Devon Dice Presents

This is like all the other board gaming podcasts, where the hosts Joel, Tom and Lewis talk about their favourite board games they have played, news from the industry and do reviews of games.... more

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October 19, 2024 The very late but Awesome Essen Spiel Games podcast
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1h 9min
October 02, 2024131 Devon Dice Podcast Topic Tapas #3 Rules, holidays and more CLANK!
Episode 131
Welcome to Episode 131 of the Devon Dice Podcast, where we serve up a delightful mix of gaming and pop culture chat in our third installment of Topic Tapas! Joel, is your host, and he is by Nick, our Spiel des Jahres Analyst Extraordinaire, and Sam, putting the “Yo” back in “polyomino”. In this episode, we’ll dive into the games we’ve been playing—Pioneer Rails, Darwin’s Journey, and Terraforming Mars with some exciting custom twists. We’ll also share some rules we got hilariously wrong, chat about holiday board gaming, and explore the non-gaming things we’re currently obsessed with!
Topic 1: Played games
Joel: Pioneer Rails
Sam: Darwin’s Journey
Nick: Terraforming Mars with Prelude 2, custom Milestones & Awards, and on the fan-maps Vastitas Borealis and Amazonis Planitia big-map
Topic 2: Rules we played incorrectly for ages before…when, where and how
Joel: Clank! Crystal Caves
Nick: Borrowing one of Chris M’s: Century: Spice Road
Sam: Jamaica
Discord: join in here https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z
BoardGameJimmy: Terraforming Mars
Craigdavid1987: Valeria card kingdoms
Topic 3: Holiday aBoard Games
Joel: Tails from Cyprus board gaming
Topic 4: Non-Gaming Things We’re Currently Into
Joel
Deadpool and Wolverine – at the ol’ cinema
Clank Digital
Nick
Wyatt Earp & The Cowboy War on Netflix
The D-Con Chamber – Star Trek actors, Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer, interview other Star Trek cast and crew from all the varieties of Star Trek
Star Trek Prodigy Season 2
Sam
Alien: Romulus
Replaying Dredge
Bought a Steam Deck – Lewis was right.
Ways you can engage or contact the show
Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z
Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild
On X / Twitter: @DepressedMonk3y @The_BreweryTour @njshaw2,
On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social
On the web: www.devondice.co.uk
Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice
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1h 2min
September 16, 2024The special UKGE 2024 Podcast
Episode UKGE 2024
Welcome to the long-awaited podcast all about the UKGE 2024 (NEC). Joel, Nick, Lewis, and Sam go through the thoughts and stories from the event this year and give you their opinions on whether it was the best it has ever been.
News
Meeples™ Choice Awards winners announced – Nucleum, Earth, Sky Team, White Castle (and runners up: Darwin’s Journey, Forest Shuffle, Faraway, Age of Innovation, Great Western Trail: New Zealand, Apiary, and Hooky)
Attendance figures (as mentioned the last pod): 39,306 unique; 65,281 total attendance.
UKGE Judges Awards / UKGE People’s Choice Awards £18,000 raised for charity at UKGE 2024
UKGE ’24 review
General chat about the event: Tickets, Bring & Buy, Met Craig v87 from our Discord server, live shows Knightmare Live show, The Dark Room, see news games coming: Alley Cat Games’ new games coming, Ada’s Dream, Luthier, WTIIA live show
Lewis’s Family Day at UKGE: Family Zone, Getting some family games, Hunting down them bargains, New Diamant: £12, Lost Ruins of Arnak: £40, One big punt…One regret
Joel’s show reviewed:
pickups: Zuuli promo (buy), Forest Shuffle: Alpine,Medici, Age of Comics
Claire buying game: Return to Dark Tower
Played: Sea Salt & Paper, Marvel Remix, Looot!
