UK Games Expo 2019: Friday Live Blog

Floodgate Games got a chance to delve into a discussion with Ryan about their newest expansion for Sagrada as well as Bosk which is a game of majestic trees. If Sagrada is anything to go by, Bosk is also going to be a lot of fun.

Crafting windows from dice might not sound like an interesting concept at first but it’s a brilliant puzzle to try and solve and it always looks beautiful at the end too.

Chess is known as a game which was designed to show the clash between kingdoms on the battlefield, a ruthless game for tactical minds. Well, Paco Ŝako turns things on its head with what they call Peaceful Chess.

Created to be an expression of peace, friendship and collaboration, Paco Ŝako is a chess game with a mindful touch and a mind-blowing gameplay. Discover new strategies, openings and interesting patterns.

Swedish RPG superstar publishers are using UKGE to officially launch the Things from the Flood RPG.

If you’re a Kickstarter backer, like this blogger, you’ll have had your copies in either crisp PDF or glorious hardback for a while now, but from today onwards other people can buy their own.

Things from the Flood is the sequel to the hugely popular Tales from the Loop RPG. Not heard of Loop? Think Stranger Things with household mecha. In fact, the original artbook which inspired the game may well have been an inspiration to Netflix’s hit show as well.

CHECK OUT ‘Things from theFlood’ RPG HERE

Free League are on a wave right now and their latest game license might just eclipse everything that’s come before. They’ve the Alien RPG license. Yes, that Alien. The xenomorph. The RPG, on pre-order now, has two ways to play; cinematic (you’re all going to die) and campaign (you’ll live long enough to level a character).

When you’ve been delving into plenty of shopping throughout the event you sometimes want to just sit down, relax and explore the Open Gaming area here at the show.

We’d love it if you’d tell us what you’ve picked up at the show so far potentially what you’ve had a chance to playtest too!

Come and delve in and find out what Decking Awesome Games have been working on with Dice Summoners.

Comment To Win – Dice Summoners

You’re able to dive in and come up with all sorts of different combinations as you play this one-to-two player game. Make sure to watch the video and comment down below on what you think about the game here and you could get a copy yourself!

Come and delve into the craziness which is Team Custard Kraken talking about their cool games and in particular one which has caught Justin’s eye, Find The Pickle!

Comment To Win – Hide The Pickle & Penguin Brawl

These fellows do some brilliantly quick and simple games which would be perfect for conventions…hey, just like UK Games Expo!

You saw what was a little bit of a fuzzy box shot for this before but we’re now learning a bit more about what’s new for Warlord Games’ SPQR which takes skirmish gaming back to the Ancient time.

We’re very much looking forward to this one and it’ll be cool to see where things go beyond the Romans and Gallic warriors.

Annie from Bad Squiddo Games has made it to the show, head over to the Sarissa stand to pick up some of her awesome minis.

She’s currently running her kickstarter for some amazing Female Dwarves and Amazons, head over to her on the Sarissa stand over the weekend to learn more!

This time around Justin is hanging out with Clever Unicorn Games and diving into the newest of their games which dropped for this show, Weird Alchemy. In fact, this is the game you could win!

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They also spend some time talking about another of their games, Fractured Galaxy. These are some awesome and very quirky looking games that we think you’ll enjoy.

We’re chatting with Czech Games Edition and discussing some of the newer games that they have in the mix for the show this year.

Comment To Win – Pictomania

Pictomania by a game by a board game luminary, Vlada Chvatil. It’s a fantastic game which blends together some deducing and even a bit of writing and drawing too.

Justin stops off with Cardboard And Coffee Games to talk about the prototype that they’ve been showing off this year at the show which has you delving into the pirates life!

You’re able to find them this weekend here at UK Games Expo (not Essen!) to give the game a go yourself and provide feedback.

Ryan got a chance to chat to Smirk & Dagger Games about one of their newest games, Menace Among Us.

It’s always good to have a game that really embraces the traitor mechanic and this one seems to hit it on the head. We also have a look at the awesome Shobu and We Need To Talk which is all about interventions.

It’s easy to spy the BARPIG stand here at UKGE. It looks great, it is surrounded by curious people, and the drinking inspired game was selling well.

The team behind BARPIG have just now announced BARPIG: After Hours which is both a sequel and a standalone game.

In BARPIG: After Hours you’re still a pig, and you’re still drinking, and you’ll have to manage not getting drunk with trips to the market and all the usual challenges, but this version of the game is a little less bubbly and a little darker. It deals with the less savoury pigs.

I’ve overheard a few pitches from license buyers and distributors to the BARPIG team at UKGE in these last few days, and if that isn’t a shortcut of a way to identify one of the hottest ticket items in the Expo, then I don’t know what is.

CHECK OUT  BARPIG HERE

Warren gets stuck in and talks to Para Bellum Wargames about their soon-to-be-released Conquest wargame. Dive in and find out more about what awaits and trust me…you’ll like the look of these models.

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Come and dive in and maybe if you’re lucky you’ll get the chance to snag yourself an awesome starter force for it too.

Jason and Lewis from TTCombat have been updating Ryan about What’s New for Dropzone Commander, Dropfleet Commander, Carnevale.

They also briefly talk about a new game’ Stellaris’ which is going to Kickstarter soon. See them a stand 334.

Ryan asks Bart and Vicky about their games Itchy Monkey and Neverland.

Itchy Monkey is a pure strategy game with no luck involved and Neverland is a competitive game set in the World of Peter Pan. You can find them on Stand 01.693

Ben talks to Anna of Brain Games about their Game Pigasus a cute game of card matching involving 9 animals with mismatched bodies.

Comment To Win-Pigasus

A game taking about 20mins, this is perfect for children