UK Games Expo 2024: Live Blog

Ben takes a walk over to the Cephalofair Games stand to check out Frosthaven and Gloomhaven.  That’s not all though as Cephalofair Games have came out with their new solo version of Gloomhaven in Buttons and Bugs.  Check out more from Cephalofair Games here.

Take control of the SAS Commandos behind enemy lines in order to take objectives without getting detected or if that’s not your style go loud and blow it all up while spraying and praying!  Check out SAS Rogue Regiment here.

Use pickaxe and dynamite to gain more wealth than your opponents in this wonderful game from Devilfly Games.  Who needs safety when you have dynamite!  Check out Undermined! Pairadice City here.

Medusa Games have brought a bunch of wonderful board games with them to UKGE this year whether you’re looking to try out a worker placement game or an area control game Medusa Games have got you covered!  Check them out here.

Check out the newest addition to the Warcrow universe from Corvus Belli and this time we will be battling in the north!  Check out more Warcrow here.

These amazing little books about mischievous gnomes on Game of Gnomes by Critical Tales are a great to read in your spare time or even if you’re looking for some gnome based ideas for your next DND adventure or character.  Check out their website here.

Ben takes a look at the stunning hex based terrain system from Lorescape Ltd.  With a bunch of different types of terrain from dirt, stone, sand and sea this terrain system will take your DND campaigns or your games of Battletech to the next level.

Take on fate itself by writing and drawing about interesting and sometimes deadly creatures in Mappa Mundi in order to save your world from Fate.  Check it out here.

You will have seen Gray Primer on our livestream just now with Gerry showing off the awesome diorama that he built for the OnTableTop crew. It is an awesome evolution of the old Ice Cream van that we had in the studio years ago and it’s looking splendid. It might have made Justin a bit pensive…

Join us for Day Three of the UK Games Expo. Ben shows us around Hall 3 where you can sit down and have a chat with likeminded folk and maybe play some games. Perhaps take part in the paint and take and get yourself one of those dragons!

We got to chat with the folks from Loke BattleMats about their awesome array of gaming books, battle maps and more that you can use to enhance your skirmish games and roleplaying games.

We dive into a chat with the awesome Ralph Horsley who designed the fantastic dragon for this year’s show (and has done for the last few years!). His work is amazing and it’s great seeing what he has been working on for the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering.

We get to chat with Sev from the Avalon Hill team about their newest expansion for HeroQuest that is entirely new and original for the series. Head deep into the jungle and battle entirely new foes with a host of great new miniatures. The game expansion is currently available to pre-order!

We get to chat with Sev from the Avalon Hill team about their newest expansion for HeroQuest that is entirely new and original for the series. Head deep into the jungle and battle entirely new foes with a host of great new miniatures. The game expansion is currently available to pre-order!

The folks behind Paper Fort Games have been doing a great job bringing their passion to the design of Terraria: The Board Game which is currently crowdfunding! Find out more about their process and what they are bringing to the tabletop for Terraria fans and those who have never heard of the game!

Crooked Dice and the students from Edge Hill University talk about game design and the way that they have been bringing to life the Sci-Fi world of Colony 87. The miniatures range is already awesome and it seems like we have some budding game designers in our future!

We talk about the latest game coming to the Undaunted series from Osprey Games, 2200: Callisto is on the way later this year. Plus, for the sleuths we have War Stories waiting in the wings!

Over at the Kosmos Games stand Ben has a quick look at Nunatak and a few of the games by Devir being played by a bunch of the lovely people at UKGE 2024.  There’s even a chance to win a cuddly little plushie if you participate in some of the games being played at the Kosmos Games stand.  Check out more of Kosmos Games here.

TTCombat are showing off the newest addition to their range in the same series as Dropfleet Commander and Dropzone Commander with Strike Team Commander.  At 32mm scale the new Strike Team Commander looks fantastic and the miniatures look like they will paint up a treat.  For anyone who already loves Dropfleet Commander or Dropzone Commander this new game at a larger scale is a fantastic addition to the series.   Check out more from TTCombat on their website.

We get to catch up with Shadowborne Games and what they’ve been up to since we last saw them.  Ben finds out that they’ve been busy creating and releasing their newest title Avalon The Riven Veil.  An area control game where players get to explore the realm of Avalorn and fight over legendary artifacts and beasts in order to make them even more powerful.  Become a lord worthy of Excalibur and wield it to strike down your opponents.   Check out more from Shadowborne Games here.

If you’re needing a break from all of the stalls while at UKGE 2024 why not head over to the Open Gaming Zone in hall three.  Full of awesome board games for all ages and levels of experience you can sit down at a table and play a board game with your friends or maybe even make some new ones by playing with people who have similar interests.

Find a perfect balance while waring with up to six other Chinese dynasties in order to win in Huang or if you prefer to crusade through the middle east in an attempt to take Jerusalem why not try out Lords Of Heaven from Phalanx Ltd.  Check out Phalanx website here.

Attempt to build a labyrinthine dungeon as a minotaur following your dark masters orders in order to slow down and trip up those horrid adventurers attempting to steal your hard earned gold!  After all those adventurers need dungeons to delve and who else better to build them than you and your friends.  Check out more from Thunderworks Games here.

Ben takes us for a trip around Hall three at UKGE 2024 to have a look at all of the different games being played at a tournament level as he gets a little bit too excited about Crokinole.