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Episode UKGE 2024 Welcome to the long-awaited podcast all about the UKGE 2024 (NEC). Joel, Nick, Lewis, and Sam go through the thoughts and stories from the event this year and give you their opinions on whether it was the best it has ever been. News Meeples™ Choice Awards winners announced – Nucleum, Earth, Sky Team, White Castle (and runners up: Darwin’s Journey, Forest Shuffle, Faraway, Age of Innovation, Great Western Trail: New Zealand, Apiary, and Hooky) Attendance figures (as mentioned the last pod): 39,306 unique; 65,281 total attendance. UKGE Judges Awards / UKGE People’s Choice Awards £18,000 raised for charity at UKGE 2024 UKGE ’24 review General chat about the event: Tickets, Bring & Buy, Met Craig v87 from our Discord server, live shows Knightmare Live show, The Dark Room, see news games coming: Alley Cat Games’ new games coming, Ada’s Dream, Luthier, WTIIA live show Lewis’s Family Day at UKGE: Family Zone, Getting some family games, Hunting down them bargains, New Diamant: £12, Lost R

Joel, Nick, and Sam bring the latest podcast for all their news, crowdfunding and what they have been playing in the world board games News Holy Grail games Another one bites the dust BGA is doing well in its post-Asmodee-acquisition era Parks is removed from BGA Moon Colony Bloodbath – A new Donald X. Vaccarino deck building + destruction of a shared deck Res Arcana Duo – Yet Another 2-player Redux Stamp Swap – Stonemeier’s next game A couple of notable expansions coming soon: Gaia Project: The Lost Fleet Faraway: Le Peuple du Dessous (“The People Underneath”) Hundred Acre Wood Fluxx Upcoming Local Conventions Ocean City Games Expo – gaming convention in Plymouth on 26th October – run by Andy Bright, from our Monday Night Games Group. Devon Boardgame Weekend @ the Fox & Hounds – 8-10th November (both squeezed in-between Essen (early Oct) and Gridcon (mid Nov) Crowdfunding Kickstarter So You’ve Been Cursed (4 days left) – Followup sequel to So

Welcome to News-a-palooza: Free the Meeple! I’m Joel, your host, and today we’re diving into a whirlwind of board gaming news and exciting updates. Joining me is Nick, our podcast’s very own board game designer. News Segment: 3:16 – Meeple trademark dispute (+ update) 10:50 – Game Brewer shutting down 11:50 – Star Wars: X-Wing game not being developed anymore 14:20 – Dicebreaker, the boardgame news site, appears to be collapsing, 2 weeks after being bought by IGN 15:55 – Figures for UK Games Expo attendance: Uniques: 39,306 Total Attendance: 65,281 Almost 30% growth over 2023 19:39 – Essen Spiel sells out to exhibitors 21:16 – Spiel des Jahres (+ Kennerspiel) nominations announced: SdJ: Sky Team, In the Footsteps of Darwin, and Captain Flip. KSdJ: Daybreak; The Guild of Merchant Explorers; Ticket to Ride Legacy – Legends of the West. Coming Soon: 29:14 – Star Trek: Captain’s Chair: A Star Trek game using the Imperium games’ design 32:55 

Joel, Nick and Sam list the Games they are excited to see at the UKGE in the NEC, Birmingham. And Lewis is here too to mock Sam about his Windmill games. but first off they take a look at the winners of the BoardGameGeek Awards 2023. Enjoy the show! Episode 127 2:04 – Super Quick News: BGG Golden Geek Winners announced 14:40 – Top picks for games to check out at UKGE! 15:15 – Sam’s 11 Honourable Mentions: Courtisans Florilegium Happy Home Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth Moving Wild Quoridor: Pac Man Sakana Stack Shoal Sand Find Kosmos Games on stand 1-602. Worms: The Board Game 13 Beavers 26:57 – Nick’s Honourable Mentions: Towers of Ra (images) Find Ocean City Games Ltd on stand 2-566. 27:55 – Joel’s Honourable Mentions: Two Thin Coats Paint Range Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy on stand 1-783. 30:09 – #5 30:20 – Joel,  Horrified Greek Monsters Find Ravensburger Ltd on stand 2-854 31:46 – Nick, Shackleton Base Find Hachette Boardgames UK on stand 2-