In Finchley and beyond... — Star Wars

Carcassonne is one of my formative tabletop gaming experiences, and I'm obsessed with Star Wars, so I suppose it was inevitable that I would grab myself a copy of Carcassonne: Star Wars at the earliest opportunity. Last year we were been bombarded with licensed Star Wars games at the family end of the spectrum. Some have been surprisingly good, such as the new Risk: Star Wars (which more closely resembles the highly regarded Star Wars: Queen's Gambit from 1999 than it does Risk) but most of them have been simple reskins of existing games, with very little imagination put into them. Carcassonne: Star Wars...

Content warning: contains Star Wars and gamer geekery After months of speculation and waiting, the third wave of expansions for Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars Armada game has finally been announced and it's... well, it hasn't exactly set blasters to stun. After the second wave gave us the iconic Imperial Star Destroyer and rebel flagship Home One, this wave has given us flotillas - groups of small support ships. The internet being the internet, this has not gone down well in all quarters, with several people declaring the game to be "dead" at this point due to the lack of exciting...