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Watch the world’s best Netrunner, X-Wing, Game of Thrones LCG players battle for the World Championships with our handy Twitch viewing guide

 

worldsMore Fantasy Flight news – the company’s annual World Championships kicks off today at their headquarters in Minnesota, and I couldn’t be more jealous of everyone there. Four days of wall-to-wall competitive matches for games including Netrunner, the Game of Thrones Card Game, and Star Wars miniatures games Armada, Imperial Assault and X-Wing. Every tournament is being show live on online video streaming service Twitch, kicking off at 10.30 CST (4.30 GMT) today with hotshot pilots dogfighting away in the first day of the X-Wing champs. Continue reading

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Surprise! FFG reveals huge new Star Wars galactic battle miniatures game

Fantasy Flight Games know how to drop a bomb all right. Just when you think they’re all out of surprises for the year – and we’ve had doozies like the new Fury of Dracula, a Hoth-themed big box for Imperial Assault and a re-polished Runebound adventure game – they go and drop a new Star Wars miniatures game, and drop everyone’s jaws in the process. Continue reading

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Return of the Je-DICE: An entire Imperial Assault campaign – Episode 1

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Episode I: Aftermath

**Spoiler alert! You’ll find Imperial Assault is full of surprises, which will invariably be ruined for you to some degree if you read along with our campaign. But! If you’re thinking about buying it, chances are you’ll end up taking control of the Empire side anyway, in which case you’re in control of all the secrets regardless. That said, read on!
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Return of the Je-DICE: An entire Imperial Assault campaign – intro

 

ImpAss Diary Header Final“I’ve made an impulsive decision.”

That was it – the moment a few weeks back when my friend Alex messaged me to tell me that he’d done it: coughed up the not-insignificant chunk of cash for a copy of the latest Star Wars board gaming hotness, Imperial Assault. A flurry of texts followed, demanding photos, cooing over plastic AT-STs, bemoaning Byzantine rulebooks and quickly jamming a date in the diary to give it a spin. We’ve not shut up about it since. Continue reading

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Video news: Board Game Blast – September 11th

Another episode of the Boarding Kennel news show looms! As I said a couple of days back, I’m toying with the idea of quick, punchy news updates several times a week about the latest board game news and happenings. Let me know what you think!

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