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It’s that time of year again. I’ve made the crawl to Birmingham and back and attended the UK Games Expo at the NEC, and now I try to write something coherent while my brain fights the fug of convention come-down.…
The Full Board Gaming convention is in its third year, and once again I headed a couple of hours up the road to Torquay to join the 130-odd people escaping the winter blues.
2025 is winding down, and like many others, I start to get a bit reflective at this time of year. I've been running Punchboard for over five years now, and 2025 was probably the best of the lot.
November is a special time of the year for me. The beginning of the year unwinding, the countdown to the Christmas break begins, and best of all - it's Gridcon!
Freshly inspired by the bundle of new Japanese games I came back from UK Games Expo with, I've decided to run a short feature here on Punchboard
Another year, and another trip to the Midlands to visit the shining lights and celebration of tabletop excess that is the UK Games Expo
With Baycon being in the southwest, and with me living one county over in Cornwall, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's pretty much automatic for me to attend every year. Shamefully enough, this was my first time attending.
The difficult part when it comes to digital content is knowing what, who, and when. Hopefully, I can help you with some of that.
t's the Christmas that comes in the middle of the year. It's the UKGE, and once again I went and I had an amazing time.
Board games and card games have never been more popular, and new people join the hobby daily. Maybe you want to join them. Maybe you want to get into board games in 2024 but don't know how or where to start.
I'm here to help you get started.
Over the first weekend of June 2023 the NEC in Birmingham, UK played host to the UK Games Expo once again, and it was fantastic.