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Major changes to this website

This site changes frequently, so here's a list (most recent first) of significant changes and additions over the last year or so.

Date Description of and link to changes

30th November 2024

Published issue 249 of To Win Just Once. with my report from this year's MidCon and the games I played, including first impressions of Fishing, Lost Ruins of Arnak and The Red Cathedral, blasts from the past (Louis XIV and Tycoon), more about Pilgrim and several more, plus beer. Oh, and the November game reports shown below.

21st November 2024

Published turn 8 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game.

19th November 2024

Published turn 7 of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

18th November 2024

Published LPBS turn 386 (April 1676).

9th November 2024

Re-stocks and a heap of new games at Games from Pevans.

18th October 2024

Published issue 248 of To Win Just Once. Due to interference from real life, this is a thin issue with some chatter and LPBS.

5th October 2024

Published LPBS turn 385 (March 1676).

7th September 2024

Re-stocks and half a dozen new games at Games from Pevans.

30th August 2024

Published issue 247 of To Win Just Once with first impressions of some new-to-me games – Dune: Imperium - Uprising, Free Ride, Hey Yo, Pilgrim, Sea Salt & Paper, Sheriff of Nottingham, Skull – and accounts of playing some older games: a short Civilization (I'll take it any way I can get it!), Pandemic (with On the Brink), Rajas of the Ganges and Thunderbirds.

Plus LPBS turn 384 (February 1676).

2nd August 2024

Published issue 246 of To Win Just Once marking 20 years of Games from Pevans and recounting my latest Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles games.

Plus LPBS turn 383 (January 1676),
turn 7 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game and
turn 6 of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

28th June 2024

Published issue 245 of To Win Just Once with the second part of my report from this year's Gathering of Friends, including my first impressions of Bomb Busters, Dorfromantik, Flotsam Fight, Free Ride USA, HEAT: Pedal to the Metal, Kutna Hora: The City of Silver and The White Castle plus the 'traditional' Memoir '44 Overlord game.

Plus LPBS turn 382 (December 1675).

23rd June 2024

Published turn 6 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game

12th June 2024

Published turn 5 of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

1st June 2024

Published issue 244 of To Win Just Once with my report on this year's Gathering of Friends, including my first impressions of DerrocAr, Dune: Imperium, Forest Shuffle, Let's Go! To Japan, Nucleum, Pioneer Rails, Universal Rule and War of the 3 Sanchos plus a few craft beers.

Plus LPBS turn 381 (November 1675).

23rd May 2024

Published turn 5 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game

12th April 2024

Published issue 243 of To Win Just Once with my report on the Collector's Edition of Firefly – the board game.

Plus LPBS turn 380 (October 1675),
Turn 4 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game and
Turn 4 of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

7th March 2024

Published issue 242 of To Win Just Once with my report from the 2024 London Toy Fair, Andrew Larder's view of the Napoleon movie, my review of The Thing with the Ring and round-up of what I played in 2023.

Plus LPBS turn 379 (September 1675),
Turn 3 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game and
Turn 3 of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

3rd February 2024

A slew of re-stocks at Games from Pevans.

29th January 2024

Published issue 241 of To Win Just Oncewith my account of games played over Christmas and the New Year.

Plus LPBS turn 378 (August 1675).

12th January 2024

Published Turn 2 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game and
Turn 2 of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

11th January 2024

Added new games and re-stocks at Games from Pevans.

21st December 2023

Published issue 240 of To Win Just Once with my first impressions of Last Bug Standing (in the Circle of Doom) and my recent visit to Hammersmith.

Plus LPBS turn 377 (July 1675)
and LPBS turn 376 (June 1675).

25th November 2023

Added new games and re-stocks at Games from Pevans along with this year's last posting dates.

21st November 2023

Published issue 239 of To Win Just Once with my report from MidCon and the games I played, including Iki and Apiary.

Plus LPBS turn 375 (May 1675),
Turn 1 of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game and
Turn 1 of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

14th October 2023

Published issue 238 of To Win Just Once with my review of/account of playing Sleeping Gods.

Plus LPBS turn 374 (April 1675),
start-up of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game and
start-up of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

2nd September 2023

Published issue 237 of To Win Just Once with my first impressions of Fort.

Plus LPBS turn 373 (March 1675),
turn 12 of Seahill, our seventeenth Railway Rivals game,
pre-start of Troodos, our eighteenth Railway Rivals game and
pre-start of The Wizard of Anharitte, our twelfth Star Trader game.

4th August 2023

Published issue 236 of To Win Just Once with my review of Tiletum .

Plus LPBS turn 372 (February 1675)
And turn 11 of Seahill, our seventeenth Railway Rivals game.

26th June 2023

Published issue 235 of To Win Just Once with my first impressions of Magic Maze and account of re-fighting the Battle of Borodino.

Plus LPBS turn 371 (January 1675)
And turn 10 of Seahill, our seventeenth Railway Rivals game.

22nd May 2023

Published issue 234 of To Win Just Once with my review of Aleph Null.

Plus LPBS turn 370 (December 1674)
And turn 9 of Seahill, our seventeenth Railway Rivals game.

29th April 2023

Updated Games from Pevans with new items and lots of re-stocks.

24th April 2023

Published issue 233 of To Win Just Once with the latest turns in the games, along with some chatter and a few letters.

Plus LPBS turn 369 (November 1674)
And turn 8 of Seahill, our seventeenth Railway Rivals game.

26th March 2023

Published issue 232 of To Win Just Once with my round-up of the games I've played in 2023 so far, including Caesar!, Idus Martii, Northern Pacific and That's Pretty Clever.

Plus LPBS turn 368 (October 1674)
And turn 7 of Seahill, our seventeenth Railway Rivals game.

6th February 2023

Published issue 231 of To Win Just Once with Pevans's round-up of games he played in 2022, Commands & Colors is top, but there are lots more.

Plus LPBS turn 367 (September 1674)
And turn 6 of Seahill, our seventeenth Railway Rivals game.