Last week Geek Native noticed that Hawkin’s was running out of Pokemon Monopoly. We joked about how many different types of Monopoly there are now and suggested Rule 231. If there’s a franchise that’s still going and older than 5 years then there’s probably a Monopoly version. Step up Game of Thrones Monopoly. UK retailer, […]
Sold out before Christmas? Pokemon Monopoly
An eagle-eyed reader (or perhaps a sly dog from a marketing team) got in touch to point out Hawkin’s, one of the largest specialist chains in the UK, was down to just 6 copies of Pokemon Monopoly already. I didn’t even know there was such a thing – but I’m not surprised. There must be […]
Star Wars: Legion – Miniatures skirmish game
Fantasy Flight Games have big news in the form of Star Wars: Legion an infantry miniatures game. X-Wing has become a hugely popular space fight game, with dogfights, build strategy and collecting. It’s easy to see why the goal of Legion is to bring that to the skirmish tabletop. However, unlike X-Wing, Legion’s miniatures are […]
The Fallout board game will be out for Christmas
Fantasy Flight Games and Bethesda’s Fallout board game has been announced for Q4 2017. That means you can put it on your Christmas wishlist. The game is for 1 to 4 players who must decide whether they work together or not. The game is based on the landscape of Fallout 3 and 4. Wilds and […]
Andrew Gaia launches board game Kickstater
Andrew Gaia is an illustrator who has worked with the likes of AEG and Fantasy Flight Games. He and his brothers have founded Gaia Games and put together a Kickstarter for Bio-logic a board game where you’re a virus trying to take over a body. You can read the full pitch on the campaign page. […]
Burning Games tease their 3-strong line up
Spanish publisher Burning Games caught attention with the Kickstarter for their sci-fi Faith. Now fans have even more reason to be watching the radar. There are three games due out in 2017. Faith: Core Book This Kickstarter with fire up a new Core Book and expand the mythos of the Faith RPG. We’ll get the […]
Beware! The DOOM board game is here
[I need this!] The DOOM board game is here and if you want to buy it in the UK then you need to be rich. It’s currently worth £200 if you want to order it on Amazon. One reseller is asking £600. The official price is $75.95 from Fantasy Flight Games. The tactical combat board […]
Massive Darkness rakes in massive mega bucks
Cool Mini or Not’s latest Kickstarter has two weeks left to run and is well over the $2,000,000 mark! Check out the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/massive-darkness [Back this Campaign] The pledge tiers are simple. The early bird has sold out. That leaves you with the ‘Lightbringer Pledge’ level for $120. You’ll get the Massive Darkness core […]
Competition: Win The Cohort and Carrotia board games
One prize not good enough for you? Here’s a chance to win Mage Company’s Carrotia for 1-6 players, ages 8+, as well as The Cohort for 2-6 players and ages 8+. What do you have to do to win these excellent games? You just have to check out Aether Captains! Aether Captains is a game […]
Labyrinth board game on the way
Game makers River Horse have updated Facebook fans to let them know that the Jim Henson Company has approved some miniature sculpts. What does this mean? Oh boy – it means the Labyrinth board game is on the way. We’re expecting a 2’x2’ gaming board, a half-pack of cards, custom dice, tokens and of course […]
