Boards & Swords

What’s it like to get paid to paint someone else’s models? Or to dress up as your favorite characters? Get your magnifying glass out, because we have Drew from One Inch Heroes (https://www.oneinchheroes.com/) on to talk to us about other ways to enjoy this hobby!

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Don't Starve board game uses community building to make a lot of money

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/01/flashy-ads-dont-convert-nearly-as-well-as-genuine-conversation-dont-starve-the-board-game-guns-for-biggest-kickstarter-tabletop-raise-of-the-year-after-topping-1m-within-hours/

GAMA is doing more GAMA things

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/10/02/gama-unveils-10-year-plan-to-become-epicenter-of-global-tabletop-gaming-industry-renames-itself-after-almost-50-years/

Upcoming releases for 40K, anyone want some Tau?

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/10/warhammer-40k-kill-team-dead-silence-revealed.html

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/10/warhammer-40k-seven-new-battleforce-boxes-inbound.html

Netflix is getting a clue...

https://www.wargamer.com/clue/netflix-announced

TMNT to MTG....and Star Trek??? Philip, get those dollars ready

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60643/wizards-coast-reveals-2026-magic-the-gathering-lineup

https://www.wargamer.com/magic-the-gathering/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles

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If you’ve ever used waterslide decals on minis, you know they kinda suck. Brent from Goblin Hobbies (https://goblinhobbies.com/) is here to show us a better way! Also, more stuff coming for Halo, convention options for other parts of the world, and a documentary about 40k from Napoleon Dynamite?

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New Special Edition of Terra Mystica from Steamforged Games

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60588/steamforged-announces-terra-mystica-special-edition

The "Gen Con of Dubai" coming soon?

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/09/19/former-airline-captain-hoping-to-create-the-gen-con-of-dubai-with-launch-of-the-middle-easts-first-dedicated-board-game-convention/

A kickstarter about...deadly sheep?

https://www.wargamer.com/the-sheep-board-game/kickstarter-launch

Halo Reach in Flashpoint! A vehicle version of the game??

https://www.wargamer.com/halo-flashpoint/noble-team-reveal-ama-video

https://www.wargamer.com/halo-flashpoint/firefight-full-scale-wargame-vehicles

Napoleon Dynamite talks about 40k??

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-40k/the-grim-and-the-dark-film-review

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I’m trying to hang on to the magic of Nova Open as long as possible, so we’ve got Ted Wysocki from TNT Laser Works (also the Nova Open RPG lead) on to talk about his game “Sage Stones”. And it’s a game Philip and I BOTH have played!

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Gamestop is doing....good...?

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60502/big-jump-gamestop-collectibles-sales

Even more CMON struggles

https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/cmon-sells-mythic-ip

New Blood Bowl!

https://www.beastsofwar.com/board-games/new-edition-blood-bowl-undead-knights-pitch/

Pokemon fans wait for....nothing?

https://www.wargamer.com/pokemon-trading-card-game/millions-in-queue

Apparently we are reporting on "news" that is filed in the "yeah obviously" category

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/09/according-to-wotc-president-he-would-love-to-have-a-new-dd-mmorpg.html

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I’m still breathing as I type this, so you can tell it’s been a busy Nova Open! We held our first live show in over 2 years! Mike & Kyron from the Nova Open staff join us for more hijinx than we can probably withstand.

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If you need your speed paint even speedier...

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60367/the-army-painter-reveals-speedpaint-markers

A dice roll app....rolling real dice?

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/real-dice-roll-app

CMONs troubles continue to rise

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/21/new-cmon-profit-warning-says-losses-could-reach-8m-for-first-half-of-2025-almost-three-times-its-overall-profit-from-the-last-ten-years/

Hasbro soft launches scifi D&D rpg

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/apparently-the-exodus-rpg-based-on-wotc-archetypes-new-video-game-just-launched.html

Warhammer Dawn of War 4 coming!

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/warhammer-40k-dawn-of-war-iv-coming-in-2026.html

40K with 40,000 pieces....(Lego)

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-40k/lego-yogscast-battle-report

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I promise we’ll get back to interviews next time (Nova Open LIVE show btw!!), but for now we’ve finally got more news out of Gen Con to talk about, along with what was “hot” during the show.

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More details on Gundam Assemble

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60205/gen-con-2025-news-bandai-previews-gundam-assemble

New edition of Mutants and Masterminds!

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/rpg-green-ronin-releases-240-page-playtest-for-new-mutants-masterminds-4e.html

L5R board game!!

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60209/gen-con-2025-news-office-dog-previews-new-l5r-board-game

Assassins Creed Animus kickstarting soon from Mantic Games

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/mantic-games-assassins-creed-animus-board-game-coming-to-kickstarter-this-month.html

Devir made a critical error in Ace of Spades

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/08/devir-to-recall-all-copies-of-new-release-ace-of-spades-after-backlash-over-slavery-depictions-in-artwork-apologises-for-causing-harm/

Diablo RPG taking as long to come out as one of the video games...

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/the-diablo-tabletop-rpg-will-unleash-hell-on-your-tabletop-coming-soon.html

Brass....Pittsburgh?

