The UK Games Expo is the 2nd to 4th of June and it’s the biggest tabletop gaming convention in the UK. It will be three days full of board games, card games, miniatures and roleplaying games and we take a look at the games that have got us excited.
Games Mentione;d
Knightmare Live
The City of Kings
Ravage Dungeons of Plunder
Beer Empire
Multiuniversum Cthulhu Expansion
SUPERHOT The Card Game
The First Martians
Alien Artefacts
Hannibal and Habicar
Anachrony
Days of Ire
Warhammer 40,000 8th edition
Shadow War: Armageddon
Dice Hospital
Pleiades
Adrenaline – expansion
Codenames: Duet
Statecraft
Pleiades
Sub Terra
War of the Nine Realms
Nine Worlds
The Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines
Sherlock and Mycroft
The Godfather
Legends Untold
Lord of the Horde
Perfect Crime
Raid & Trade: War on the Streets
Dropzone Commander and Dropfleet Commander
Batman The Board Game
Ore-Some
Carcosa
Wreck and Ruin
Strawberry Ninja
Shadowscape
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In a desperate effort to clear the decks before the UK Games Expo, the boys from Polyhedron Collider cast their eye over the latest batch of board games and tabletop Kickstarters. Steve faces the crushing difficulty and divisive gameplay of Dark Souls and then all three go to war with big mechs and sneaky spies in Farsight. Andy is one with the weather as he moves like the wind in Petrichor before joining Steve on the dungeon crawling of Ravage: Dungeons of Plunder. Finally Steve tries one of the latest Escape the Room games in Exit the Secret Lab.
00:00:00 Intro, and why we are all mad at Andy
00:01:54 Darks Souls: The Board Game http://steamforged.com/dark-souls/
00:16:14 Farsight https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/315276384/farsight-corporate-warfare-in-a-dark-future
00:30:55 Petrichor https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/petrichor
00:50:12 Ravage: Dungeons of Plunder: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1746130610/ravage-dungeons-of-plunder
01:01:58 Exit The Secret Lab http://www.thamesandkosmos.com/index.php/kosmosgames/exit-the-secret-lab
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In part 2 of episode 23, the Andy, Jon and Steve go through our overflowing mailbag and answer your questions. We discuss solo games, Talisman Legacy, apps in game and our favourite and least favourite game components.
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Steve, Andy, his potty mouth, Jon and his creaky chair have come together for another batch of board gaming chat. In part one of a two parts special (I say special, its more that we waffled for too long and had to chop it down) we go through Andy’s Kickstarter habit, have a discussion on the pronunciation of the word Brass, Nandos and how best to censor Andy.
We also talk about some games, since that’s why we’re here. Andy takes us to Mars, in a Story of Civilisation, Steve ventures through time in TIME Stories Expedition Endurance, Jon is all at sea with Tsuro and we all learn some valuable science from Dr Lewis in Planetarium.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:23 What has Andy Backed this week? Brass, Hannibal, City of Kings and Rise to Nobility
00:12:08 Mars a Story of Civilization
00:25:13 T.I.M.E Stories: Expedition Endurance
00:32:40 Tsuro
00:41:35 Planetarium
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On their return from Airecon, the boys have put together a bumper episode of tabletop gaming goodness. We start by discussing FAITH: The Sci-Fi RPG and its Garden In Hell starter set. We then go over the games we played and the people we met at Airecon, including our thoughts on Geeknson gaming tables and The City of Kings, the fantasy adventure game that is taking Kickstarter by storm.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:30 FAITH The Sci-Fi RPG and A Garden in Hell Starter Set. The FAITH: The Sci-Fi RPG Core Book and miniatures is currently on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burninggames/faith-the-sci-fi-rpg-core-book-miniatures
00:21:17 Airecon
00:23:33 Playing Viticulture on a Geeknson gaming tables http://www.geeknson.com/
00:36:05 Defection Game https://twitter.com/defectiongame
00:36:54 Inside the Box Games http://itbboardgames.com/
00:37:23 Eldritch Essences https://www.eldritchessences.com/
00:38:30 The Gloom of Kilforth – you can pre-order here: http://ratdorg.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/gloom-of-kilforth-pre-orders-now.html
00:43:20 Everdark
00:46:00 The City of Kings https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcokgame/the-city-of-kings-a-cooperative-adventure-for-1-4
01:02:44 Magmeda Monsters https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/714723302/magmeda-monsters
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Its time, yet again, for another dose of board gaming chat. Jon is off biking, or some other strenuous activity that Andy and Steve find far too much like hard work, and so they substitute a brummy for a redkneck as they are joined by James Hudson from Druid City Games. James tells us all about his new game, The Grimm Forest, and goes into detail about publishing, Kickstarter, distribution and Peppa Pig.
The Grimm Forest launches on Kickstarter on 21st March.
