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Join Joel and Nick as they take you on a journey through what’s caught their eye and what’s new and exciting at SPIEL Essen 2026! First, they’ll take a look at the upcoming board gaming conventions before diving into the latest industry news, catching up on exciting new crowdfunding projects, and then getting stuck into the good old Top 10 list! That’s right! Joel and Nick reveal their Top 10 most anticipated board games heading to SPIEL Essen this year. What has piqued their interest, and which games are they most excited to get their hands on? So grab a cuppa, settle in, and join us for another episode of the Devon Dice Podcast! 🎲 Conventions Essen Spiel this week (22nd – 25th Oct)! The Ocean City Games Convention – 31st Oct – 1st Nov Gridcon 7 – 20th – 22nd November (obviously no tickets left) Full Board Gaming, Torbay – 29th Jan – 1st Feb 2027 Devon Gaming weekend @ the Fox & Hounds: 19th – 21st Feb 27 News The sequel to Through the Desert coming from Allplay: Through the Mountains, on Kickstarter October 27th. Rebirth II announced from Mighty Boards, due on KS in February. Kicked off a lot of conversations on BGG about whether a spin-off/sequel game should be an expansion vs a whole new game. New expansion for Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth to be released in Feb: “Journeys”. Osprey Games lays off all board/card game staff, and cancels Essen booth. Crowdfunding Live now Bride of Spooktacular Excursions — a Galactic Cruise Game DECKO: Pistachio Lorenzo il Magnifico 10th Anniversary edition(s) Nemesis Legacy Satisfactory: The Board Game Essen 2026 Most Anticipated Light Speed: Arena – The Space Banana

Joel and Nick bring you the month’s board gaming news, Crowdfunding projects and what they have been playing. Conventions The Ocean City Games Convention – 31st Oct – 1st Nov Full Board Gaming, Torbay – 29th Jan – 1st Feb 2027 Devon Dice Con ???… News Mark Cooke, of AireCon fame, joins UKGE team as Ops Director The new Stonemaier game announced & soon to be released: Braided Skies Moon Colony Bloodbath expansion announced: Aliens from Space New Garphill Games available directly from them: Crest – Q2 2027 from their webstore Spirited expansions (African & Scandinavian) – available from their webstore this month (Oct) Nucleum Duel announced, coming in 2027 Too Many Bones sequel announced: Too Little Time Western Legends Stories (from KS last year) delivering soon Crowdfunding Live now Lord of the Rings: The King’s Gambit – already at £1.2million, almost 5,000 backers. Thessaloniki & Windmill Valley: Duel – the new Tascini “T” game, plus a 2-player-only spinoff of Windmill Valley Electrify Personal Demons Catvale Late Pledges Clank! 10th Anniversary Big Box Coming soon Zoo Tycoon – Dinosaur Digs New Garphill Games announced for future crowdfunding: Wallguards of the East Empire – KS in November

The gang is back! In Episode 155 of the Devon Dice Podcast, Joel is joined by Nick, Claire, and Honey for another catch-up from the world of board gaming. We chat about upcoming conventions and some sad convention news, including the end of AireCon in 2027, before diving into the latest board game news, from the Deutscher Spiele Preis to Wyrmspan Pocket, Timespan and yet another HEAT expansion. On the crowdfunding front, we take a look at Cola Wars and the huge Clank! 10th Anniversary Big Box. Finally, we round things off with what we’ve been playing. Plenty of games, plenty of opinions and the usual Devon Dice chaos! Conventions The Devon Gaming Weekend @ Fox & Hounds in Autumn has been cancelled The Ocean City Games Convention – 31st Oct – 1st Nov Devon Dice Con might have a date Torbay – Full Board Gaming – Jan 28th – Feb 1st AireCon 2027 will be its last News Deutscher Spiele Preis Asmodee purchases Welcome To… line Wyrmspan Pocket hinted at by Jamey Stegmeier Timespan Magical Athlete: Second Wind announced 5th HEAT expansion – Narrow Streets – announced, incl. 2 new maps (Canada & Australia) Crowdfunding Cola Wars The Monolith Space King Clank! 10th Anniversary Big Box What we played Joel Toy Battle Lairs The Game Makers Nick Wingspan @ 7 players Wingspan Pocket Upland & Prairie Endeavor: Deep Sea (for next show):

Joel and Nick return to the Mics for a quick podcast to bring you the latest news and crowdfunding from around the world. Also, they catch up on what they have been playing over the last month. News Spiel des Jahres Winners: JinxO, Rebirth After 10 years, Mechs vs Minions gets its first expansion – Bandle City CGE: Kingdom Come: Deliverance: The Boardgame CGE: Surprise Shipment expansion for Lost Ruins of Arnak Small Batch, a Distilled spin-off game from Paverson Games (coming ‘27) Dominant Species, new print from AllPlay, with Ian O’Toole artwork & graphic design. And yes, solo mode from Dávid Turczi & team (including Nick!) Crash Landed from AllPlay is designed by Robert Hovakimyan and Sen-Foong Lim with artwork by Jake Morrison, and puts players in the role of survivors after their ship crashes on a mysterious alien planet. Restoration Games blueprints panel was a little underwhelming; nothing much too exciting unless you like Unmatched, Study in Terror and collab with Slay the Spire Rain ends play at GenCon Tag Team: SNK Arcade Legends. A seventh character, Iori Yagami, is available as an exclusive pre-order promo. Clank! 10th anniversary big box edition coming to Kickstarter. Crowdfunding HOXFALL Space Junkers The Lord of the Rings: Ascension STAG The Guild: Ren Faire’d Children of Time: The Roleplaying Game What we played Joel

Episode 153 sees Joel, Nick and Sam looking back at a fantastic UK Games Expo 2026, sharing their highlights from the UK’s biggest board gaming event, from the Bring & Buy and press event to the games they demoed and discovered. They also discuss the Spiel des Jahres nominations, the latest crowdfunding campaigns, upcoming releases, and plenty of the new titles that caught their attention, including Space Junkers, Papyria, For the Gods, Clank! Catacombs, Finspan, and many more. Whether you made it to UKGE or not, join us for our roundup of one of the biggest weekends in the board gaming calendar. Quick News Spiel des Jahres nominees announced: KennerSdJ: Boss Fighters QR Rebirth Moon Colony Bloodbath SdJ: Dito! (JinxO) Cozy Stickerville Morty Sorty Magic Shop Whose Turn Is It Anyway – rebrands / relaunches as Just Play Podcast, hosted just by JP Crowdfunders Concordia Special Edition Altera – the new game from IV Studios Shug – the UKGE party game winner for a whole 10-minutes 😀 ROKR Dinosaur Lab Pinball Coming Soon Isle of Penguins Thunder Road: Ignition UK Games Expo Wrap-up Hotels Parking Interesting stands Nice art stalls Socks stand Pin collection Bring and Buy Press Event Attendance: 51,196 unique attendees, 87,837 turnstile attendees Events Nick: How was: Discworld: All That is Gold Is Not Butter Games demoed/played Joel: Space Junkers Flip Pick Towers