Nevi: Also on the hobby note, for those of you who follow our Instagram you’ll have seen that I’ve painted the core set for Marvel Crisis Protocol. In 2021, who knows? I might actually get to play them. It’s been 6 months (fuck, has it?) and my Stygies VIII splinter force of the Adeptus Mechanicus working with radical cell of the Ordo Xenos is taking shape nicely. After knocking out a small force of Clone Troopers for Star Wars Legion, I succumbed to temptation and started a Warhammer 40k army after some friends indicated they were getting back into it for 9th edition. George: Hobby wise, I started armies for two different miniature systems last year. ![]() On first impression, I love all the new mechanics but I think there’s a risk this expansion is too much of a good thing and 6p games might begin to drag. George: Another Sci-Fi epic, Twilight Imperium 4th Edition, got its first expansion Prophecy of Kings, I’ve played a handful of 3 and 4 player games but yet to enjoy the proper TI experience of 5 and 6 players. There’s a broad number of options for what to do on any given turn, though I’m not yet sure if the number of viable strategies quite matches this apparent bredth. After 2 games played, I’m liking the spicy mix of deckbuilding and working placement. Dune: Imperium managed to sneak past me and release itself without me noticing. 2021 for me is not so much waiting for releases but waiting to play what’s already been released. George: I’m honestly not certain what board games I should be looking forward to at this point. George: The Queen’s Gambit was definitely my TV highlight of 2020 and like Gav it resulted in me signing up to to try and learn a little more strategy beyond blindly moving pieces and hoping for the best. Here’s hoping I can get into other board-related activities – maybe even in real life – at some point this year. I also accidentally let my Diamond membership trial renew for a year, so I guess I’m a chess player now. Like a lot of people, I enjoyed the chess explosion during the pandemic, through Twitch tournaments like PogChamps and later The Queen’s Gambit. Or Losing? Trying to cling to power in the Roman empire is a chaotic business. We’re literally half way through a game of Donning the Purple and I think I’m winning. Hopefully, we can continue that into the New Year. ![]() Last year I finally managed to get Nevi and Gav to play Tabletop Simulator. Gav: Remind me again, what is a board game? Is when you go on holiday and play chess? Or is that an abroad game? Nevermind, I think I’ve worked it out. I’ll keep my fingers crossed but maybe someone else will have something to add. And I was hyped to start a Warhammer 40,000 Crusade campaign as well. Beyond that, I keep meaning to try out Flipships with my partner as well so maybe that too? Honestly, though with the renewed lockdown in England I’m going to struggle to play anything. Hopefully, we’ll continue to the end and I’ll be able to talk all about it (spoiler free of course). ![]() My partner and I started our journey of saving the world from a microscopic menace, and we loved it. Nevi: Having said that, I did play the first two months of Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 over the holiday period. That means that I barely played a board game in 2020, so things are not looking bright for this year. Given the state of the world, the best by board game group can do it is play things over Discord, and I’m really bad at setting aside time for that. I don’t want to commit to a lot of board game coverage. ![]() Nevi: I wasn’t sure about doing this article.
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