Thanks, Tuomas!

For the past few months I have been quietly working on the launch of The Trench Wire, a new Trench Crusade content channel that draws on my experience from White Dwarf and No Quarter. I’m excited to share its first steps with the world today!

Picture of a finished Tacta game.

Tacta is perfect for a quick filler game!

Nobody sees the Tome Keepers coming.

Just one game day in November. But one that racked up 34 games, including a few plays of one of the stars of Essen Spiel, Echoes of Time.

10x10 Board Game Challenge by GrandFather | Download STL model | Printables.com

I printed this one: www.printables.com/model/952624...

I completed the 10x10 board game challenge for 2025!

Here’s when I hit 10 on each:
Fellowship: Feb 13
Scout: April 30
Heat: May 9
A Gentle Rain: May 23
Undaunted: May 24
Sea Salt: June 21
Santorini: July 12
The Crew: August 10
Marvel United: October 11
Sky Team: October 27

I genuinely was!

Blood Bowl pitch maintenance is not for the faint of heart!

BG Stats Oct 2025 Plays: 14 H-index: 3 Games: 5 New: 1 Players: 3 Locations: 3 Hours: 6 Days: 6 Sky Team: 5 Santorini: Riddle of the Sphinx: 4 Pandemic: 3 Marvel United: X-Men: 1 SCOUT: 1 8 designers: Andrea Chiarvesio: 20% Eric M. Lang: 20% Francesco Rugerfred Sedda: 20% James Van Niekerk: 20% Kei Kajino (梶野 桂): 20%.

October was the first month of the year I played more games with someone other than my wife. Bit of a slow month because it was very busy (including a trip to Spiel), but highlights include playing Sky Team in Düsseldorf Airport.

Spiel Essen logo

I’ll be at Spiel Essen next week along with my friend and colleague Stephen Box of Vanguard Tactics! If you or your company are looking for freelance editorial, content or creative services or are interested in the video content offerings of Vanguard Tactics, please drop me a message!

Not sure yet, but probably a mix of things including airbrush, sponge and oil wash.

Your roads look great! I love the weathering. I also went for dark roads and light non-roads. Here’s what they look like after the spray step. Still need to do all the detail and weathering!

A photo of a Legions Imperialis road plates, with a spray mask protecting the road from overspray.

I love making a good stencil when I’ve got to paint the same thing over and over again. This t-shaped stencil can handle all three LI road plates: straights, Ts, and crosses.

Screenshot of Mt Yotei from Ghost of Yotei.

Finished the main story of Ghost of Yotei. Absolutely a worthy successor to Ghost of Tsushima, and the pair are two of the best games I’ve ever played. Atsu’s story is now my favorite revenge tale.

Marvel United looks so good on the table.

BG Stats Sep 2025 Plays: 19 H-index: 3 Games: 4 New: 2 Players: 7 Locations: 2 Hours: 10 Days: 8 Marvel United: X-Men: 9 Rome in a Day: 5 Heat: Pedal to the Metal: 3 SCOUT: 2 7 designers: Andrea Chiarvesio: 25% Asger Harding Granerud: 25% Daniel Skjold Pedersen: 25% Eric M. Lang: 25% Evgeny Petrov: 25%.

Plays were way down in September, BUT it included playing Rome in a Day IN ROME! That’s gotta be worth bonus points!

I recently got the chance to speak with the last ever White Dwarf editor, Lyle Lowery

We spoke about @lylelowery.bsky.social 's career, managing White Dwarf for the past ~7 years, how the magazine is produced, and the role of the editor in the process

youtu.be/YwH0B0kG34U

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I suddenly got really busy with work, so I forgot to share this, but I did maintain my streak and paint Wolverine! That’s four of these fun little models done in four days.

My office for the past few days. It’s been a blast!

I don’t think it’s for me or anyone else really to say what you should do with your hobby, but I certainly don’t mind!

Trying to keep up the pace of painting one a day. This time: Beast!

Lyle and wife holding a homemade copy of Santorini on the island of Santorini

Recently I posted about my Santorini in Santorini project. Next up is a trip to Rome! So I ask you, what’s a good game to play in Rome?

Must be:

Very portable
Small footprint
Two players
Quick play time
Low complexity
Rome theme

I’m thinking Rome in a Day. What do you think?

Painted Cyclops from Marvel United.

I had so much fun with Sabretooth, I had to keep it going with Cyclops! Another quick and cheerful paint job.

Sabretooth from Marvel United

Been in a bit of a painting slump, so to get back on the hobby horse I painted this quick little Sabretooth from Marvel United. It was really fun!

This summer I played Santorini in Santorini! To pull it off, I found and printed a nice little miniature Santorini board and pieces. I designed some nesting, removable trays to accommodate all the pieces some cards. It was a super fun project and a neat thing to tick off the bucket list!

BG Stats Aug 2025 Plays: 190 H-index: 2 Games: 10 New: 4 Players: 6 Locations: 3 Hours: 35 Days: 12 The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine: 107 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game: 72 SCOUT: 2 Onitama: 2 Santorini: Pantheon Edition: 2 Zombicide: White Death – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Timecrash: 1 Heat: Pedal to the Metal: 1 Flip 7: 1 Sky Team: 1 12 designers: Asger Harding Granerud: 10% Bryan Bornmueller: 10% Daniel Skjold Pedersen: 10% Eric Olsen: 10% Gord!: 10%

Thanks to an extended visit from some good friends who were really keen on trick-taking games, August was a record month since I started tracking plays at the beginning of the year!

Infographic displaying number of attempts and time elapsed for each mission in The Crew

Graph of time elapsed for each mission in The Crew.

We had some friends in town for a couple of weeks, and the group got swept up with The Crew. So much fun! We really struggled with Mission 28, far more than any other. It was a huge outlier. Were there any missions you struggled with? Was it just us struggling on 28?

Graphic for The Crew showing wins, losses and time elapsed.

Had a little fun with inDesign and made this mission log graphic of our recent plays of The Crew.

Me receiving my certificate of citizenship at the citizenship ceremony.

Me with my shiny British Citizen coin.

British Citizen coin received at the citizenship ceremony.

Yesterday was a day to celebrate as I officially became a British citizen!