Joel, Nick, and Sam are joined this week by Matt Prowes, the Torbay Full Board Gaming Weekend convention organiser. Tune in to hear about the event’s history, what goes into running it, and what exciting things are planned for the future.

Also in this episode: the gang catch up on the latest (well, slightly up-to-date!) board gaming news — including the ongoing US tariff situation, current crowdfunded campaigns, and of course, what they’ve been playing recently.

Enjoy the show!

Conventions

• Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October


• UKGE (game releases preview page on BGG)


• Just gone by:
  
  
  
  • Baycon
  
  
  • Tic-Tac-Tabletop Games Weekend in Tavistock
  
  
  
  

Interview about Full-Board-Gaming Convention

• MATT and the Torbay Convention Full Board Gaming!  


• 2,3 or 4 nights between 29th Jan – 2nd Feb 2026 (booking here)

News

• Tariffs and more tariffs
  
  
  
  • CMON buckles down; Bordlandia shuts – CMON: pauses all future development; will focus on delivering existing promised games; laying off a lot of the creative team. CMON profit loss was recently confirmed as being over $3million loss.
  
  
  • Stonemeier (+ a number of other publishers) are suing the president over the tariffs
  
  
  • Final Frontier Games – declares bankruptcy, closes down. Cites non-payment of a large order from CMON as the final straw (CMON disputes any unpaid due payments)
  
  
  • Greater Than Games – shuttered by owner Flat River Group, resulting in layoffs.
  
  
  
  


• Battle of Hoth announced from Days of Wonder, a retheme of Memoir ‘44


• Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid – with Eric Lang & Ken Gruhl – will it be worth it?

Crowdfunding

Kickstarter

• Dr Finn’s Book of Solo Strategy & Word Games


• Night Soil


• Nippon: Zaibatsu


• Flamecraft Duals


• Trickerion: 10th Anniversary Edition + new expansion


• Escape from Pompeii

Gamefound

• Aeon’s End: Beyond the Breach (launches 5th May, so will be live once the podcast is out)


• This War of Mine: Second Edition

Coming Soon

• Goat Simulator – the Card Game

Played Games

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    • Kansas Pacific
    
    
    • Lewis & Clark: The Expedition
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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    • Caracas 
    
    
    • Fischen
    
    
    • Cabanga!
    
    
    • Dro Polter
    
    
    • TFotR trick-taking game
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Matt

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    • Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
    
    
    • Tyrants of the Underdark
    
    
    • Star Wars: Rebellion (Today!)
    
    
    • Clash of Cultures
    
    
    • Llama Land
    
    
    • (Online – Stellaris)
    
    
    • FBG survival servers – Return To Moria
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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