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/177095/steel-yourself-for-brass-pittsburgh

Some people don't like Universes Beyond

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60266/magic-the-gathering-universes-beyond-sets-receive-ongoing-complaints

Deets on the new Perkins/Crawford daggerheart projects

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/rpg-daggerheart-shows-off-chris-perkins-jeremy-crawford-projects-brennan-lee-mulligan-new-critical-role-gm.html

GW gets upset

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/warhammer-40k-kill-team-shadowhunt-brings-two-new-kill-teams.html

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60244/the-jds-perspective-the-most-buzzworthy-games-gen-con

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60260/rolling-initiative-more-diamond-strangeness-some-thoughts-gen-con

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/05/gen-con-exhibitor-numbers-rebound-to-record-levels-despite-tariffs-uncertainty-biggest-ever-attendance-reaches-almost-72000/

https://youtu.be/U51tq9fnQBA?si=9c7xy2SatkNzjMiYhttps://youtu.be/G8K3fwN_wGg?si=UNDdQ-0UaWnbew7i

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This is awkward…normally I’m the one with stories from Gen Con, now I’m scouring online looking for them myself. We’ve got some news stories and social media to fill in the gaps though!

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Just what TI4 needed was MOAR stuff...

https://www.wargamer.com/twilight-imperium/thunders-edge-expansion

Cypher 2: Electric Boogaloo

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/07/rpg-monte-cook-games-announces-new-cypher-system-evolved-edition-for-2026.html

D&D organized play goes back to Greyhawk?

https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/617892/organized-play-campaign-legends-of-greyhawk-gencon/

The best Warhammer news we've ever covered

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-40k/car-park-delayed-by-bat

ODSTs incoming!

https://www.manticgames.com/news/feet-first-into-hell-the-odst-drop-into-halo-flashpoint/

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Ready to throw down in some UNO at the casino? How about learning sign language in a TTRPG? A bit D&D heavy with the news this week, but Eric Yurko is here from What’s Eric Playing (https://whatsericplaying.com/) to balance us out and talk about what’s going to be on display at Gen Con this year.

Gen Con Preview GeekList: https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/77/gen-con-2025-preview

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Would you learn sign language if it meant you had a consistent D&D group?

https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/613106/underisles-ttrpg-review-inspirisles-book-three

D&D + pets = win!

https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/611529/dnd-pets-sidekicks-kickstarter

Related: https://enpublishingrpg.com/collections/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e/products/level-up-monstrous-menagerie-a5e?variant=41366519775426

But will they get the UNO rules right?

https://www.wargamer.com/uno/social-club-baffling

Would you pay $50 for this D&D starter set?

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/heroes-of-the-borderlands-price

Franchise mode for D&D?

https://www.rascal.news/dnds-full-franchise-pivot-is-a-long-time-coming-but-still-sounds-stupid/

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No guest this week, just a lot of news to talk about. Like what games does CMON have left? And why is Asmodee hiring their crowdfunding “expert”? Even I can read the tea leaves on why thats a bad idea. Also, would you pay $165 for a Magic the Gathering event? I don’t think I would.

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What does CMON have left?

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/10/asmodee-buys-zombicide-ip-from-struggling-cmon-as-first-move-in-new-acquisition-spree/

The CMON hits keep coming and they don't stop coming

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/07/04/cmon-announces-cancellation-of-degenesis-clan-wars-gamefound-campaign-after-breakdown-in-relationship-legal-dispute-with-ip-holder/

Asmodee brings on CMON executive

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/17/asmodee-brings-in-david-preti-one-of-the-architects-of-cmons-kickstarter-strategy-to-head-up-its-own-crowdfunding-and-miniatures-operations/

Asmodee 1st profit report after being spun out

https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/giant-asmodee-annual-report-24-25

More details about Blood Rage sequel

https://www.wargamer.com/blood-rage-valhalla/board-game-sequel

Remember what I said about Tabletop Tycoon earlier?

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59872/tabletop-tycoon-rebrands

Ex-D&D now New Critical Rolers (sorta)

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59824/people-on-the-move-round-up-d-d-designers-join-critical-roles-darrington-press

Would you like some Dark Angels loot boxes?

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/07/warhammer-40k-warhammer-heroes-brings-on-the-dark-angels.html

Games Workshop tries new approach at combating scalpers

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/games-workshop-crashed-store-to-beat-scalpers

$165 is an expensive event fee

https://www.polygon.com/mtg-magic-the-gathering/608622/commnader-box-league-new-format-165-usd

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CMON has a “Setting Sun” with several of its games, Gundam minis are (surprise) really well put together, and a board game about dating D&D monsters? Also, Mark Henry from the site Goblin’s Hut (https://www.goblinshut.com/) is here to talk about the product “Dirty Down” and how it can make painting your miniatures easier.

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Time to date a mimic?

https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/monster-match-revealed

Stating the obvious about Gundam Minis

https://www.wargamer.com/gundam-assemble/miniatures-better-engineered-than-warhammer-40k

D&D Stationary?

https://www.rascal.news/your-newest-d-d-stationery-set-is-now-on-kickstarter/

UK Games Expo bigger than Gen Con

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/06/03/uk-games-expo-now-fully-on-the-world-stage-of-mega-cons-as-record-breaking-event-surpasses-gen-con-for-trade-hall-size/

CMON sells board games to Tabletop Tycoon

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59662/tabletop-tycoon-acquires-five-board-games-cmon

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Come on and SLAM, and welcome to the Jam that is POGs! Meanwhile, I’ve got new rulebooks to buy, some books maybe I shouldn’t buy, and Will Schoonover is here from Steve Jackson Games to talk about what’s new in the Munchkin world. I better keep an eye on Philip…

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POGs are back!

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/05/holy-slammer-pogs-are-back-with-slam-throne.html

Taking map making to a whole new level

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/moving-clock-tower-map

In case you weren't up to date on the Goodman Games controversy

https://www.rascal.news/much-ink-spilled-in-the-defense-of-bigots/

More starter decks coming for Gundam TCG

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/59617/two-new-starter-decks-revealed-gundam-card-game

Horus Heresy third edition announced (groan)

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/saturnine

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