Knavecon

15/07/2026

https://www.podbean.com/pw/pbblog-q8x84-238adf

Phillip and Vic discuss all things boardgames in this regular, thankfully brief podcast. If you have any questions drop us a line at [email protected]

15/07/2026

https://genericboardgame.podbean.com

Phillip and Vic discuss all things boardgames in this regular, thankfully brief podcast. If you have any questions drop us a line at [email protected]

03/07/2026

Knavecon Boardgame Briefing — Friday, 03 July 2026

Busy week for industry news, even if the actual new-releases shelf was fairly quiet. The big stories were about who owns what and who's leaving whom — consolidation season continues. Meanwhile Dice Tower East kicked off in Orlando, the BGG Hotness is showing some interesting movement, and there's a notable crowdfunding launch landing next week that euro gamers should pay attention to....

Busy week for industry news, even if the actual new-releases shelf was fairly quiet. The big stories were about who owns what and who’s leaving whom — consolidation season continues. Meanwhil…

30/06/2026

Knavecon Boardgame Briefing — Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Quiet enough Tuesday but there are a few things worth knowing about heading into July. Splendor Duel: The Counterfeiters drops this Thursday. The first expansion for what's become one of the best two-player games in the hobby lands on July 3rd. It adds Glassware tokens, Counterfeiter cards, and new Royal cards. Small box, $12.99, and it sounds like it tightens up decisions rather than bloating things....

Quiet enough Tuesday but there are a few things worth knowing about heading into July. Splendor Duel: The Counterfeiters drops this Thursday. The first expansion for what’s become one of the …

28/06/2026

26/06/2026

Knavecon Boardgame Briefing — Friday, 26 June 2026

Knavecon Weekly — Friday 26 June 2026 A busy week in board games, this one. A major acquisition, a crowdfunding campaign that refuses to slow down, Origins Game Fair wrapped up, and the Dice Tower has been firing out reviews like they're getting paid per video (which, fair enough, they are). Plenty to talk about. Awaken Realms buys Thundergryph Games…...

Knavecon Weekly — Friday 26 June 2026 A busy week in board games, this one. A major acquisition, a crowdfunding campaign that refuses to slow down, Origins Game Fair wrapped up, and the Dice Tower …

23/06/2026

Knavecon Boardgame Briefing — Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Knavecon Daily Board Game Briefing — Tuesday, 23 June 2026 Decent amount to talk about today. Origins Game Fair just wrapped up in Columbus over the weekend, a couple of crowdfunding campaigns launched this morning, and there's a genuinely interesting story about Asmodee's financials doing the rounds. Plus Q-Con Belfast literally just happened. Let's get into it. Origins 2026 is done and dusted....

Knavecon Daily Board Game Briefing — Tuesday, 23 June 2026 Decent amount to talk about today. Origins Game Fair just wrapped up in Columbus over the weekend, a couple of crowdfunding campaigns laun…

20/06/2026

Knavecon Boardgame Briefing — Saturday, 20 June 2026

Quiet enough Saturday, but there's a convention happening on both sides of the Atlantic so let's dig in. Origins is in full swing. Origins Game Fair 2026 kicked off on Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio and runs through tomorrow. It's the penultimate day today so the announcements are flowing. Asmodee showed off a bunch of upcoming titles including Citadels Duel and…...

Quiet enough Saturday, but there’s a convention happening on both sides of the Atlantic so let’s dig in. Origins is in full swing. Origins Game Fair 2026 kicked off on Wednesday in Colu…

16/06/2026

Knavecon Boardgame Briefing — Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Knavecon Daily Board-Game Brief — Tuesday, 16 June 2026 A fairly busy Tuesday with Origins kicking off tomorrow and a few threads still developing from the past week or two. Not a blockbuster day, but enough to talk about. Origins starts tomorrow. The big annual show in Columbus, Ohio runs June 17–21 and it's the first major US convention of the summer season....

Knavecon Daily Board-Game Brief — Tuesday, 16 June 2026 A fairly busy Tuesday with Origins kicking off tomorrow and a few threads still developing from the past week or two. Not a blockbuster day, …

12/06/2026

Knavecon Boardgame Briefing — Friday, 12 June 2026

Knavecon Weekly Board Game Roundup — Friday 12 June 2026 Good week this one. A bit of proper industry news, the BGG Hotness doing interesting things, Origins kicking off next week, and — genuinely exciting — a new board game shop opened in Dublin. Let's get into it. The five things that mattered this week The biggest industry story is Steamforged Games gutting its board game department to go all-in on Warmachine....

Knavecon Weekly Board Game Roundup — Friday 12 June 2026 Good week this one. A bit of proper industry news, the BGG Hotness doing interesting things, Origins kicking off next week, and — genuinely …