Sheffield Board Games Club Podcast

Sheffield Board Gamers Podcast 56 - Gaia Project Expansion and Manorcon 2024

Rick is joined by Tom Lovewell and Sam Stringer, who has played the new Gaia Project expansion, Lost Fleet.

We chat about what other games we have been playing and Sam tells us about Manorcon 2024.

Games Discussed -

Gaia Project + Lost Fleet

Bitoku

Fractured Sky

Tiny Epic Dungeons

Space Station Phoenix

 

Episode 55 - UK Games Expo 24 Review

Rick is joined by Samuel and Tom L who have been to the UK Games expo this year.  We also chat about games we've played recently  -

• Web of Spies
• The White Castle
• Sidequest:Nemesis
• Mists Of Carcassonne 
• Harmonies
• Trio
• Shadows of Kilforth
• That's Not A Hat!

 

Epsidode 54 - Favourite Mechanisms

Rick and special guest Dom chat about board games.

Dom then give us his top 10 and bottom 10 mechanisms in games!

Games discussed - 

Little Town

Bites

Saga of the Northmen

Ransom Notes

Episode 53 - Airecon 2024

Rick and Tom Coldron chat about boardgames then Tom talks about Airecon 2024 in Harrogate.

Games discussed - 

Sheriff of Nottingham

Dixit

Food Chain Magnate

Trajan

Hanamakoji

Episode 52

Rick is joined by Tom Lovewell and Tom Coldron to chat about the games we have been playing recently.  We then talk about our first steps into the gaming hobby.

Games discussed - 

Ticket to Ride - Legends of the West (No spoilers!)

Aurum

Chimera

Seasons

Doctor Who - Time of the Daleks

Doctor Who - Battle For The Universe

Rick and Traceys top 10 board games of all time

Rick lists his top 10 board games of all time.  He also goes through Traceys top 10 favourites.

Episode 0 - Unreleased Clip

Before we started the Podcast, we recorded a few test episodes which were never released.  Here is a clip from 'Episode 0' where Sam S, Rick and Tom C chat about games we played - all the way back in 2019!

This is a short mini-episode to celebrate our main full length Podcast reaching 50 epsiodes long.

Toms Favourite Miniature Games

In this bonus episode, Tom L tells us about the best Skirmish/War/Miniature games currently on the market.  He makes some recommendations for all abilities and price levels.

Tom’s top 10 info

If I was buying a miniature game for christmas - what would I buy?
Criteria - The rules and dedicated miniatures must be available to buy for Christmas 2023 and it must be a vs style game not a co-op or quest style

	Name	Manufacturer	Are there free rules	Starter box price	Starter Force price	In Top 10?
Sports	Subbuteo	Hasbro	Y	£35	£13.50
	Blood Bowl	Games Workshop	N	£95	£32	Y
	Rumbleslam	TT Combat	Y	£45	£25
	Dreadball	Mantic	Y	£50	£25
	Overdrive	Mantic	Y	£50
	Car Wars	Steve Jackson Games	N	£72
Aero/ space	Wings of Glory	Ares Games	Y	£60	£15-20 per plane
	Blood Red Skies	Warlord Games	Y	£60	£35 per squadron
	X-Wing	Atomic Mass Games	Y	£70	£24-£48 per unit	Y
	Dropfleet Commander	TT Combat	Y	£60	£40 fleet £100 battleforce
Naval	Blood & Plunder, & Oak & Iron	Firelock Games	Y	£50	£25-£35
	Cruel Seas, & Victory at Sea, & Black Seas	Warlord Games	N	£60	£100 full fleet
	Sails of Glory	Ares Games	Y	£90	£15-30
	Dystopian Wars	Warcradle Studios	Y	£95	£32-45	Y
Squad	Dead Man’s hand	Great Escape Games	Y*	£45	£20 per gang	Y
	Marvel - Crisis Protocol	Atomic Mass Games	Y	£100	£25-40
	Harry Potter - Wizarding Duels	Knight Models	Y	£85	£47
	Batman  miniatures Game	Knight Models	Y	£95	£50-75
	Moonstone	Goblin King Games	Y	£65	£32
	Warhammer Underworlds	Games Workshop	Y	£65	£26
Massed Battles	Warhammer 40,000 & Horus Heresy	Games Workshop	Y	£40-£120	£95
	Age of Sigmar	Games Workshop	N	£35-£110	£80
	Warmachine/Hordes	Privateer Press	Y		£165
	Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game	Games Workshop	Y	£125	£55
	Star Wars Legion	Atomic Mass Games	Y	£120	£75 -£150
	Kings of War	Mantic	Y	£85	£35/£80/£120	Y
	Conquest	Para Bellum Games	Y	£160	£130
	Bolt Action	Warlord Games	N	£90	£100
	Firefight	Mantic	Y	£95	£75
6-10mm (epic scale)	Monsterpocalypse	Privateer Press	Y		£47
	Flames Of War & Team Yankee	Battlefront	N	£50	£70-£90
	BattleTech	Catalyst Games Labs	Y	£50-£80	£20-£35	Y
	Adeptus Titanicus & Legions Imperialis	Games Workshop	N & Y	£105 / £120	£50-£70
	Dropzone Commander	TT Combat	Y	£45	£35
	Pike & Shotte & Black Powder Epic	Warlord Games	N		£95-£110	Y
	Necromunda	Games Workshop	N	£105	£30
	Kill Team	Games Workshop	Y (ish)	£65	£37.50
	Deadzone	Mantic	Y	£95	£27.50
	Star Wars - Shatterpoint	Atomic Mass Games	Y	£165	£50
	Fallout: Wasteland Warfare	Modiphius	Y	£70	£45
	Infinity	Corvus Belli	Y	£110	£80	Y
	Mythos	Warcradle Studios	Y	N	£39
	Wild West Exodus	Warcradle Studios	Y	£94	£39
	Carnevale	TTCombat	Y	£65	£25
	Malifaux	Wyrd Games	Y	£90	£55	Y
	Warcry	Games Workshop	Y	£65	£30
	Elder Scrolls	Modiphius	Y		£45
	Vanguard	Mantic	N	N	£35
	Frostgrave	Osprey Games	N		2x £15	Y