Episodes

Wednesday May 01, 2024
Episode 53 - Airecon 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 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

Friday Mar 08, 2024
Episode 52
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
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

Monday Jan 01, 2024
Rick and Traceys top 10 board games of all time
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Rick lists his top 10 board games of all time. He also goes through Traceys top 10 favourites.

Monday Dec 25, 2023
Episode 0 - Unreleased Clip
Monday Dec 25, 2023
Monday Dec 25, 2023
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.

Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Toms Favourite Miniature Games
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
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, & |
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 |
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 |
||

Monday Dec 11, 2023
Speedrunning Video Games
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
This is an extra bonus episode in celebration of our 50th Anniversary podcast episode. In this mini episode, Rick chats to club member Phil about one of his other hobbies, speedrunning.
Links -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2k69KENvQNc1FTObM5uGlg

Monday Dec 04, 2023
Episode 50 - Anniversary Epic Special
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
We are now 50 episodes old! Thank you to all our listeners for keeping us going! In this episode, Rick, Samuel, Tom L and Tom C all chat about the board games we have been playing recently.
Then we chat about our favourite video games.
Games discussed -
- Rome In A Day
- Zooloretto
- Red Cathedral
- Blue Moon City
- San Marco
- Oathsworn
- Meadow
- Spots
- The L Game
- Lewis and Clark
- Lords of Waterdeep

Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Episode 49 - The Golden Age of Board Games
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Rick and Tom Lovewell chat about some of the games we have been playing this month. Then we talk about the Golden Age of Board Gaming.
Games discussed -
Lancaster Big Box
Expeditions
Flash Point Fire Rescue
Stone Age