Join us in welcoming the newest member of the PHC family, Sid, as he joins us to discuss the new Heroquest, Canadian board game cafes and not being able to hold our alcohol anymore.

He then into some in depth chat about Tellstones, the latest game from Mechs vs Minions studio Riot games; Star Scrapper Orbital the upcoming Kickstarter from Hexy Studio; and Heart: The City Beneath, a crazy game about going deeper underground. 

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Don’t be so easily misled by this game's appearance.  The cartoon standees, the bright colours, or even the name, Cactus Town is a surprise of simple asymmetry.  A simple ruleset, a skewed action programming system and a Western movie-style theme all come together to create a dog, cat, mouse and cheese game of chase that unfolds into a fun story told in under an hour.

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Steve takes a look at Tellstones: The King's Gambit, the latest tabletop game from Riot Games. 

Tellstones will only be available direct from Riot Games - https://merch.riotgames.com/en-us/

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Steve takes a closer look at the Giant Book of Battle Mats Volume 2 by Loke Battlemats for use in your Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder games. Go check out Loki Battlemats at https://www.lokebattlemats.com/ 

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Steve reviews Streets, from Sinister Fish games and designer Haakon Gaarder.

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Jon claws his way out of his baby-induced sleep-deprived fog to join Andy and Steve for another hour and a bit of top board game banter. In the news we explore Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and the UK Games Expo Awards. 

We then take a deep look at Viking themed Raiders of the North Sea, protect the world from invading aliens in Under Falling Skies and become property moguls in Streets, the new game from the developers of Villagers.

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