Demos: Invincible the board game, Hamlet , Rebirth, To Glory! gimmick, Heat: Heavy Rain 2nd expansion, HeroScape, Towers of Ra!, Monsters of Loch Lomond, Windmill Valley, Deep Regrets, Dying Light
Sam’s show reviewed:
Bought items: Moving Wild, Redwood
Played games; The Witcher: Old World, 13 Beavers, Worms: The Board Game, Timeless Journeys: The Italian Grand Tour, Sakana Stack, Paladins of the West Kingdom, Kavango, Deep Regrets
Surprise selfie: Cakes With Faces
Nick’s time at the show:
Booth setup, Rebirth, Press event, working on the Mighty Board’s booth Evening gaming, Scout, Bridge City Poker, FTW! did get to see: SETI, Luthier, Colostle Solo RPG expansions
Ways you can engage or contact the show
Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z
Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild
On X / Twitter: @DepressedMonk3y @The_BreweryTour @meeplescorner @njshaw2
On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social
On the web: www.devondice.co.uk
Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice
[email protected]
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2h 8min
September 05, 2024130 Devon Dice Podcast News-a-palooza August 24
Joel, Nick, and Sam bring the latest podcast for all their news, crowdfunding and what they have been playing in the world board games
News
Holy Grail games Another one bites the dust
BGA is doing well in its post-Asmodee-acquisition era
Parks is removed from BGA
Moon Colony Bloodbath – A new Donald X. Vaccarino deck building + destruction of a shared deck
Res Arcana Duo – Yet Another 2-player Redux
Stamp Swap – Stonemeier’s next game
A couple of notable expansions coming soon:
Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet
Faraway: Le Peuple du Dessous (“The People Underneath”)
Hundred Acre Wood Fluxx
Upcoming Local Conventions
Ocean City Games Expo – gaming convention in Plymouth on 26th October – run by Andy Bright, from our Monday Night Games Group.
Devon Boardgame Weekend @ the Fox & Hounds – 8-10th November
(both squeezed in-between Essen (early Oct) and Gridcon (mid Nov)
Crowdfunding
Kickstarter
So You’ve Been Cursed (4 days left) – Followup sequel to So You’ve Been Eaten
Tír na nÓg (12 days left) – reprint and expansion
Cosmere RPG – Brandon Sanderson (4 days left)
Gamefound
The Cats of Mont Saint Michel (4 days left)
Coming Soon
Kickstarter
Ra reprint + expansion + Ra & Write
I Made You A Mix Tape (~November)
Everdell Duo
Speakeasy 26th September
Gamefound
La Pâtisserie Rococo November
Played Games
Joel: Mandalorian Adventurers, New Phone; who Dis?
Nick: Arcs
Sam: River of Gold
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1h 19min
July 28, 2024 129 Devon Dice News Show Podcast, plus crowdfunding and played games
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1h 13min
June 19, 2024128 Devon Dice Podcast News-a-Palooza Show - Free the Meeples
Welcome to News-a-palooza: Free the Meeple! I’m Joel, your host, and today we’re diving into a whirlwind of board gaming news and exciting updates. Joining me is Nick, our podcast’s very own board game designer.
News Segment:
3:16 – Meeple trademark dispute (+ update) https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cogito-ergo-meeple/meeple-inc/updates/9
10:50 – Game Brewer shutting down https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/162203/spiel-essen-24-sells-out-game-brewer-shuts-down-an
11:50 – Star Wars: X-Wing game not being developed anymore https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/162203/spiel-essen-24-sells-out-game-brewer-shuts-down-an
14:20 – Dicebreaker, the boardgame news site, appears to be collapsing, 2 weeks after being bought by IGN https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2024/06/12/dicebreakers-future-remains-unclear-as-silenced-site-makes-editor-in-chief-senior-staff-writer-redundant-after-ign-takeover/
15:55 – Figures for UK Games Expo attendance:
Uniques: 39,306
Total Attendance: 65,281
Almost 30% growth over 2023
19:39 – Essen Spiel sells out to exhibitors
21:16 – Spiel des Jahres (+ Kennerspiel) nominations announced: https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/nominierte-spiele-2024.html
SdJ: Sky Team, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/373106/sky-team
In the Footsteps of Darwin, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376683/in-the-footsteps-of-darwin
and Captain Flip. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/393325/captain-flip
KSdJ: Daybreak; https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334986/daybreak
The Guild of Merchant Explorers; https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/350933/the-guild-of-merchant-explorers
Ticket to Ride Legacy – Legends of the West. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/390092/ticket-to-ride-legacy-legends-of-the-west
Coming Soon:
29:14 – Star Trek: Captain’s Chair: A Star Trek game using the Imperium games’ design https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/422541/star-trek-captains-chair
32:55 – Sky Team expansion announced: Turbulence https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/423177/sky-team-turbulence
34:36 – Forest Shuffle expansion: Woodland Edge https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3316514/new-expansion-woodland-edge-2024
Played Games:
36:40 – Stonespine Architects https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/387514/stonespine-architects
33:12 – Archeos Society https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/380938/archeos-society
46:09 – Viking See-Saw https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351810/viking-see-saw
49:56 – SUMO https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/406257/sumo
Non-Gaming Interests:
52:53 – X-Men ‘97 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16026746/
1:00:30 – 3 Body Problem – awesome! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13016388/episodes/
1:01:14 – The Flash – not bad! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439572/
1:03:15 – Beverly Hills Cop 3 – not good. Not good at all. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109254/
1:05:14 – Meg 2: The Trench https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9224104/
1:06:15 – The Marvels (end credits were the best bit) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10676048/
Tune in for all this and more as we navigate the latest in board gaming and beyond. It’s a News-a-palooza you won’t want to miss!
