Join us as we introduce you to the tabletop role playing hobby! Everything you ever needed to get started, and a tonne of tips for those that already have. Plus, in true RPG fashion, we flesh out our meagre backstories…
We run the rule over miniature skirmish/football game hybrid Guild Ball – is it a critical hit or miss? We discuss rules and models, do some chanting, sing a little song and Brian runs a bonus “Banter!” round that was…
Welcome to our first comedy special, combining humorous tales from the wastes of Fallout 4 with our own Mutant Radio station and a good old-fashioned singalong at the end. Listen on Soundcloud Watch on Youtube Or subscribe on iTunes!
A new irregular segment where we dive in deeper then a lead-lined Jacques Cousteau and give you the comprehensive long view review of a recent game. This time: Fallout 4. We’ve wandered the waste, recycled a whole load of dirty…
Was 2015 a good year for games? Is 2016 worth getting excited about? Will the Twits be able to cope with a doing this live? Will we ever learn to stop overusing rhetorical questions? Tweet us on @Critical_Twits with your…
This week the Critical Twits discuss the Modiphius convention, Dragonmeet! We go gaga for Guild Ball, dig Devil’s Run, expound upon X-Corp, admire the Amberden Affair, and ruminate on our next roleplay game (marvellous Mindjammer or lovely Laundry Files). Also,…
This week we break open the secrets of the Malifaux starter set, and give an overview of what we like (and don’t) about the Malifaux skirmish/war game. We marvel at Colin’s ability to handle tiny things, revel in Brian’s enthusiam…
Using technology that would make 1950’s sci-fi authors run screaming, we talk about something the same decade would find old hat, boardgames. We discuss Arctic Scavengers, Twilight Imperium, Risk Legacy and Cosmic Encounter. Colin reveals himself as an evil time…
Trapped by a sinister madman, the Twits must podcast their way to freedom. Unfortunate, given that they couldn’t fight their way out of a poorly-recycled paper bag during a particularly vicious downpour. Discussion of the tabletop RPG Call of Cthulhu,…
Today we talk about sneaky boardgames, Codenames, Resistance and Sheriff of Nottingham. Humorous discussion of subterfuge in roleplaying and video games. Covering Batman’s crying-about-your-parents minigame, that time Colin killed our gaming group, demonic bargains, the X-Files, and how to effectively…