Derek Cox

We're at GridServe in Gatwick, Gatwick South.

We're at GridServe in Gatwick, Gatwick South.

I do. So every Wednesday, because we always want to get more people up here. We want more people to know about GridServe, more people to use the space, more people to use the lounge. So luckily, board games are my thing. I've been playing board games for 12, 13 years. So I was like, I know board game people. I am a board game person.

I do. So every Wednesday, because we always want to get more people up here. We want more people to know about GridServe, more people to use the space, more people to use the lounge. So luckily, board games are my thing. I've been playing board games for 12, 13 years. So I was like, I know board game people. I am a board game person.

So I've taken it upon myself to sort of bring people together, to get people into the space, and it's just been growing and growing and growing every week. Every single Wednesday, at least 20 people turn up and just play games.

So I've taken it upon myself to sort of bring people together, to get people into the space, and it's just been growing and growing and growing every week. Every single Wednesday, at least 20 people turn up and just play games.

Not at all. So some of the things you say, raptor, you've arrived on an island. And it's been inhabited by these dinosaurs. And one player plays a group of scientists who want to capture the dinosaurs. And the other player plays a dinosaur who basically wants to eat the scientists. And it's a sort of a two-player only affair. Cities, that's more not fantasy at all. It's actually quite realistic.

Not at all. So some of the things you say, raptor, you've arrived on an island. And it's been inhabited by these dinosaurs. And one player plays a group of scientists who want to capture the dinosaurs. And the other player plays a dinosaur who basically wants to eat the scientists. And it's a sort of a two-player only affair. Cities, that's more not fantasy at all. It's actually quite realistic.

It's where you're just building cities down by a waterfront. by placing pieces on your board to build a nice little atmosphere. Agricola, again, sort of medieval farming setting. So you're basically creating a farm in medieval England or medieval America, raising animals and growing crops. They've all got a different theme. Tiny Towns, for example.

It's where you're just building cities down by a waterfront. by placing pieces on your board to build a nice little atmosphere. Agricola, again, sort of medieval farming setting. So you're basically creating a farm in medieval England or medieval America, raising animals and growing crops. They've all got a different theme. Tiny Towns, for example.

That's a puzzle-type game where you're building a little tiny town using little blocks. and then put on the blocks together to create buildings. But it's created in an environment where everyone's these little tiny teeny little animals. So it's a normal town, but microscopic. The whole idea about games and the creativity has really kind of grown, hasn't it, over recent years? So many.

That's a puzzle-type game where you're building a little tiny town using little blocks. and then put on the blocks together to create buildings. But it's created in an environment where everyone's these little tiny teeny little animals. So it's a normal town, but microscopic. The whole idea about games and the creativity has really kind of grown, hasn't it, over recent years? So many.

I've been playing games, well, all my life, but only in the last 12 years I've really delved into it. When I went to my first board game meet-up in Croydon all those years ago, it opened my eyes massively. And now here we are doing this. And I'm looking around. This board game behind us, what's happening here? This is Lords of Hellas. I've never actually played it myself.

I've been playing games, well, all my life, but only in the last 12 years I've really delved into it. When I went to my first board game meet-up in Croydon all those years ago, it opened my eyes massively. And now here we are doing this. And I'm looking around. This board game behind us, what's happening here? This is Lords of Hellas. I've never actually played it myself.

So from what I can gather, it's a fighting game in mythical Greece, but of a sort of cyberpunk robotic twist.

So from what I can gather, it's a fighting game in mythical Greece, but of a sort of cyberpunk robotic twist.

So these cards, they're just going to show the attributes of each model effectively. So it'll tell you what it does in the game. For what you can do, what your character can do when you're playing. So at least you know what that does because it's there written for you.

So these cards, they're just going to show the attributes of each model effectively. So it'll tell you what it does in the game. For what you can do, what your character can do when you're playing. So at least you know what that does because it's there written for you.

intriguing nonetheless so let's go oh now over here seems to be a bit more of a straightforward game so dice veggies is again you're basically slicing off vegetables from a block of dice each dice represents a different vegetable so you have the greener jalapenos the browns and mushrooms the reds and tomatoes and you have a little cardboard cleaver to make clean cuts from each one you can't just take whatever dice you want you have to add up to at least 10 or less

intriguing nonetheless so let's go oh now over here seems to be a bit more of a straightforward game so dice veggies is again you're basically slicing off vegetables from a block of dice each dice represents a different vegetable so you have the greener jalapenos the browns and mushrooms the reds and tomatoes and you have a little cardboard cleaver to make clean cuts from each one you can't just take whatever dice you want you have to add up to at least 10 or less