Latest GMS Magazine podcast featuring an interview with Backspindle Games

Latest GMS Magazine podcast featuring an interview with Backspindle Games One of the cool games that came out in 2011 was Guards! Guards!, the Terry Pratchet inspired extravaganza. Paco and I talk to the two minds and talents responsible for bringing you a game with chaos, tons of characters, spells, dragons, back-stabbing action, racing, pox [...]

Does the future of Board Games rest with families? – An Interview – Nigel Scarfe of Imagination Gaming

Does the future of Board Games rests with families – An Interview – Nigel Scarfe of Imagination Gaming I’ve known about Imagination Gaming for a while now as one of my gaming buddies works with them. I also have seen the impressive beehive of activity in the Children’s Zone at UK Expo that is run [...]

Interview – Meet the guys from Albe Pavo

Interview – Meet the guys from Albe Pavo Another interview for your enjoyment. This time we talk to Matteo Santus and Jocularis from Albe Pavo, another fresh faced company from Italia! Their key release in 2010 was Munera: Familia Gladitoria which is a simulation of the world of Roman gladiators and their first expansion about [...]

Amy’s Board Game Day Adventure – by my boardgame buddy – Alan Hatcher

Amy’s Board Game Day Adventure – by my boardgame buddy – Alan Hatcher This is my second piece for Boardgames in Blighty about my gaming experiences with the kids, who continue their adventures into the world of board games. This time we head full throttle into a whole day of board game joy; although I [...]

Bricks and Mortar, Inside the FLGS – An interview with Michelle Davis of Rules of Play

Bricks and Mortar, Inside the FLGS – An interview with Michelle Davis of Rules of Play RESPECT! That’s all I can say to those who own Friendly Local Game Shops (FLGS) and any other type of small board game retailers as well. Especially in the current state of the world’s economy. I guess I’d have [...]

Spotlight on – Up and Coming Game Designer – Filip Milunski

I am very pleased to introduce you Filip Milunski from Poland. I have had the pleasure of playing and reviewing 2 of his designs – Mali Powstancy and Na Grunwald and was very impressed with his talent. Now with the publication of Magnum Sal which he has co-designed with Marcin Krupinski, I felt it was [...]

Spolight on – Richard Denning, Designer of The Great Fire of London 1666, and Medusa Games

Having reviewed The Great Fire of London 1666, I thought I’d catch up with Richard Denning, designer of this interesting board game… Hello Richard, Congratulations on the launch of The Great Fire of London 1666. Many thanks. Can we start by having you tell us about the game. What is the basic premise? Can you [...]

Boardgames in Blighty and Neil from Thru-thePortal ezine join Michael Fox in a round-table discussion on The Little Metal Dog Show!

Well waddya know! My turn to be interviewed. Michale Fox of the awesome Little Metal Dog Show podcast sat down via skype and chatted with myself and Neil Meyer of the Thru-the-Portal ezine about the corrent board gaming scene in the UK and our respective trips to Essen. Go to the LMDS website and Have [...]

Spolight on – Lorien Green and Going Cardboard, A Board Game Documentary

In case you haven’t heard, Lorien Green is making a documentary about our favourite hobby! It’s entitled – Going Cardboard, A Board Game Documentary. It will hopefully be ready during the first quarter of 2011 and from the look of Lorien’s website, this is going to be a wonderful advertisement for board gaming. From the [...]

Spolight on – Stephen Conway of THE SPIEL podcast

I don’t know about you, but I need my weekly fix of The Spiel podcast. Stephen Conway and Dave Coleson’s awesome broadcast about games and the people who love them. They also have a great charity called the Spiel Foundation. Stephen and I trade occasional tweets on Twitter and I asked him if he would [...]