Roll The Dice x Punchboard – New beginnings

I'm delighted to say that we've agreed a partnership, and moving forward Punchboard and Roll The Dice will be working together.

I'm delighted to say that we've agreed a partnership, and moving forward Punchboard and Roll The Dice will be working together.

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.

You didn't ask for it... I didn't have to write it... It holds no sway in the hobby... That's right! It's my games of the year for 2025!

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!

In the UK, we're lucky to have a specialist importer now in the form of Travel Games. I'm a customer myself, so I reached out to the owner - Ben Davenward - to see what he can tell me about the import game scene in the UK.

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.

I don't normally do game of the year awards, because who cares what I think? This year though, I figure, why not?