Back to the Masonic Hall for a warm and soggy weekend.
More gaming with some nearby friends.
Back to the Masonic Hall on a cold, but dry, weekend of boardgaming.
Back to the Masonic Hall on a hot weekend.
This Meetup-based boardgames group continues to meet in the Britannia.
Back to Stabcon! Stockport barely managed to rain on me at all this time.
Well, the convention restarted a while ago, but this time I actually felt reasonably happy about going.
I avoided the crowded pub over Christmas, but went back to this group for their next meeting.
I went over to a friend's place for boardgames.
This long-running games convention had another instance at the start of January. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
This long-running games convention had another instance at the start of July, on a sweaty weekend but not as hot as the last few have been. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
This long-running games convention had another instance at the start of January, on a slightly chilly but not cold weekend. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
After some strong hints, I joined Steam and bought Tabletop Simulator.
This Meetup-based boardgames group continues to meet at the Marlow Donkey.
I went back to this year's Airecon, still growing fast in Harrogate (1593 people through the door this time). With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
Here are three current boardgame kickstarters which interested me. Maybe they'll interest you. All offer shipping from within the EU.
I tried a quick Flash Point solo run to try out a new variant I'm working on. With images (cc-by-sa).
After the Yog-Sothoth.com crew mentioned this fast-growing convention on Cthulhu Breakfast Club, I thought I'd give it a go even though it was in North. (Harrogate, to be precise.) With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
This new convention happened just on the other side of High Wycombe from me, at a hotel that has some conference space. (Why would you choose to have a conference there? I suppose if you applied some sort of travel-time-minimising algorithm and worked out that you got the least total driving that way…)
With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
Another run of Flash Point, on the two-door map from the base game. This time I decided to go with six firefighters, to give me some leeway for using the non-firefighting roles, in Veteran mode as usual. Photos are taken at the end of each round, six turns.
Flash Point is another game I don't get to the table often enough for my taste, so I gave it a solo play one evening. Lots of images (cc-by-sa).
The various markers in Flash Point Fire Rescue work pretty well, but they're a bit dull and cardboard. Well, they can't help it, poor things. Here's a replacement.
A five-player games session on a hot afternoon at home. Images follow: cc-by-sa on everything.
This long-running games convention started off as a Diplomacy gathering. These days it's a blend of board-gaming and roleplaying. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
Seven of us this time, at the Wild Lime in the drunken quarter of Reading.
This small one-day boardgaming event happens twice a year in a village hall in Deepest Buckinghamshire, and has been going for quite a few years. This was my third visit.
In July I backed the Kickstarters for The Resistance - Hostile Intent & Hidden Agenda and Flash Point: Honor & Duty. My copies have now arrived.
People who know me will be aware that I'm an enthusiastic player of several of the games published by Indie Boards and Cards. They currently have Kickstarter projects running for two of them.
This group usually meets on Wednesday evenings, which I can't make, but has one Tuesday a month.
Thanks to Manuel, the group has survived the loss of its coffee-bar venue; we met at his home. I played six different games, and enjoyed them all in different ways.