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I have just started to cast thoughts ahead to the annual pilgrimage to the Ruhr and have started listing the games I hope to bring back from Germany in October.  The list will grow over the conn...

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I am often asked - Is it really in stock? The short answer is yes. If you can add it to cart (i.e. purchase it) then it is either in the warehouse or is a confirmed pre-release. If it’s a p...

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Lots of great games this week One of each of these will not make it as far the stock room shelves  'Animals on Board' (smash hit for Pegasus at UKGames Expo) , 'Nina & Pinta' (wh...

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A 2 player co-operative game from Japan - 'The Ravens of Thri Sahashri' is probably the most unusual release of the week (if not the year...). One player is a girl who has lost her memory an...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2016/05/31st-may-new-release-highlight.html

'Tin Goose'  is my most anticipated game for some time - a transport economic and risk management game from the designer of the superb 'Sekigahara' (Matt Calkins). I also like the theme...

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BoardGameGuru Interview : Bevan Clatworthy (Ghostel; Tinkerbot Games) Interview by Angus Abranson For our first BoardGameGuru interview I contacted Bevan Clatworthy, an old friend and gaming...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2016/02/boardgameguru-interview-bevan.html

Osprey Games was set up last year as part of the Osprey Publishing Group - who have been producing fantastic historical military books for decades, Osprey Publishing had already produced several ...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2015/11/osprey-games-to-republish-escape-from.html

We will send out Secret Santa orders anonymously and with a card and a free game. Please enter 'Secret Santa' and any other instructions in the 'Any other instructions' field at checkout. We ...

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New cardboard being handed over by the postie is usually an occasion of joy. Yesterday’s delivery was tinged with a little sadness. The game that arrived was ‘Ships' (the last of Martin Wall...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-last-of-treefrogs.html

5 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN  DAY 5 – FURY OF DRACULA Even before they started to sparkle vampires were incredibly popular in literature, movies, games and other aspects of popular culture. I rem...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2015/10/5-days-of-halloween-day-5-fury-of.html

5 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN  DAY 4 – OF GHOSTS AND GHOULS… What’s Halloween without ghosts, spirits and other things that go ‘BUMP’ in the night. The old ‘child in white blanket’ was...

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5 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN  DAY 3 – DEAD OF WINTER : A CROSSROADS GAME Once zombies were rarely seen outside of b-movies but, for whatever reason, they’ve broken out of the scientific researc...

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5 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN  DAY 2 – ALL THINGS CTHULHU… H. P. Lovecraft, the creator of the Cthulhu Mythos back in 1917, would never have believed how popular his creations would become – s...

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5 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN Halloween is fast approaching and all across the land gamers are gathering together in lighted rooms to keep the darkness outside at bay. Armed with sweets to keep any tric...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2015/10/5-days-of-halloween-day-1-geisterblitz.html

Absolutely delighted to see  Oink's Japanese hipster game get a wider audience in the form of  Iellos 'Welcome to the Dungeon '  . Its superb -  A 10 minute game of filling a dungeon with mo...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2015/03/dungeon-of-mandom-or-welcome-to-dungeon.html

A step up in complexity for the Brit design team Dunstan and Gilbert, however given how good 'Empire Engine'and 'Divinare' are it's an easy choice for new release of the week - Elysium! The th...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2015/03/pick-of-this-wees-releases.html

Big Ships on your table slugging it out for the future of the Universe! The base game arrives next week and the expansion miniatures arrive at the end of March. Star Wars Armada - Available to p...

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I saw this being played at a convention and knew i had to stock it. A Euro take on soccer management with some die rolling for results and a great solitaire variant. 'Time of Soccer' arrives i...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2015/03/time-of-soccer-is-that-rarest-of-board.html

Pew Pew!  from designer Nathan Hansen is a solitaire game emulating those great, old-school arcade shoot ‘em ups from the 1980s, only better suited now for those of us whose reflexes may ...

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This is your finest hour! This fascinating simulation puts players in charge of British and German Squadrons as they duke it out for air superiority over the battlefields of Europe. Unlike o...

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Review by Martin Griffiths Beowulf: the Legend is Reiner Knizia's lost classic, languishing outside the BoardGameGeek top 1000 due to mismatched expectations. Coming in a big Fantasy Flight ...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2014/09/beowulfthe-legend-knizias-forgotten.html

This blog is here to support sales in my shop. I love being able to recommend games that I think you will enjoy - and that I can sell to you - and it pains me when I play a game that makes me wan...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2014/08/great-games-shame-i-cant-sell-them-to.html

Everyone loves an escape from the rat race, but  a holiday usually means that you have to go a week or two without playing any games!! Well not any more, with this list of games you will be abl...

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I am a fan of Zoch's lighter games and am surprised that they don't get seen at games clubs. This might be due to the lack of advertising outside of Germany. The latest game from Zoch continues...

http://boardgameguru.blogspot.com/2014/06/cherry-picking.html

The trouble with putting together 'best of 2013' lists is that it's quite likely that I will have not played a lot of games released in the year. Not a problem if you believe you can spot the ga...

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