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Game of the Week – Space Cadets: Dice Duel. Raise shields … lock phasers on target … Fire!  Space Cadets: Dice Duel is a fantastic team-based game for 4-8 players in which you’ll captain two ships in a frantic (and often chaotic) space duel. Players will divide into two teams in a loving tribute to bridge crews of the Starship Enterprise, with different players acting as captain or manning engineering, sensors, weapons, shields, helm, or tractor beams. Similar to the brilliant Escape: Curse of the Temple, games play out in real-time, with each player rolling loads of custom dice to determine potential actions (and inducing much shouting between players). Great fun for groups, the game is also remarkably fast, with games generally only taking 15 to 30 minutes. For more information, check out the video review from Tom Vasel and Shut Up and Sit Down’s coverage of the game. Make it so!

Pandemic: Legacy Announced. The big, big news of the week is that Z-Man Games have announced Pandemic: Legacy. Taking the most popular co-operative boardgame and adding the genius campaign mode of Risk Legacy offers the potential of something really, really special. There’s no release date yet, but we’ll keep you informed of any progress. Needless to say, this has jumped to the very top of our most anticipated future releases.

Prepare for Conquest. Warhammer 40K is the latest universe receiving Fantasy Flight’s Living Card Game treatment is the forthcoming Conquest. The base game will be released later this year, and give two players 7 factions with which to fight for glory. A recent preview detailing some of the cards of the Ork faction give every indication that this could be the card game that 40K fans have been waiting for.

Rob Florence’s Top 50 Boardgames. Rab Florence’s extensive overview of his favourite boardgames of all time has finally been completed. The video of the Top 10 games has finally been released, but don’t forget to check out the full list, and this great write-up of those games which didn’t quite make the list, but why they’re still great.

Releases/Restocks/Coming Soon!

New in store from next week – Hills & Sheep, the brand new expansion for Carcassonne; the D-Day Landings expansion for Memoir ’44; Crown of Destiny, the new expansion for Descent;  the Ross Clan deck expansion for Haggis; Ogre Pocket Edition; Legions of Darkness and Hammer and Hold expansions for the brilliant Warhammer Diskwars, and the Run & Gun supplement for Shadowrun 5th Edition.

New Releases Available Now - It's here – the latest edition of the grandfather of roleplaying – the new D&D Starter Set is in stock and on sale now – let a new world of adventure begin! New ships for both Star Wars X-Wing and Star Trek Attack Wing; fantasy deck-building with Ascension: Realms Unravelled; Galactic roleplaying with the Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook; Munchkin gets mythical in the new Legends flavour; backstab your friends and family in Game of Thrones: Westeros Intrigue; exciting new competitive storytelling in Power Play: Schemes & Skullduggery, which is looking increasingly likely as a future game of the week; portable sporting fun with Pocket Cricket and Pocket Football; Heroes of Normandie, the action-packed WW2 game creating a load of new fans; Galactic Strike Force, the brilliant new co-op from the creators of the super Sentinels of the Multiverse; Ticket to Ride 10th Anniversary Edition, and return of the fantasy classic Blue Moon Legends.

New Releases Available to Order From Today – Pandate, the Panda bluffing card game; Have at Thee, classic combat in card form; new specialisation decks for Star Wars: Edge of Empire, and Kaosball, the fantasy boardgame combining rugby and FPSs!

Arriving soon -  After a very, very long absence, we have word that the 2nd edition of party classic Cas$h ‘n Guns will be released later this year; Foul Play, the second expansion for Blood Bowl Team Manager; the new game for 6-25 (!!!) players, The Last Banquet; expansions for budding starship captains withSpace Cadets: Resistance is Mostly Futile, Space Cadets Dice Duel: Die Fighter, and a brand-new Space Cadets game, Away Missions; Warhammer Conquest, the new card game based in the 40K universe; Civilizations, the first expansion for Clash of Cultures; dark fantasy adventure based on the massively popular series of novels and computer games in The Witcher; new ships for Star Wars: X-Wing; Seafall Legacy, from the designer of the brilliant Risk Legacy, and the return of the classic Prophecy. PRE-ORDERS FOR ALL THESE BEING TAKEN NOW!

Events

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