UK Games Expo 2022: Saturday Live Blog

We get a chance to sit down with Ocean City Games and delve into two of their games which are currently making their way to the world of crowdfunding.

One of these is ISLA which has a lovely roll and write feel to it. The second of these is Tower Of Ra where you have to get stuck into some dexterity-based tom-foolery around the tabletop. Both are going to be worth checking out in the near future!

We get to chat with Jonathan Green of ACE Gamebooks who has been designing some awesome adventure books that you can dive into, based on Historical adventures.

One of the best is Beowulf: Beastslayer but there is also an awesome gamebook where you can choose which character to play as like Dracula OR Mina Harker!

We love the folks at Cubicle 7 so it was great to catch up with Emmet to run through all of the things down on the Cubicle 7 stand at the moment.

They have loads of awesome roleplaying books for those diving into Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Wrath & Glory and Warhammer Age Of Sigmar Soulbound! Plus, who could say no to that fantastic Doctor Who roleplaying game.

We were besotted by this artwork. The folks at Eerie Idols have been doing an amazing job with their upcoming game, The Old King’s Crown.

Bringing amazing artwork and storytelling together alongside bluffing, subterfuge and some old fashioned skullduggery and you’re set with this game.

Watch out for it coming to crowdfunding in the VERY near future.

Lucky Duck Games are doing some awesome stuff with their board games of late. One of those is Sherlock Holmes: Case Connection where you have to see if you can find the right links between elements of a crime! Who would have thought it?

This is just the start of what’s on offer from Lucky Duck Games as they have LOADS of other games including the awesome Destinies series where you dive into a much more twisting and turning plot.

The folks behind CATAN are back with an updated take on the classic board game. Dawn Of Humankind has you charting the progress of human civilisation and trying to make the most of your settlements.

You will also travel the prehistoric world and dive deeper into a more complex version of the original strategy game that launched a thousand collections.

UK Games Expo is a great place to take the kids. To that end, you will certainly want to check out the HABA zone which is in Hall 2 where they are playing all sorts of fun kids games like Rhino Hero: Super Battle & Moonlight Castle.

We got a look at two of their newest ones but there are loads of amazing kids games (and games for big kids) for you to check out.

Dive in and check out a HUGE game of RISK being played just behind the OnTableTop Stage in Hall 2.

Nick Hindley had the idea to take some big maps of Britain and bring some big toys to play out a HUGE game of RISK. This one is great fun and is quite the sight to behold!

Run alongside the National Kidney Foundation, this is an impressive diorama and gaming table that has been set up by a great community of folks!

Dive in and find out more in the video we’re going to be sharing later over the weekend. But, you can come and donate to the foundation already AND maybe even win a fantastic Band Of Brothers Jacket!

Ben is testing his squatting strength over at Thunder Vaults with their new title Shadow In The Sun. Placing players in the midst of alien warfare. As giant beings are adamant to train the local star system surrounding us. Players will be headed out into the system to achieve missions, collect resources and much more to control planets with your troops!

If you head over to stand 1-837, you can try out the title. With demos across the weekend for some sci-fi based adventures!