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Summer Stabcon 2024 13 July 2024 - 4 comments

Back to the Masonic Hall for a warm and soggy weekend.

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Neighbourly Games 8 April 16 April 2024 - 6 comments

More gaming with some nearby friends.

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Stabcon 2024 10 January 2024 - 2 comments

Back to the Masonic Hall on a cold, but dry, weekend of boardgaming.

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Summer Stabcon 2023 27 July 2023 - 4 comments

Back to the Masonic Hall on a hot weekend.

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Marlow Board Games 20 February 2023 06 April 2023

This Meetup-based boardgames group continues to meet in the Britannia.

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Stabcon 2023 28 January 2023 - 2 comments

Back to Stabcon! Stockport barely managed to rain on me at all this time.

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Marlow Board Games 21 November 2022 10 December 2022

This Meetup-based boardgames group continues to meet in the Britannia.

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Summer Stabcon 2022 13 July 2022 - 3 comments

Well, the convention restarted a while ago, but this time I actually felt reasonably happy about going.

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Valentine's Eve Board Games at the Bear, 13 February 2021 07 March 2022 - 1 comment

I avoided the crowded pub over Christmas, but went back to this group for their next meeting.

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Games in Reading, 16 January 2020 05 February 2020

I went over to a friend's place for boardgames.

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Stabcon 2020 25 January 2020 - 1 comment

This long-running games convention had another instance at the start of January. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.

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Summer Stabcon 2019 10 July 2019 - 4 comments

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.

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Stabcon 2019 09 January 2019

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.

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Online boardgaming with Tabletop Simulator 21 November 2018 - 1 comment

After some strong hints, I joined Steam and bought Tabletop Simulator.

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Marlow Tabletop and Board Games 19 March 2018 26 March 2018

This Meetup-based boardgames group continues to meet at the Marlow Donkey.

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Airecon in 2018 19 March 2018 - 2 comments

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.

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Stabcon 2018 11 January 2018

This long-running games convention had another instance at the start of January. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.

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Three boardgame kickstarters 04 August 2017

Here are three current boardgame kickstarters which interested me. Maybe they'll interest you. All offer shipping from within the EU.

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Flash Point variant solo: it burns, it burns 28 April 2017

I tried a quick Flash Point solo run to try out a new variant I'm working on. With images (cc-by-sa).

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Airecon IV 03 April 2017

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.

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Handycon 2017 12 February 2017

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.

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Flash Point solo: Let's Try That Again 08 February 2017

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.

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Stabcon 2017 31 January 2017

This long-running games convention had another instance at the start of January. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.

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Flash Point solo: Well-Oiled Machine 23 December 2016

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).

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Flash Point token upgrades 07 September 2016

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.

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Boardgaming At Home, July 2016 13 August 2016

A five-player games session on a hot afternoon at home. Images follow: cc-by-sa on everything.

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Summer Stabcon 2016 16 July 2016 - 1 comment

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.

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Reading Boardgames Social 26 April 2015 30 April 2015

Seven of us this time, at the Wild Lime in the drunken quarter of Reading.

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TringCon 28 March 2015 29 March 2015

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.

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New expansions for The Resistance and Flash Point first look 13 December 2014 - 2 comments

In July I backed the Kickstarters for The Resistance - Hostile Intent & Hidden Agenda and Flash Point: Honor & Duty. My copies have now arrived.

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Indie Boards and Cards 2014 kickstarters 23 July 2014

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.

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Reading Boardgames Social 25 February 2014 26 February 2014

This group usually meets on Wednesday evenings, which I can't make, but has one Tuesday a month.

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Uxbridge Boardgames 2 February 2014 03 February 2014

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.

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