Fantasy Flight Games' Civil War: Whose Side are YOU On?

What happens when you take Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition, shiny happy hero fantasy, spike its drink, strap it to an old mattress at the abandoned last house on the left, tell it you’re its biggest fan and then summon demons with strong British accents for a laugh?

Dungeons & Flagons bring their Manchester Board Game Festival back for a Festive Special, running 12th-14th December at Sachas Hotel in the Northern Quarter. The three-day event features 600+ board games, RPG sessions, the legendary Bring & Buy sale, and the MCR Geek Fayre running Saturday and Sunday.

There are fewer and fewer spaces where people can come together, especially for free. Scotland's small press community has weathered chronic underfunding whilst watching local creative spaces vanish beneath spiralling costs. Convention tables that foster careers have become unaffordable, many of the stepping stones that turn hobbyists into professionals have simply ceased to exist.

In 2295, a research station at Arcturus made contact with an unknown starfaring species who departed after a few days of fruitless communication attempts. One year later, they returned.

Mongoose Publishing kickstart a radical proposition: What if your space exploration game didn't have a combat chapter?

Pre-orders are now open for Mantic Games 2025 advent calendars! We're barely halfway through Orctober and already we're being hurled headlong into Hogswatch like a festive banana bomb.