for going all out on the coverage.
Thanks for all the updates… my wallet doesn’t thank you 🙂
Keep up the great job! Enjoying the coverage.
I have been really enjoying this weekends coverage guys. Thanks again!
I am GOING IN 2020! See you there!
Do they cover Etherfield by Awaken realms yet?
Is this really the end? tell me it’s not so
Thanks to everyone on the team for the fantastic coverage!
Been a busy weekend, thanks for bringing us along.
I hope one day I can visit this show, looks really fun and maybe I can meet with you.
ace to see stuff i missed totally lol
Well done guys! Thanks for putting this all together.
Thanks for the content, you lads must be knackered, sure you had a great time!
Great blog as always cheers all.
fantastic show
So much so far…keep it up.
Shame to have missed this. It’s on my doorstep but work got me. Catching up now.