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Its episode 20 and the Polyhedron Collider’s One-Year anniversary, so we thought we would take a break from our usual format and take time to discuss what are our very favourite games and, more importantly, why we like them.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:45 Arkham Horror
00:11:21 Talisman
00:18:10 Viticulture
00:26:39 Star Wars X-wing Miniatures Game
00:34:53 RoboRally
00:43:08 Eclipse
00:51:57 Dungeons & Dragons
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Jon, Steve and Andy are back and ready for some chat about board games. First off we look forward to Airecon and have a rather in depth discussion about Cavern Tavern from Final Frontier Games. We then look at a couple of Kickstarters, SUPERHOT from Board & Dice and Elemenz from BadCat Games. Finally we round off the show with questions from the mailbag, answering our thoughts on Kickstarter versus pre-order and comment on the best and worst Kickstarter games we have backed.
00:00:00 Intro. We welcome back Jon and criticize Steve for not planning any contingency
00:01:56 We’re going to Airecon on the 10th to 12th March and we’re starting to get excited.
00:04:04 Cavern Tavern
00:28:58 SUPERHOT: The Card Game
00:36:42 Andy takes us down his Kickstarter money hole.
00:39:45 Elemenz
00:45:34 Question from the mail bag: Pre-orders or Kickstarter, which do we prefer and why? Which are the best and worst Kickstarters we have backed?
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Steve and Andy grab some mics and bring you another dose of board game chat. We discuss the business negotiation game in the world of Android and Netrunner, New Angeles. We then order a greek salad and a bottle of ouzo to discuss Santorini, the beautiful abstract game from Roxley Games. Finally we look forward to 2017 and talk about the games we are looking forward to the most.
00:00:00 Intro and chocolate hobnobs
00:02:12 New Angeles
00:29:29 Santorini
00:37:08 Hexspanse
00:39:29 Games we’re looking forward to in 2017
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We kick off the New Year with by kicking some demon butt in Doom: The Board Game, we investigate the hype of Mechs vs. Minions and realise we know nothing about our nation’s past with Timeline: British History. We also discuss board game profit margins, the new Roborally and boardgamegeek.com.
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:26 Andy spools up his BFG9000 to talk about Doom: The Board Game
00:22:06 Steve and Jon tell us about the Mechs vs Minions and how Steve very nearly didn’t get to play the game
00:37:50 Our Mechs vs. Minions chat leads on to a discussion about distribution, mark up on board games and the fabled friendly local game store.
00:41:36 The new Roborally has grabbed our attention
00:45:21 We find that Jon is rubbish at history with Timeline: British History
00:53:16 Talisman! (just for Board Deck & Dice)
00:54:15 Outro – please go visit our guild at https://www.boardgamegeek.com/guild/2726
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It’s the end of the year, so between filling their bellies with roast turkey and figgy pudding and the inevitable hangover that follows New Year and Hogmanay the boys gather to look back at the best board, card and tabletop games of 2016.
00:00:00 Introduction. Sorry for the delay in releasing an episode but due to disruptions in our day to day life Steve has been rather busy.
00:03:03 Because no-one not called Tom Vasel can play every game in existence we make a note of the games missing from our best of list. For some reason the boys then digress with reminiscing about Bulls Eye.
00:05:48 Arkham Horror: The Card Game
00:10:28 Scythe
00:15:51 Codenames: Pictures
00:21:07 We award Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules, Games Personality of the Year
00:21:49 Conan
00:26:53 Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
00:31:50 Ominoes
00:35:23 Star Wars: Rebellion
00:39:34 Adrenaline
00:44:34 Android: Mainframe
00:48:43 Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu
00:52:06 Imhotep
00:59:58 Ice Cool
01:02:36 Captain Sonar
01:07:00 Ave Roma
01:14:12 Each of us then selects are number on game of 2016.
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Welcome listeners of illusion to the podcast of confusion. We, Polyhedron Collider, challenge you to the ultimate adventure. The next episode of the podcast is complete, the entrance to the dungeon is open so enter listener.
The Polyhedron Collider Crew party up and head into the dungeon adventure that is the world of board games, card games, roleplaying games and the world of tabletop gaming. Andy tells us about his experience of Knightmare Live, Steve and Andy explore the kickstarted world of Legends Untold before escaping the locals of Innsmouth in Mansions of Madness and Jon takes us through Dobble Star Wars. We also delve into the mailbag and talk about our pet peeves in gaming, rulebooks and augmented reality and VR.
00:00:00 Intro: Explicit Content, how Apple has got our game and Steve is moving away.
