Local designer Simon Milburn will be bringing his game Tinmates to Birmingham Boardgame Bash 3 at Meeple Mayhem this Saturday 16th June. Here is a short preview: Simon has been interested in designing games since 2007, but started seriously designing games in 2015. In the last 18 months Simon has joined forces with a couple of friends to form... Continue Reading →
Local designer Ayden Lowther will be bringing Stranded Spacecraft to Birmingham Boardgame Bash 3 at Meeple Mayhem on 16th June. Here is a short preview from Ayden himself: My name is Ayden Lowther and I am the designer of Stranded Spacecraft. I started playing board games about 8 years ago and I’ve been a heavy addict ever since. I’ve... Continue Reading →
After realising that we were entirely devoid of hat-wearing designers at our next event, we're pleased to announce that two marvellous millinophiles will be joining us for BBB3 at Meeple Mayhem on 16th June: Mike Nudd - the acclaimed designer of Waggle Dance and Dice Hospital - and Andy Hopwood - the creative force of... Continue Reading →
Immortality, the game of Greek mythology from Birmingham Designer Nicki Lloyd, began its Kickstarter campaign on 1st June and has almost reached 10% of its target of £9,000. If you missed the game at the UK Games Expo, then can try it out at Birmingham Boardgame Bash 3 on 16th June and at Birmingham Designers at Geek Retreat on 24th June.... Continue Reading →
Immortality, the latest design from Birmingham Game Designer Nicki Lloyd, is now live on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/922991927/immortality-greek-mythology-game-with-dice-cards-a/description
Joseph Norris will be bringing Nightlancer to Birmingham Boardgame Bash 3 at Meeple Mayhem on 16th June. Here is a short preview from the designer himself: I'm Joseph Norris the developer for Nightlancer. I've been an enthusiastic gamer and follower of the cyberpunk genre for over 20 years and have been designing games as a hobby for... Continue Reading →
This War Without an Enemy, the first game from Birmingham Designer Scott Moore, is now available to pre-order direct from the publisher: http://www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/pre-order/this-war-without-an-enemy-en You can try out the game at three events during June: - the UK Games Expo - the Birmingham Boardgame Bash 3 - Birmingham Designers at Geek Retreat
Nicki Lloyd of Birmingham Designers is organising a playtest event at Geek Retreat in Birmingham starting at midday on Sunday 24th June. The event will feature: Immortality: Nicki's own Greek mythology-themed game for 1-4 players Warren Wars: a quick-playing card game by new designers Emily and Kelsey Hungaria: a game of medieval kingdom building for... Continue Reading →
On Christmas Day 1982, I received a book called the Warlock of Firetop Mountain as a present and I was hooked. Over the next 3 or 4 years I bought and played a number of Fighting Fantasy and other gamebooks. I kept the books and replayed some of them several years ago, but recently I... Continue Reading →
