It's OTTWeekender Time and we go big into the divide between Octobers two main themes Orcs and Spooks! We also dive into a fan-driven Indie as the Confrontation Club launches its app.

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Pandemic Board Game is now available, players can now enter into the atmosphere of the Lich King, using the familiar Pandemic system.

Crossing over to the comic book industry, Source Point Press will be taking on titles such as Legend of the Five Rings, Pandemic and Mysterium as part of a new licencing deal with Asmodee. 

There has been a very interesting collaboration between two different franchises, and we are met with a fascinating alliance. Z-Man Games, the beast behind the incredibly popular board game series Pandemic has revealed their recent collaboration with Blizzard Entertainment. Bringing a brand new game using the Pandemic system, set in World of Warcraft. Welcoming, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. 

As far as miniatures games go, The Black Library is no stranger to us all. However, with the recent announcement that Zombicide will be teaming up with Aconyte Books, it seems that other board game publishers are not so far behind them.  Z-Man Games are now in the process of teaming up with Aconyte books too. With an upcoming novel entitled Pandemic: Patient Zero, based on the incredibly popular board game series - Pandemic. 

Everybody loves a game of Pandemic from Z-Man Games, tackling a worldwide pandemic and easing the world back into safety. The incredibly popular game title has announced a new title in their streamlined series Hot Zone, entitled Hot Zone: Europe, where players are tackling contained diseases within the area. 

The newest instalment to the Pandemic series has secured itself a release date. Pandemic Hot Zone Europe by Z-Man Games is heading to stores this summer, gearing you up for another chance to save the one part of the world at a time, from the terror of a pandemic outbreak. 

Today on The Weekender! Warren Meets Mat returns, we talk with Mythic Games about HEL: The Last Saga, explore a wealth of new Historical miniatures hitting the tabletop and check out tabletop paintball from eBoB Miniatures.

Z-Man Games has a new take on their classic board game Pandemic called Pandemic: Hot Zone. This is a quick version of Pandemic which can be played in thirty minutes and caters for between two-to-four players.

A man who requires no introduction, Matt Leacock is the game designer behind the board game classic Pandemic.

Raise armies, defend your cities, and forge alliances to ward off relentless incursions. This is not a regular game of Pandemic, this is Pandemic: Fall of Rome!

This week, we're mixing things up a bit as we kick the show off with a look at Games Workshop's currant range of games and try to decide which one reigns supreme!

Get excited, as the greatest alliance since Daenerys and John finally got down and dirty is arriving in time for Christmas.

Z-Man Games are coming out with a new Pandemic variant, one which trades the familiar struggle against spreading disease to set you against invading tribes. Work together to save the empire in Pandemic: Fall of Rome.

Pandemic, the popular co-op game where you fight to save humanity from the spread of disease, has turned ten this year, and to celebrate Z-Man are bringing out a special Anniversary Edition.

Z-Man Games has announced another twist on the world of Pandemic continuing into 2018. See what you think of the Survival Series.

Not-So-Bored Games are on Kickstarter looking to fund more of their Viral Outbreak Miniatures for you to drop into, for example, games of Pandemic as alternatives to your pawns.

A new version of Pandemic has been announced by Z-Man Games. The new take on the game, Rising Tide, sees you fighting against flood waters in the Netherlands rather than battling diseases.

While some gamers will want to know what lies ahead for the follow up to Z-Man's massive success, Pandemic: Legacy, some might not so SPOILER WARNING in advance!

Not-So-Bored Games has a new Kickstarter in progress for some interesting upgrades for your favorite board game.

Join us for an awesome Weekender where we have plenty of competitions AND some great interviews for you too.

Z-Man's Pandemic Legacy Season 2 has appeared at Essen Spiel as the box cover and a few tidbits were shared about the game. See what you think...

Do you have what it takes to take on the baddest of the bad diseases and get things under control? Z-Man Games is releasing the first expansion for Pandemic: The Cure- Experimental Meds at this year's Essen.

Lloyd goes loco over locomotives and train track tabletops and we explore the ways you could turn the gateway game, The Undercity, into a 2.5D tabletop experience.

It looks like we're going to be getting a new version of Pandemic with a Cthulhu twist from Z-Man. It seems like it was going to be inevitable that this happened and I have to admit that Reign Of Cthulhu looking rather good from what we've seen so far...

We've been looking at loads of awesome things that happened in the tabletop world this week and announcing a new Game Designer Challenge with a focus on making a new Halloween game!

If you've ever wanted to take on the challenging gameplay of Pandemic in a new and interesting way then what better mechanic to use than that of the Legacy engine (previously used with RISK: Legacy). I can see this being a fantastic and tough tabletop task from Z-Man...

It won't be long until State of Emergency, the next expansion set of the great board game Pandemic, will be bringing players all new challenges and characters. One such character is the Pharmacist, who has just been revealed by Z-Man Games.

State of Emergency, the latest expansion for the popular board game Pandemic, is on its way, bringing with it all sorts of new challenges, one of which Z-Man Games is giving us a quick preview of.

Z-Man Games have announced that they will be coming out with another expansion for Pandemic, the game where you and your friends battle to stop the world being overrun by disease. Now things have gotten even harder as they declare a State of Emergency.

Pandemic has to be one of my all time favourite board games, a simple, effective cooperative experience in which you and your friends stem the flow of disease. You know what else I love? Risk Legacy. Wouldn't it be awesome if the two were combined somehow?