Devon Dice Presents

The gang is back! In Episode 155 of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick, Claire, and Honey for another catch-up from the world of board gaming. We chat about upcoming conventions and some sad convention news, including the end of AireCon in 2027, before diving into the latest board game news, from the Deutscher Spiele Preis to Wyrmspan Pocket, Timespan and yet another HEAT expansion. On the crowdfunding front, we take a look at Cola Wars and the huge Clank! 10th Anniversary Big Box. Finally, we round things off with what we’ve been playing. Plenty of games, plenty of opinions and the usual Devon Dice chaos! Conventions The Devon Gaming Weekend @ Fox & Hounds in Autumn has been cancelled The Ocean City Games Convention – 31st Oct – 1st Nov Devon Dice Con might have a date Torbay – Full Board Gaming – Jan 28th – Feb 1st AireCon 2027 will be its last News Deutscher Spiele Preis Asmodee purchases Welcome To… line Wyrmspan Pocket hinted at by Jamey Stegmeier Timespan Magical Athlete: Second Wind announced 5th HEAT expansion – Narrow Streets – announced, incl. 2 new maps (Canada & Australia) Crowdfunding Cola Wars  The Monolith Space King Clank! 10th Anniversary Big Box What we played Joel Toy Battle Lairs The Game Makers Nick Wingspan @ 7 players Wingspan Pocket Upland & Prairie Endeavor: Deep Sea   (for next show):

Joel and Nick return to the Mics for a quick podcast to bring you the latest news and crowdfunding from around the world. Also, they catch up on what they have been playing over the last month. News Spiel des Jahres Winners: JinxO, Rebirth After 10 years, Mechs vs Minions gets its first expansion – Bandle City CGE: Kingdom Come: Deliverance: The Boardgame CGE: Surprise Shipment expansion for Lost Ruins of Arnak Small Batch, a Distilled spin-off game from Paverson Games (coming ‘27) Dominant Species, new print from AllPlay, with Ian O’Toole artwork & graphic design. And yes, solo mode from Dávid Turczi & team (including Nick!) Crash Landed from AllPlay is designed by Robert Hovakimyan and Sen-Foong Lim with artwork by Jake Morrison, and puts players in the role of survivors after their ship crashes on a mysterious alien planet. Restoration Games blueprints panel was a little underwhelming; nothing much too exciting unless you like Unmatched, Study in Terror and collab with Slay the Spire Rain ends play at GenCon Tag Team: SNK Arcade Legends. A seventh character, Iori Yagami, is available as an exclusive pre-order promo. Clank! 10th anniversary big box edition coming to Kickstarter. Crowdfunding HOXFALL Space Junkers The Lord of the Rings: Ascension STAG The Guild: Ren Faire’d Children of Time: The Roleplaying Game What we played  Joel 

Episode 153 sees Joel, Nick and Sam looking back at a fantastic UK Games Expo 2026, sharing their highlights from the UK’s biggest board gaming event, from the Bring & Buy and press event to the games they demoed and discovered. They also discuss the Spiel des Jahres nominations, the latest crowdfunding campaigns, upcoming releases, and plenty of the new titles that caught their attention, including Space Junkers, Papyria, For the Gods, Clank! Catacombs, Finspan, and many more. Whether you made it to UKGE or not, join us for our roundup of one of the biggest weekends in the board gaming calendar. Quick News Spiel des Jahres nominees announced: KennerSdJ: Boss Fighters QR Rebirth Moon Colony Bloodbath SdJ: Dito! (JinxO) Cozy Stickerville Morty Sorty Magic Shop Whose Turn Is It Anyway – rebrands / relaunches as Just Play Podcast, hosted just by JP   Crowdfunders Concordia Special Edition Altera – the new game from IV Studios Shug – the UKGE party game winner for a whole 10-minutes 😀 ROKR Dinosaur Lab Pinball   Coming Soon Isle of Penguins Thunder Road: Ignition UK Games Expo Wrap-up Hotels Parking Interesting stands Nice art stalls Socks stand Pin collection Bring and Buy Press Event Attendance: 51,196 unique attendees, 87,837 turnstile attendees Events Nick: How was: Discworld: All That is Gold Is Not Butter  Games demoed/played Joel: Space Junkers Flip Pick Towers 

The gang are back to preview the UK Games Expo 2026 at NEC Birmingham, 29th to 31st May. News Clank! Master Thief Edition announced Bloomsbury want to offload Osprey Games Golden Geek Awards announced Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG + Unstoppable on Backerkit UKGE Judges Choice Awards announced UK Games Expo Quick overview of changes to the expo Only Nick has tickets for an event – though Sam just found out the original Treyguard from Knightmare the TV show is guesting Knightmare Live on Saturday night! We run down a very loose top ten games we’re excited for Joel Nick Sam 1 Star Trek: Space Hunt (Publishing Technology Solutions – 4-334) Ringyō (Paverson Games – 3A-418) DC Breakout: Arkham Asylum (Wizkids – Trade stands) 2 West Story: A Town Building Game (Smart Flamingo 2-T11) Kobayakawa (Oink Games – 2-336) First Giants (Space Cowboys – Asmodee/Trade stands) 3 Rattlesnake (Osprey Games – 3A-448) The Brain (Spiral Galaxy Games – 3-402) Night at the Zoo (Albi – 3-774) 4 Catvale (FUdice – 4-586) Ace of Spades (Devir/Kosmos – 2-636) Torchlit (Allplay – 2-604 / 2-708) 5 Space Junkers (Next Dimension Games – 3A-T59) For the Gods! (Mighty Boards – 3-634) 8 Dragons (Wonderbow Games – 3-T37) 6 Crits & Tricks / Thieves of Eldris / Tug of Roar (Inside Up Games – 4-302) Crits & Tricks (Inside Up Games – 4-302) Sanibel (Avalon Hill – 3-932) 7 Hachette stand /Tulikko (Hachette – 2-416, 2-316) King of Tokyo Godzilla (IELLO – 2-636) 12 Rivers (Good Games Publishing – 3-544) 8 Carcassonne Labyrinth (Ravensburger – 2-736) Flip Pick Towers (Osprey Games – 3A-448) Container (Allplay – 2-604 / 2-708) 9

Devon Dice Podcast 151 Joel and Nick are back with a very late episode, recorded at the end of March and only just released now. Yes, the news and crowdfunding sections are now wildly out of date, but somehow it is still entertaining. We hope you enjoy the episode, and stay tuned, as our UKGE preview show is coming up next. Conventions The Torquay Full Board Gaming weekend – available to book now for Jan 2027 Fox and Hound’s Boardgaming Weekend – last weekend, podcast to follow Baycon: 8th-12th April, in Kennford News Star Wars: The Queen’s Gambit gets a Restoration Games restoration as The Lord of the Rings: The King’s Gambit. Asmodee acquires Japon Brand. Awaken Realms makes a statement about their use (or not) of AI in their games’ artwork. Smaller Games are the new ‘thing’ in gaming for 2026. Dicetower review of Roborover: 2077 Last Hope, but Grimcoven gets some great reviews Crowdfunding Brass: Pittsburgh Apex Carnivore Here to Slay DUNGEONS The Official Cyberpunk Trading Card Game Slay the Spire: Downfall Fight! Mortal Kombat Deckbuilding Game – based on Cyptozoic’s Cerebus deck-building engine Capitals of Tactoria What we played  Joel  Koi Festival Nick Western Legends Rummy