Professor Rob

And somehow scored 45 in a game at the weekend.

I managed to score minus 17 on my first game.

Dead Man's Shoes (got it from a charity shop for 50p after watching clips in the "Most Bad Ass scenes" thread). 5/5.

Hasbro trying to be edgy, failing spectacularly.

Did anyone ever get a response from michael with regard to the stuff he was selling?

I PM'd him a while back – he's OK, but needed to take a break from social media (including this place) for a while. He's active in some real-life board game clubs, and enjoying playing 18xx there.

That's amazing.

It's a great film, but it still annoys me that nobody could be bothered to tell De Niro he's pronouncing Hereford incorrectly.

With every Time Stories scenario (at least the ones we've played), the first and second play-throughs are quite enjoyable and interesting, then the third wanes a bit as you re-tread familiar ground but end up falling foul of some random, time-consuming encounter or insta-death, then after that it's just a tiresome chore to get back to where you were, only to go down another dead end and do it all again. We've still got Prophecy of Dragons to go through but after that I think I'm done with it. If anyone wants Marcy Case or Under The Mask (£10 each or £18 for the pair, inc. postage) drop me a PM. Edit: Sold to Hexx.

Thanks for the offer, but I got the weight off BGG (1.8Kg). Should be $15 shipping, plus whatever import duty gets added.

Thanks, chaps. I ordered with the full expectation of having to pay shipping/import duty, so I'm not too fussed. It's a game I really want, and it's still cheaper than the utterly bonkers secondhand prices.

Board game weekend on Steam.

Has anyone here ever participated in GMT's P500 pre-order/reprint scheme? I've just placed an order for 1989: Dawn of Freedom (which is at 380 orders, so is some way off being reprinted), and it looks like the shipping will be free, even to Europe (on the order receipt, the shipping is listed "Euro Friendly P500 Orders via SCG – VAT prepaid to EU"). I was prepared to pay shipping/import duty, but it looks like I'm only paying $44.00 in total, which is very much a bargain. Anyone know if this is correct? If it looks too good to be true, it usually is.

Kickstarter. I’m not sure when the retail release is.