December may have been a bit of a quieter month, but the staff was back at it in January! This month we have a spotlight on Conquest as Laina finished just a tonne of stuff. I also finished some Battletech. Meanwhile, Renee played Farm Hand, Tropichaos, Fishing, Skull King, A Wild Venture, Twinkle Twinkle, Cat Ass Trophy, and Umami.
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December was a bit of a quieter month for the staff on the game and hobby front, but we still managed to get some games in and some models painted, including Sean’s Halloween project and some Battletech models. Renee also enjoyed the Exit: Advent Calendar and she finally got in a game of Ark Nova.
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November has come and gone and as usual the staff got up to some fun and games including painting projects and board games.
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Happy Orktober! It was a bit of a slower month for the staff (probably too many tricks and treats), but Sean painted up some old west gunfighters which I think look awesome from Dead Man’s Hand! And in true Sean fashion, he also painted up some late Romans. Renee also played a bunch of board games including Troika, Tacta, Point Galaxy, Dandelions, Propolis, and Up or Down?
Continue readingHey Friends, Sean here from the Historical Department. I dropped a newly released Starter Box of Warlord Game’s Konflikt’47 on Andrew’s lap and requested he does what he does best. And of course he delivered. Have a read and enjoy his builds and thoughts.
Alright, I did my best to get as much as I can done but I only had maybe 11 hours to build and paint as many models as possible. I did my best but I didn’t get them to a point I consider “done” but that’s subjective.
I want to preface this review with the following. I don’t like WW2 tabletop games, I get a bit of ick from some of the factions. That being said I really like what I’ve seen of Konflikt’47. Its so fantastical and pulp sci-fi that it feels like its own universe. From British coalition automatons to zombies and even Soviet werewolf bears, its pretty cool. And its got mechs!
The Starter packs a lot into it, terrain, dice, full color rulebook and so many, many sprues. This baby comes with 10 US Firefly marines, 6 Axis Heavy Soldiers, 2 character models, a USA “Linebacker” mech, and an axis Spider tank. I immediately dove into building the mech and was really pleased with the quality of the sprues. Almost no flashing, mold lines were covered by an additional panel piece, multiple weapon options and with it being 3 sprues, it was tons of fun to build.
I have similar feelings with the Axis Heavy Troopers, totally a modular kit with tons of options, poses and gubbins. You can be as creative or as simple as you want.
All the sprues were laid out thoughtfully with parts being right next to each other. If you just clipped part 17, the next part you needed, part 18 was right next to it.
My only gripe with this starter box is just a Warlord Games problem of their character models being resin. But that’s an ish-me not an issue.
Overall great starter box and I’m looking to try out the game once I get more time to build and paint these models.
Thanks again to Andrew for his nice work and kit review. I look forward to see where he goes with this. As well, a big thanks to Isaac at Warlord Games providing us with this kit.
Hi Gang! We had a whole lot going on this month! Renee got to play and review just a bunch of board games, meanwhile some of the other staff members finished a bunch of different miniatures, and even some terrain!
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Hi Gang! Well, summer is officially coming to an end. Let’s look at how the staff spent the second half of summer. Renee played just a tonne of board games, so if you’re looking for something new to try, check out her recommendations below. But first, we have some Warhammer, Lord of the Rings, Battletech, and some Historical miniature painting and games.
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Our last list of Top Sellers for the first half of 2025 features a bunch of fantastic games for the kiddos in our lives. There are games to help teach taking turns, basic turn rules and working together to achieve a common goal; games to help reinforce basic concepts like letters, numbers, colours and shapes; games that are silly and help get the willies out; as well as games that introduce problem solving, deduction and core gaming mechanics.
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Our top 10 sellers for the first half of 2025 continues with games in our Party & Social games section. These games are great to play with a larger group or are the kind of games you pull out when you’re just looking to have some light fun with your friends. The games put out by Exploding Kittens and Tee Turtle Games are extremely popular at the store, but surprisingly their flagship games, Exploding Kittens and Unstable Unicorns are nowhere on this list, although some of their newer games make an appearance.
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Hi Gang! Well, summer is officially here so it’s been a bit of a quieter month for miniatures and board games. I can only assume some of our staff members have been forced to spend time outside. But not to worry, we still managed to get in some Battletech, Star Wars: Shatterpoint, and Warmaster as well as some board games including Photograph, Exit- Catan, Pass, Cafe, Odin, and Roll & Bump.
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