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Bad Squiddo Games Are Addressing the Gender Imbalance in the Gaming Industry with Realistic Female Miniatures

Thought wargaming was just for boys? Think again, as Nottingham’s Annie Norman is addressing the gender balance in tabletop gaming, selling the largest array of realistic female miniatures in the world with Bad Squiddo Games...

February Mix Of The Month: Games With Galaxy Wolf In Space

In this mix series we invite local DJs to get creative with each issue’s theme. For February's game-themed mag, Galaxy Wolf In Space offers up a set of glitched-out bliss...

Tabletop Game Design Company Needy Cat on Creating the Official Hellboy Board Game and Their First In-House Release

Tabletop games studio Needy Cat are the fast-paced, sharp minds behind some of the most exciting board games on the market. Working with household-name franchises as well as other small creators, they have one aim: to get as many people playing games as possible. We spoke to them about their work, as they gear up to launch their first, completely in-house designed game, Robot Fight Club… 

Bird and Blend Tea Co. Are Smashing The Tea Game

Bird & Blend Tea Co. is an independent, award-winning tea company on a mission to reimagine tea. Started by Krisi Smith and her mate Mike, the business began in the bedroom of a house in Nuthall, and their range of over 200 teas now sit pretty in their eight physical UK stores...

Nottingham-Based Award-Winning Film Maker Jeanie Finlay on Her Official Game of Thrones Documentary The Last Watch

We talk to the Notts-based documentary maker, about Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, the film she crafted after spending a year embedded during filming of the final series of the HBO hit series…

Game of Thrones' Bella Ramsey on Lady Lyanna Mormont and Becoming an Ambassador for the Prince William Award

With the television juggernaut that was Game of Thrones leaving our screens for the final time last month, fans are starting to adjust to life without the enormous cast of incredible characters the HBO show has given us over the years. Amongst the most memorable was the fierce Lady Lyanna Mormont, played by Nottingham actress and Television Workshop alumni Bella Ramsey. We caught up with the young giant slayer to talk about trending on Twitter, life post-GoT and her new role as an ambassador for SkillForce’s Prince William Award...

The Thompson Brothers on Notts County, Game of Thrones and Craft Beer

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

LeftLion Film Podcast #19 - Game of Thrones: The Final Episode

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto watch the final episode of Game of Thrones, providing ill-researched, ill-informed and largely uneccessary commentary...

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 6 - The Iron Throne

As satisfying an ending as can be expected to the underwhelming conclusion of Game of Thrones that does the remaining characters justice...

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 5 - The Bells

The penultimate episode in the Game of Thrones saga is a polarizing affair that is bound to ring sounds of debate in the fanbase for years to come...

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 4 - The Last of the Starks

There is little room for the snow to settle as Game of Thrones storms forth to an unpredictable conclusion...

LeftLion Film Podcast #18 - Bella Ramsey: Game of Thrones

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto are delighted to be joined by actress Bella Ramsey, fresh from her role as Lady Lyanna Mormont in the final series of Game of Thrones. They talk about being the number one trending person on Twitter this week, filming her final scenes for the show and her new role as an Ambassador for The Prince William Award through Nottingham charity SkillForce... 

And for the first time in LeftLion Film Podcast history, we've got a prize to give away: You can get your hands on a brand new, official Game of Thrones Monopoly set hand signed by Bella by listening... 

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 3 - The Long Night

Winter came for our heroes at Winterfell in an intense, claustrophobic battle that will leave you watching from the edge of the wall...

Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey visits Nottingham School

Pupils at Our Lady and St Edwards School in St. Anns were treated with a visit from Lady Lyanna Mormont herself, who was in town to promote the Prince William Award...

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 2 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Episode one might have been a bit of a set-up, but things are starting to get moving in episode two... 

Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 1 - Winterfell

The longest wait in history is finally over. Those dragon-riding, sister-kissing, wedding-ruining buggers are finally back in the final season of Game of Thrones... 

Notts Hosts 2018 Games of Remembrance

Many of you will know the story of the Christmas truce, where both British and German soldiers temporarily cease-fired to play a football match during World War One. Perhaps it’s fitting that with 2018 marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, that a football match between British and German soldiers took place.

10 Nottingham Pubs Where You Can Get Your Game On

We checked out the ancient, the retro and the downright filthy. Get right competitive with your mates, just try not to punch each other... 

6 Games to Play with the Family This Christmas

Christmas is a time of love, joy and wonder. And blazing rows with estranged relatives and late-afternoon boredom. Find remedy for the latter and fuel for the former in this article, as this year, we're gifting you with a comprehensive list of the only games you'll wanna play this December 25...

Celebrating Women in Punk at The National Video Game Arcade

A night of exploring women's role in British punk...

High Stakes and Sportswear at Poetercize! the Poetry Game Show

Scores were settled and mischief was made at Rough Trade this Saint George's Day, but which of our contestants won the championship title in this zany gameshow? We sent LP Mills to the hottest sporting event in Nottingham to find out. 

Poetercize: The Poetry Game Show at Nottingham Poetry Festival

Stephen Thomas is a locally-based poet and rapper whose show Poetercize: The Poetry Game Show will be performed as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. We had a chat with him about his latest projects in preparation for this year’s festival...

Happy 1st Birthday to Board Game Cafe Ludorati

While café culture has never really taken off in the UK, mainly due to our notoriously inconsistent weather, board game café culture is making big strides. While pubs such as the Malt Cross and BrewDog have always had board games in them, and some places even have board game nights, the last couple of years have seen the opening of two dedicated board game cafes in Nottingham. With Ludorati recently celebrating being open for a year, I headed off on a grey, drab Sunday afternoon with a few friends to see if board games have really shed their boring image…

6 Places to Get Your Game on in Nottingham

After hosting the annual GameCity festival for all these years, Nottingham has exploded with places to get your game on. Here, we offer up the list of places you can twiddle your thumbs...

German Board Game Designer Reiner Knizia Visited Ludorati Cafe

He’s had over 600 games published, won several 'Game of the Year' awards, and has made some of the best-selling games of the last twenty years. Modern board games are all a bit different from playing Monopoly with your nan at Christmas, so when Reiner Knizia visited Ludorati, the board game café on Maid Marian Way, Gav Squires sat down with him to talk about all things board game...