Ways you can engage or contact the show
Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/d3wBWWvcYd
Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild, @njshaw2
On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social
On the web: www.devondice.co.uk
Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice
[email protected]
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1h 10min
May 28, 2024127 UK Games Expo ’24 Preview show Devon Dice Podcast
Joel, Nick and Sam list the Games they are excited to see at the UKGE in the NEC, Birmingham. And Lewis is here too to mock Sam about his Windmill games. but first off they take a look at the winners of the BoardGameGeek Awards 2023. Enjoy the show!
Episode 127
2:04 – Super Quick News: BGG Golden Geek Winners announced
14:40 – Top picks for games to check out at UKGE!
15:15 – Sam’s 11 Honourable Mentions:
Courtisans
Florilegium
Happy Home
Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth
Moving Wild
Quoridor: Pac Man
Sakana Stack
Shoal
Sand Find Kosmos Games on stand 1-602.
Worms: The Board Game
13 Beavers
26:57 – Nick’s Honourable Mentions: Towers of Ra (images) Find Ocean City Games Ltd on stand 2-566.
27:55 – Joel’s Honourable Mentions: Two Thin Coats Paint Range Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy on stand 1-783.
30:09 – #5
30:20 – Joel, Horrified Greek Monsters Find Ravensburger Ltd on stand 2-854
31:46 – Nick, Shackleton Base Find Hachette Boardgames UK on stand 2-614.
33:00 – Sam, Windmill Valley Find BOARD AND DICE Sp. z.o.o. on stand 2-202.
35:38 #4
35:40 – Joel, Cities Find Kosmos Games on stand 1-602.
35:45 – Nick, Ada’s Dream Find Alley Cat Games on stand 1-714.
37:12 – Sam, Pampero Find APE Games on stand 2-T90.
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39:40 – Joel, Borderlands: Mister Torgue’s Arena of Badassery Find Asmodee- Dedicated Games on stand 1-1094.
42:31 – Nick, Middle Ages Find Hachette Boardgames UK on stand 2-614.
44:22 – Sam, Nunatak: Temple of Ice Find Kosmos Games on stand 1-602.
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46:33 – Joel, Heroscape: Age of Annihilation Find Renegade Game Studios on stand 1-802.
50:02 – Nick, Cities Find Kosmos Games on stand 1-602.
51:45 – Sam, Deep Regrets Find Tettix Games 2-379
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53:51 – Nick SETI Find Czech Games Edition on stand 2-538.
55:09 – Sam Redwood Find Sit Down! on stand 1-982.
57:40 – Joel Doggerland Find Hachette Boardgames UK on stand 2-614.
Other activities at the show, are Bring and Buy, Live Shows, Play Testing Zone, Family Zone and much more.
Ways you can engage or contact the show
Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z
Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild, @njshaw2
On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social
On the web: www.devondice.co.uk
Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice
[email protected]
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1h 16min
May 20, 2024126 Devon Dice Podcast, May board game News Show
Joel and Nick bring you a long overdue podcast with sad news, controversial news, and outstanding news, plus Crowdfunding projects, played games, and a little rant from Joel.
Episode 126
Sorry for the massive gap between podcasts.
New podcast feed host
Joel and Claire’s trip to London and Draughts board game café
Tucana Builders
News
Meeples Corner, the lovely FLGS in Crediton, is to close at the end of the month.
Wonders of the First, a CCG on Kickstarter using all-AI-art, is made to cancel (by Kickstarter themselves) because of using NFTs.
Controversy hits the game Puerto Rico yet again, as Jason Perez, who rethemed the game for its “1897” release to remove cultural insensitivity, has now rejected his 1897 version entirely due to how the publisher(s) – including Awaken Realms who teased a new Deluxe Edition recently but immediately got in trouble for using AI art in the teaser artwork – have treated him.
Castles of Burgundy Special Edition makes £2.1m on its 2nd printing on Gamefound, with 16.5k backers.
Crowdfunders
Corps of Discovery – Lewis & Clark … and Monsters! The Ultimate Cooperative Deduction and Survival Game. Ends 14th May (2 days’ time!)
House of Fado, a new game from Vital Lacerda. Ends 17th May
Formosa Tea returns for a 2nd edition on KS. Ends 30th May
One Card Maze: Season 2 – boardgame adjacent, as this is more a puzzle than a boardgame, but it looks a lot of fun, and you can try some of the mazes online. Ends 1st June
Coming Soon
Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth – announced by Asmodee, as a rethemed implementation of 7 Wonders Duel. Will be available for demo at UKGE.
