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.

Hidden Leaders is the newest game from BFF Games up on Kickstarter and players will be getting stuck into some civil warfare to restore order and prosperity. The island empire of Ostra is in peril, and 2-6 players will need to put their social deduction skills to the test, to secretly compete to restore balance from the wrath of civil war.

As if Exploding Kittens was not already in every single household, but you can pre-order all the fun of the game, but with a lot less violence to fluffy cute animals, and more violence to some pesky little minions. The popular film, Despicable Me is known for its Minions alone, and designers and publishers Exploding Kittens LLC, has now teamed up to make their first collaborated licenced product entitled Exploding Minions. 

After playing board games for so long, you tend to find the same style of game reskinned into a new reimagined adventure. Whether it be in woodland, next time rehashed into sci-fi. I love to find really unique board games alike anything I have ever played before. Canvas is a game that boasts individuality and ties in the artistic ways of the player. Now Canvas by Road to Infamy is back up on Kickstarter with a reprint of its stunning game along with an expansion entitled Reflections. 

I am seeing beards everywhere I go! It seems like everybody is rocking a beard at the moment, and in the card game Yukon Salon by Atlas Games, styling in a beard and hairdo has never been easier. Even if you are a grizzly bear. 

Quirky and short play-time games are what I look for when it comes to a card game. Something I can pick up and not have to use my brain without it falling into mush due to intense strategy. From the people who made Exploding Kittens, comes a brand new game that requires no board, 15 minutes and one friend to play with, named A Little Wordy.

There are so many board games out there that use trains as a form of transport to connect different cities. However, a new method of transport is available is now boarding (get it... board game), and you can create a worldwide airline empire, managing a combination of flights, fuel and customers in Connecting Flights the new Kickstarter from Bazzite Games. 

WizKids have a new social deduction game set in the world of Magic: The Gathering and now Ravnica Inquisition is seeing its North American release. 

Paizo have released the new core set for the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, turning you and your friends into the champions of the town

Fantasy Flight Games have released an updated version of the KeyForge rulebook to download.

More details about Themeborne's upcoming sci-fi adventure game Escape the Dark Sector has been revealed on the UKGE site, telling us a bit more of what to expect from this foray into space. 

Fantasy Flight Games are gearing up for the release of Age of Ascension, the second set for their unique card game KeyForge. Now, they have peaked inside the cards to take a look at what is coming for House Mars and House Logos.

Plaid Hat Games have released the final two card sets for Isaac Vega's card game Ashes, bringing the setting and range to an end.

Junk Spirit Games have gone to Kickstarter with their new dice rolling game Battle of the Bards, where they have already secured the crowd's approval.

Z-Man Games have made the rules for their upcoming game Narabi available to download from their site. 

Play Fusion have revealed new cards for Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions' upcoming Savagery expansion, bringing with it fresh units and champions for your decks.

German developer Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag (NSV) is bringing out a new version of their Spiel des Jahres Nominated game The Mind, adding a new level of experience with a two-track CD. 

Fantasy Flight Games are previewing the first Premium Expansion for Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game as they reveal the neutral cards of Children of the Empire.

Z-Man Games have published a free to download solo play rules variant for their game Mesozooic, letting you compete against yourself to make the best dinosaur park ever. 

Flyos Games have brought a new survival card game to Kickstarter, setting you and your friends up against waves of infected all hungry for your marrow. Can you come together to survive Until Daylight?

Join us where we'll be playing through Alderac Entertainment Group's fantastic and huge game, Thunderstone Quest.

Looney Labs have two new versions of the popular card game Fluxx now up for pre-order, both taking place in the Final Frontier; Star Trek Fluxx and Star Trek: The Next Generation Fluxx.

AEG have launched a new Kickstarter for the deck building card game Thunderstone Quest, bringing it Back To The Dungeon.

New cards, digital app, organised play and more!

A swashbuckling game of carbs and strategy

Enter the world of Dark Souls again in this upcoming cooperative card game