UK Games Expo 2018: Sunday Live Blog

It’s the final day of the UK Games Expo. We’ve seen loads of cool games and events, and it’s not over yet! Join us OnTableTop.com for more live coverage and be sure to check out today’s last set of live streams.

Justin is joined by Alex from Fantasy Flight Games to talk about the vast array of tournaments they are running. From Star Wars Armada and Legion to Legend of the Five Rings, FFG have an impressive set of European Championships running throughout the weekend.

Justin joins Leon at the Days of Wonder stand to talk about demoing the new Ticket to Ride versions: France and New York. Alex also gives us an insight into how he approaches demoing games at the show so that players enjoy themselves.

Justin catches up with Dan from the Plastic Soldier Company to talk about their new game Red Alert. The depth of mechanical representation is felt in Red Alert with large arcs of movement as you might expect in a fleet combat game.

Justin drops in on Lewis from TT Combat to talk about the new expansions they have for Rumbleslam as well as Dropzone Commander and Dropfleet. They guys at TT Combat burrowed away to develop some new miniatures and they have them on the show floor.

Mark from AEG joined Justin the Live Stream yesterday to chat about Thunderstone Quest. Building on the strong Kickstarter which had 5000 backers, Mark showed off the massive deckbuilder.

Be sure to check out today’s Live Stream to see if there is anything which catches your eye.

Justin checks in with the Fantasy Flight Games demo booth to check out their game range at expo. Second Edition X-Wing is top of Justin’s list but he only gets teased with what’s to come in the hotly anticipated update.

Justin catches up with Para Bellum again to see their stand on the show floor as they show off a huge variety of new Conquest miniatures and box sets. One of the most beautiful stands at Expo this year, this is reflected in the miniatures they have on display!

Andrew from Yay Games joined Justin the Live Stream yesterday to talk about two of their biggest games: Ominoes and Ominoes: Hieroglyphs.

Be sure to check out today’s Live Stream to see if there is anything which catches your eye.

Steamforged Games brought the grim world of Dark Souls to yesterday’s Live Stream, showing off expansions for both the Board Game and Card Game.

What do you think of Dark Souls’ tabletop incarnations?

Paizo have set up a role-playing space where they are demoing their new game Starfinder, as well as the second edition of the classic game Pathfinder.

What do you want to see in second edition Pathfinder?

Roger joined Justin in the Live Stream yesterday to show off a couple of the games from Coiled Spring Games. Pillaging Vikings in their new board game Raids is first up, followed by the intriguing Okiya.

What do you think of the games shown off here?

Justin catches up with Titan Forge to look at their new line of miniatures. Starting off with Chinese Mythology inspired miniatures, they then move on to take a look at their fascinating dungeon crawler Lobotomy where the players are patients trying to escape an asylum.

Comment below to win an Infernal Golem Miniature!

Finally taking a well-earned rest at the Repos Stand with Esther, Justin wears a blindfold whilst learning about their new game When I Dream. A party game for 4-10 players, When I dream includes some interesting deduction and word-play mechanics.

Justin catches up with one of our backstagers – Collins – to find out how he fared in this weekend’s Fantasy Flight Games tournaments. Competing in the Imperial Assualt European Championship, Collins made the cut to find stiff opposition in the next round…

John Robertson is the host of The Dark Room, the world’s only live-action video game, and he stopped off for a chat about how his show went at UKGE 2018.