00:02:59 Andy relives a ropey TV show from the 90s, as he talks about Knightmare Live
00:12:03 Andy and Steve delve further into a dungeon with a review of Legends Untold, an adventuring card game on Kickstarter right now. You can go back it at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505428038/legends-untold-as-deep-as-an-rpg-as-fast-as-a-card?ref=PolyhedronCollider
00:23:10 A quick shout out to Ominoes, that is also on Kickstarter and every member of the podcast crew loves. Go back it now at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/258813455/ominoes-the-dice-game-for-everyone?ref=PolyhedronCollider
00:25:23 Andy and Steve both go mad exploring the Cthulhu invested great houses of the Mansions of Madness. They discuss the use of apps in board games and the increasing cost of board games.
The boys also discuss Cthulhu fiction and recommend some Lovecraft stories to get you in the mood. You can download the entire Lovecraft collection for you e-reader over at http://arkhamarchivist.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/
00:44:59 All three boys have been rather silly and playing some Dobble Star Wars, which we all agree is ‘snap on crack’ and far more fun than it deserves to be.
00:51:15 Jon delves his hand deep into the mailbag and finds some juicy questions to be answered.
00:51:38 What are your pet peeves about gaming?
00:55:57 What makes a good rulebook?
01:00:58 Mars seems to be the most popular theme at the moment, what do we think will be the next big thing?
01:04:35 What are your thoughts on what Fantasy Flight Games might have up their sleeves to replace Games Workshop licenced products?
01:09:31 Do you think augmented reality, or VR, has a place in board games?
We talk about using the Microsoft Hololens for D&D which can be seen here: https://youtu.be/VX9TEADmVQ0
So what is it?
I’ve never seen one before, no one has, but I’m guessing it’s the Polyhedron Collider Cast Episode 14. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. A black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe, the Polyhedron Collider Cast ejects tabletop gaming chat back into the universe.
So that thing is spuing board game banter back into the universe?
Precisely, the Polyedron Collider crew have played Battlestar Galactica, digressed about Red Dwarf and had a lot of fun with Captain Sonar. They’ve also answered questions from the mailbag about which designers they would like to play with, talk about their D&D characters’ voices and break down their Christmas wish lists.
So what is it?
00.00.00 Intro
00.01.00 Battlestar Galactica
00.08.45 Talkie Toaster and Red Dwarf
00.14.50 Captain Sonar
Questions from the mail bag
00.23.34 Is there someone from the industry you’d like to play against at their own game?
00.25.39 Is Scythe not as good as everyone says it is?
00.26.53 Have you ever been offered to cover a game that is quite literally, complete and utter gash?
00.32.34 We know you like games, but do any of the Polyhedron Collider crew’s other halves get involved in the cardboard arena?
00.38.26 An off topic chat about Dungeons and Dragons
00.40.16 If you were playing roleplaying D&D, do you give your character a voice? And would you do the voice right now on air?
00.43.28 What has made our Christmas Lists?
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Board games, Tabletop games, Battlestar Galactica, Captain Sonar, Red Dwarf, White Hole, Talkie Toaster, Jamie Stegmeier, Scythe, Stonemeier Games, Dungeons and Dragons, D&D, Roleplaying games, RPG, Christmas, Gift guide,
Steve is joined by Richard Denning, designer at Medusa Games and one of the people instrumental to the UK Games Expo. Richard chats about his newest game, Nine Worlds, an abstract area control game themed around the nine worlds of Norse mythology. He also talks to us about the UK Games Expo, its history and what it’s like to be responsible for such a large gaming event.
00:01:23 Nine Worlds
00:23:25 UK Games Expo
00:32:16 AireCon
00:35:20 Beasts of War
00:38:18 X-Wing
00:43:40 Meeting Doctor Who
00:45:37 Future Games
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In a bonus episode, the boys discuss the games that were announced and released at Gen Con 2016, the world’s largest tabletop gaming convention. Unfortunately, three cash strapped British chaps couldn’t make it to the Indianapolis convention and they spoke to someone who did, special guest Paul Grogan of Gaming Rules and Czech Game Edition (CGE).
Intro 0.00
Paul Grogan 1.44
RuneWars: The Miniatures Game 20.38
Seafall 29.40
Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu 36.04
Rising Sun / Eric Lang 37.31
Raise Your Goblets / Toast 40.55
Potion Explosion 44.55
Star Trek Adventures / Jay Little 46.38
The Iron Throne 51.57
Arkham Horror: The Card Game and a rambling discussion about LCGs and CCGs and how they are not deckbuilders 54.46
Outro 01.01.27
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High on a combination of gaming excitement and caffeinated beverages, the Polyhedron Collider boys record live from the UK Games Expo 2016. Recorded at the end of the first and third days, we give our initial impressions of every game we can remember playing.
Games mentioned
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The boys are joined by Elora for some sensible and reasoned perspective as we talk about Eclipse, Blood & Fortune, Aya and Ominoes. We also start getting very excited about the UK Games Expo and talk about Codenames Pictures, Everdark, Guilds of London and Nine Worlds.
We also answer question from the mail bag about a pub fight between Euro Games and Ameritrash.