Great Games and Good Eating – Expo (part 5)
In the final part of this series pairing some of the winners of 2018 UK Games Expo awards with tasty recipes, I look at a game that is almost as good as going outside for real and won people’s choice in best new strategic card games for 2018. Hope you enjoyed this Expo series – […]
Great Games and Good Eating – Expo (part 4)
In this series, I’m pairing some of the 2018 UK Games Expo Award winners with tasty recipes. I was debating whether to include this one, given the current Covid-19 situation, but it’s a good game and seems unfair to exclude as it did win people’s choice for best new dice game in the 2018 Awards. […]
Great Games and Good Eating – Expo (part 3)
In this series, I’m pairing some of the 2018 winners of the UK Games Expo awards with tasty recipes. In this hot weather, here’s a nice refreshing beverage to enjoy whilst gaming. What “secret brew” would you pair with your games? Comment below, we love hearing from you. Quacks of Quedlinburg In this game, between […]
Great Games and Good Eating – Expo (part 2)
In this series, I’m pairing 2018 winners of UK Games Expo Awards with tasty recipes. Enjoy! Ticket to Ride: New York 8 This game is a great introduction to the Ticket to Ride franchise – 2-4 people can experience drawing tickets and then collecting cards to claim routes and the smaller map of Manhattan (and […]
Great Games and Good Eating – Expo (part 1)
This weekend should have been the UK Board Games Expo and guess who had an article in the magazine! As it isn’t going ahead right now, I’m posting a series of articles that pair some of the 2018 winners of the UK Board Games Expo awards with a recipe to make your next games evening […]
Great Games and Good Eating – October
I think October is my absolute favourite month, mainly because I love Halloween! This post brings us to a year of great games and good eating so enjoy this selection of spooky games and recipes to go with them. First off, make your best “woooooooo” ghost impression for Ghostel (shameless plug – this is available […]
Great Games and Good Eating – September
September is a time for new beginnings, and back to school so this month I’ve suggested some word games to play with friends. Given the season, and the amount of vegetables we had in the garden, I recommend serving with one of the soup recipes here. Use a cup rather than a bowl so you […]
Great Games and Good Eating for June
Last month, I was lucky enough to play a test version of Throw Throw Burrito and I loved it! In this card/agility game, players aim to get sets of 3 to earn points, but there’s a twist…if you get a set of burrito cards, you start a version of burrito dodgeball and whoever gets hit […]
Great Games and Good Eating for May
I love the two long weekends we have in May, an extra two days to play games, regardless of the weather. The first bank holiday is May Day so these games are themed around needing help. As always, we’d love to hear what games you’ve been playing over the bank holidays. Red November sees up […]
Great Games and Good Eating for April
Five days into April and we’ve already had scorching sun and hailstones! The seasons are definitely changing and I’ve started to think about when to plant out the seedlings that have been growing quietly inside, so this month’s post is inspired by the seasons and growth.