Black Forest, a sequel to Uwe Rosenberg’s Glass Road, is due for release this year.
The Mandalorian: Adventures – a new co-op card-based action game from Corey Konieczka, set during the first season of The Mandalorian.
Jamey Stegmaier announces Vantage, a forthcoming Stonemeier game, pegged as an ‘open-world, cooperative, roguelike adventure’, that Jamey has been designing for years.
Played Games
Joel:
Gen7
Green Team Wins
SCOUT
Axon Protocol
Scotland Yard
Inventions: Evolution of Ideas
Looot (on BGA)
Nick:
Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan
Nucleum
Takenokolor (on BGA)
Grumpy Mode Unlock!
(must be Lewis’ favourite part of the show)
Joel:
Box sizes – Through the Desert (new edition)
Toxic behaviour in BGA tournaments
Careful about what tournaments to sign up for on BGA

NEXT EPISODE: UKGE Preview Spectacular

Ways you can engage or contact the show
Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z
Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild
On X / Twitter: @DepressedMonk3y @The_BreweryTour @meeplescorner @njshaw2
On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social
On the web: www.devondice.co.uk
Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice
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1h 59min
May 11, 2024125 Devon Dice Podcast Top 5 new Games on Board Game Arena
Welcome dear listeners! This is Episode 125 of the Devon Dice Podcast. In this podcast, we run down our top 5 new-to-us games on BGA! Joining Joel and Nick as they run through their top 5 games new to them that they played on Boardgame Arena first. Oh and they also read out Sams too.
Top 5 New To Us Games on BGA
The Vale of Eternity,
Beyond the Sun,
Forest Shuffle,
Faraway,
Welcome To…,
Formula D,
Sobek,
Challengers!,
HUND,
Quetzal,
Eruption,
Eruption
Glass Road,
Railroad Ink,
River Valley Glassworks,
Faraway,
Carnegie,
Barrage,
Played Games
Joel:
The Fox Experiment 4-player
Nick:
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Interactive VCR Board Game – A Klingon Challenge
The VCR video: https://youtu.be/3_739DxrMOs
Non-Gaming Things We’re Currently Into
Nick:
Death and Other Details on Disney+
Holding off watching Star Trek: Discovery Season 5
Joel:
Ted Lasso
Painting miniature
PAL WORLD
Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z
Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild
On X / Twitter: @DepressedMonk3y @The_BreweryTour @njshaw2
On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social
On the web: www.devondice.co.uk
Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice
[email protected]
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1h 36min
April 23, 2024124 Devon Dice Podcast News Show April
Welcome to Episode 124 of our podcast, where we wrap up the latest board gaming news and delve into exciting crowdfunding projects! Joel and Nick are here to keep the gaming banter going strong bringing the latest news, crowdfunders, and what games they have been playing to the show.
First up in our “Quick” News segment, we have some thrilling announcements:
Capstone and Spielworxx have joined forces, bringing Spielworxx games to North America.
Oink! Games release the reprint of Zuuli with a new name, Moving Wild.
Keep an eye out for SETI, the next game from CGE, making its debut at Essen.
Prepare to stack and build in Babylon, a 3D game recreating the Hanging Gardens.
Exciting news for online gamers with Game-park, a new online board gaming site.
And now, onto our annual April Fools roundup, where we explore the wackiest board game announcements of the season!
In the crowdfunding corner, we highlight:
Tokyo Capsule Hotel, is the latest addition to the Tokyo series by Jordan Draper Games.
Get ready for Horror on the Orient Express.
Keep an eye out for Rebirth, a Knizia tile-layer, and Ada’s Dream, a game celebrating Ada Lovelace’s pioneering work.
Join the adorable adventure in Cyber Pet Quest, a cooperative campaign game.
Plus, stay tuned for DC Heroes United and the Special Edition Reprint of Castles of Burgundy.
Now, onto what we’ve been playing:
Joel shares his experiences with Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West.
Nick dives into the world of Fractured Sky.
That’s it for this episode! Thanks for tuning in, and remember to keep rolling those dice and flipping those cards. Until next time, happy gaming!
Ways you can engage or contact the show
Here is the link to our discord channel Devon Dice https://discord.gg/ma7Z4Jvv2z
Find us on all the socials: @DevonDiceUK, Facebook page, BGG Guild
On X / Twitter: @DepressedMonk3y @The_BreweryTour @meeplescorner @njshaw2
On Bluesky: njshaw2.bsky.social, devondice.bsky.social
On the web: www.devondice.co.uk
Youtube – DevonDiceUK please like subscribe to our channel https://youtube.com/@DevonDice
[email protected]
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