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148 Devon Dice Podcast The best of 2025 (board games)

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In this episode of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick and Claire to round up the best games they’ve played in 2025—all new-to-them discoveries that have really hit the table this year. With Lewis struck down by the lurgy, Sam lost to board gaming winter blues, and Honey enjoying a well-earned nap, the trio also dive into the latest news, including the Fox & Hounds Board Gaming Weekend, a huge Stonemaier Games announcement dump, AllPlay reveals, Dice Tower crowdfunding, and some fresh GenCon breaking news. Then it’s time to celebrate the standout games that made 2025 a great year for gaming at Devon Dice HQ.

Upcoming conventions:
  • Torquay gaming weekend (Full Board Gaming) at the end of January
  • AndyCon
  • Fox and Hound’s 20th-22nd March Boardgaming Weekend
    • News
      • Fox and Hound’s 20th-22nd March Boardgaming Weekend
      • Stonemeier’s big news dump:
        • Wingspan expansion #4 is South & Central America and Caribbean, and includes smaller Hummingbird cards and a new card action. Coming Jan 21st.
        • Euphoria new “revised edition”, which will include the expansion.
        • New Scythe vs Expeditions 2p battling game, which can use factions from each of the other games.
        • Viticulture new expansion.
        • Next Finspan expansion due Q2.
        • Namiji, in the new Stonemeier edition, due Q4
        • New unnamed Wingspan spinoff game which is meant to be a quick (20min) and smaller-table-hog version, more suitable for introducing to players new to boardgaming.
        • AllPlay announces Mountain Goats Legacy, and Enchanted Ivy, solo only!
        • Dice Tower Gamefound campaign
        • Breaking news (just put on BGG), for GenCon releases:
          • New sequel to The Crew: The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth
          • New Deluxe edition of The Gang
            • Best played games of 2025, new games to us. 

            The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth

          • Harmonies
          • Light Speed: Arena
          • The Guild of Merchant Explorers
          • Pirates of Maracaibo
          • The Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition
          • Vantage
          • Transgalactica 
          • Rainbow
          • 1A.M. Jailbreak
          • Boss Fighters QR
          • Endeavor: Deep Sea
          • Railway Boom
          • Finspan
          • Spectacular
          • Rock Hard 1977
          • Coming of Age
          • Flash Point: Legacy of Flame
          • Petiquette
          • Finspan
          • Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
          • River of Gold
          • Let’s Go To Japan
          • Wriggle Roulette
          • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game
          • The White Castle
          • Tag Team
          • Fire Tower: Rising Flames
          • Civolution
          • Lost Ruins of Arnak: Twisted Paths
          • The Game Makers
          • Pirates of Maracaibo
          • Star Trek: Captain’s Chair

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            Joel’s list of all new to him, played games:

             The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game 

            The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

            6
            Kingdom Legacy: Feudal Kingdom
            7
            Above and Below: Haunted
            8
            Railway Boom
            9
            Tag Team
            10
            Deep Regrets
            11
            Fishing
            12
            Fearless
            13
            Galactic Cruise
            14
            Black Forest
            15
            Flash Point: Legacy of Flame
            16
            Hamburg
            17
            Lords of Vegas
            18
            Fire Tower
            19
            Flip 7
            20
            Comic Hunters
            21
            Oranges & Lemons
            22
            Millennia: Tracks of Time
            23
            Tenby
            24
            Caracas
            25
            Steam Power
            26
            Dead Reckoning
            27
            Fall
            28
            Nucleum
            29
            Emberheart
            30
            Finspan
            31
            TRICKTAKERs
            32
            Sanctuary
            33
            Wroth
            34
            3 Chapters
            35
            Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels
            36
            Compile: Main 1
            37
            Slambo!
            38
            DroPolter
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