Introduce kids to Roman poetry too early and they'll become Juvenal delinquents.

Cornelius Hootigan. Many spells, few scruples.

With Warriors of Athena releasing next month, we're prepping a collection of mythical warriors from across the ancient Greece from which to build a crew. 🎲 Warriors of Athena ✏️ Joseph A. McCullough 🎨 Hazem Ameen // FEBRUARY 26th UK // 24th US // #OspreyGames #WarriorsofAthena #Miniatures

My 2025 in board games By most plays and most time playing. I guess what the stats don't show was the career change into a role I really love doing and meeting so many awesome people. I also won the game of TI. So yeah, pretty good year.

Finally got one of those fancy custom board game tables. Closed out the year with my brother racing to complete our Undaunted: Stalingrad campaign. We're neck and neck with 2 missions to go. Next up, Rattenkrieg! 🐀

Rounding off my journey into making chilli crisp with a final triumph. A perfect cornflower skirt on some dumplings.

Did well for books this Christmas. Already 1/3 of the way into A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by @emmasouthon.bsky.social, it's brilliant.

After many games of Undaunted together, I introduced my brother to War Chest. Boxing day cheese and chocolate fueling the action.

Ewoks join my Rebel forces in #SWLegion - my final bit of hobby for the year. There's a little easter egg on the leader's base to connect them with the Riot Troopers I sent to my Secret Santa. Hopefully they'll get to meet on the table.

First time attempting to make chilli crisp. Free handing a bit - not sure of ratios but throwing everything I think might be good into it and hoping for the best.

My local Star Wars: Legion group runs a Secret Santa. Fun chance to paint up units for factions I don't play. This year I aimed to make this unit of Riot Troopers look as sinister as possible. Looking forward to facing off against them. @atomicmassgames.bsky.social

When the chance comes to make a heist board, you take it. Anyway enjoy my Ocean's 3

On lock, no question: Twilight Imperium Inis Then in no particular order and subject to change: Undaunted Coup Two Rooms & a Boom War Chest Ahoy Tigris & Euphrates A Game of Thrones Memoir '44: Overlord

Picked up a booster pack of Legion cards from the good folks at @atomicmassgames.bsky.social to add to the prize pool of my local community's next tournament. Filmed this for the group's discord. Reckon I'm ready to become one of those full time magic/pokemon unwrappers.

The size of Meeps' teeth is alarming but it's important not to show fear when they're close.

Did a new one

Rebels coming out as back to back Hoth champs in games this weekend after a game of Battle of Hoth followed by Rebellion.

One fresh faced farmboy ready fight the Empire. The detail on the new @atomicmassgames.bsky.social models for #StarWarsLegion is so good. Even painting the eyes is a treat the way they're sculpted.

Watched Three Days of the Condor and now joining the long line of people convinced they need a pea coat.

Padawan Ahsoka ready to lead some Clones in #StarWarsLegion. Two Ahsokas down and another still to paint!

Sorry to post HOLE on main, but I picked up this gem in the Steam sale and it's been a treat to play the last few evenings. Even liked it enough to get me writing again. bitsandpieces.games/2025/10/04/y...

Tostig the Dormouse scout, joins the Silver Claws. #BurrowsAndBadgers

Playing with miniatures at work is serious business.

It's a good haul

My perfect d6 table of potential Octopus names.

▶️▶️ Learn all about character creation for our new anthro sci-fi RPG Untamed Worlds - out this week - in the author Jack Norris's design diary on our website blog: bit.ly/46JN2Ov

This mushroom is still wearing the rubble of the tarmac it punched its way through overnight. 🍄 💪

Happy Labor Day! Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work... Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

Quite pleased with this cheeky devil, ready to swing his vibro-axe into some fascists. #StarWarsLegion

In our first look at Competitive Innovations in Star Wars Legion, sebezra takes a look at four big competitive events from the last month of summer.

The beginnings of a new hobby project taking shape.

❌ Lightning Train ✅ Tracks of Quedlinburg

This is one of the things that really gets to me. I’ve seen so many amazing historians have funding bids shot down because games weren’t seen as viable. But janky ethically putrid AI? Sure why not!

Sometimes you have to abandon your friends in the pub because ice cream is calling your name through the window.

Painting Ahsoka's white lightsabers proved tricky. I know the method is to not paint them white but not sure I quite got it right. Love the sculpt though with the baggy trousers - any excuse to paint rough cloth. Finished just in time for a #StarWarsLegion balance update and a -30 pts drop!

Latest unit for Legion finished - a sleeper cell of old clones fighting their inhibitors to join the Rebellion. #StarWarsLegion @atomicmassgames.bsky.social

Having been to UKGE as a volunteer demoer, tournament player and as press - I still wasn't prepared for how exhausted I'd be after working a full show - an awesome experience thanks to a brilliant team.

Checking out the latest board game releases. Heard the Kickstarter extras were crazy, might late pledge.

✋ VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW @boardgamegeek.com GOLDEN GEEKS: bit.ly/3R4hHyt - Undaunted 2200: Callisto – Best Wargame... - Imperium: Horizons – Best Solo Game... Alongside so many other incredible games!! 🎨 Roland MacDonald

Played Condottiere for the first time in ages last night. Still brilliant and I'm always amazed by the magic trick it pulls - my brain just doesn't register it as an auction game.

Troopers prepped for a Rebel Army I'm running at a tournament this weekend. One last run of this iteration of @atomicmassgames.bsky.social's SW Legion before their big rules update next week.

Ai really ruined April Fool's posts.

For my leaving do at work, I've pulled the mask off to reveal I'm a board gamer - trying to convince confused colleagues to sit down for Blood on the Clocktower in my final hours next week. The first game to be held in a museum? Probably not. An art museum? Maybe.

“If the little grey shells are not exercised, they grow the rust”

Local games store is running a painting competition. Didn't have time to work on a whole squad so painted up Operative Luke from #StarWarsLegion Nice to practice some OSL - still lots to learn there. Not sure if I've made the saber itself too dark? Let alone working out the right reflection points.

Molly House is a strange and meaningful beast, at once a celebration of queer love, a critique of imperial power, and a call to solidarity. More than that, it is a game that can't help but be personally meaningful to the lonesome and tired. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/02/12/m...

A good year of board games and 2025 is starting strong with some chunky titles in the queue to review.

If you protest against the destruction of our planet, you are more likely to be arrested in Britain than anywhere else in the world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...