142 Devon Dice Podcast Top 5 UK Games EXPO 2025 Highlights and more…

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

• Agricola Special Edition


• Sniper Elite: Operation Kraken & Reprint

Top 5 UKGE highlights?

Highlight Number 5

Joel: Space Junkers

Sam: Hotel

Nick: Food Trucks

Lewis: Wrath of Fire Mountain

00:44:15  1st Interview 

Mark Prentice from Next Dimension Games

• Space Junkers 


• Go Ahead Punk!

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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

1:41:00  2nd Interview

Chris Priscott from Unfringed Games

• Zuuli


• Molehill Meadows


• Fancy Feathers

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

2:49:30  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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