Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 142 of the Devon Dice Podcast!
Joel, Nick, and Lewis are back from UK Games Expo 2025 and are here to share their Top 5 highlights from the event — plus Sam’s thoughts via his notes! Listen in as they dive into their favourite moments, discuss the games they played, and even give a few honest hotel reviews.
This episode also features bonus interviews with three creators from the UK board game scene (and slightly beyond):
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Mark Prentice from Next Dimension Games
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Chris Priscott of Unfringed
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Jubson Cowan, game artist extraordinaire (okay, not strictly British — but we’ll claim him anyway!)
We still found time to squeeze in a bit of industry news and a roundup of some exciting crowdfunding campaigns currently live.
So, sit back, enjoy the Expo wrap-up, and get your wishlist ready!
Conventions
- Fox & Hounds board game weekend – 17th – 19th October
- Hotel rooms sold out
- A few day/weekend tickets are still available.
News
- US Tariffs news: courts put a stop to tariffs
- CMON sells off IPs
- Roxley’s new games road map
- New expansion for Clank Catacombs announced
- Plus a train game for Nick – Lightning Train
- The next 2 Feld city games have been announced: Manila & Beijing (rethemes of Amerigo & Year of the Dragon)
Crowdfunding
Kickstarter
- Inis: Big Box (featuring Nemed expansion)
- Catacombs Alpha
- Even more train fun, with Maglev Maps: Expansion volumes 1 & 2
Gamefound
Top 5 UKGE highlights?
Highlight Number 5
Joel: Space Junkers
Sam: Hotel
Nick: Food Trucks
Lewis: Wrath of Fire Mountain
1st Interview
Mark Prentice from Next Dimension Games
Highlight Number 4
Joel: more stands and US companies
Sam: Size of the show
Nick: The new hall layout
Lewis: Daybreak
Highlight Number 3
Joel: Lost Ruins of Arnak, Big box and expansion
Sam: Open gaming availability
Nick: An actually nice hotel
Lewis: Sky Team
2nd Interview
Chris Priscott from Unfringe Games
Highlight Number 2
Joel: Paint pens
Sam: In The Footsteps of Marie Curie
Nick: Slambo! & Bus & Stop
Lewis: Arcs
Highlight Number 1
Joel: Fire Tower
Sam: Last Week of Summer
Nick: ito with 13 players
Lewis: Chaos Cards
3rd Interview
Judson Cowan from tettixgames.com
- Deep Regrets and Even Deeper Regrets – Kickstarter link
- Shallow regrets
- Personal Demons
- His white whale game, Fright House
Plus Other bits from the UKGE 25 before we finished up.
Thank you for listening
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