fancraftedgaming

12/11/2025

A quick look at our new website launching Saturday 15th November 2025 at www.fancrafted.co.uk

08/10/2025

You can now find another copy of Three Kobolds in a Trench Coat out in the wild!

Head over to Board & Bean in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. They have a games library with over 570 games to play!

They have a relaxed atmosphere with great food & drinks, perfect for experienced, casual or new board gamers.

🧥🧙 New (Pre-Release) Demo: Three Kobolds in a Trench Coat

Bluffing party game for 2-4 players - and we’ve got it early! It’s due to release next year, but thanks to Fan Crafted Gaming you can try it now at Board & Bean.

What’s the vibe?

Sneaky kobolds stack up in a trench coat to pass as "regular villagers" in Crumblebatch. Keep your kobolds hidden by completing Quests, grabbing Gold, and winning Challenges. Pay Guards to redirect suspicion and use Items to protect yourself or expose rivals.

👉 Last player with hidden kobolds wins.

We’ll teach you in 5 minutes - come have a laugh and outwit your friends.

👉 Play it here: boardandbean.co.uk
ℹ️ Peak cover £2pp/hour after 6pm & weekends. Members 50% off.

02/07/2025

It's and we're going through the feedback we received at the UK Games Expo last month.

Accessibility is a big thing for us, so colour checking our icons for colour blind players is our next key update.

After this is to go through our rulebook and make things as clear as possible, and playtest a few tweaks to our cards.

06/02/2025

We're reflecting back on this at how far Three Kobolds in a Trench Coat has developed in the past year.
1 year ago, our game looked like this. We bought a cheap board game from a local charity shop and stuck our printed prototype to the cards.
It wasn't perfect, but it lasted a few months before we changed it.

Over the last year, we have worked on 6 versions and have played 93 games.
With Three Kobolds being our first board game, we had no idea what we were getting into. Although it is stress inducing at times, it is so rewarding seeing people enjoying playing it with friends, family, or strangers.

We are so grateful to everyone who has been a part of the project so far and for all the players who took the time to try it out and give us feedback. We can't thank you all enough ❤️

We can't wait to see where the next year takes it.

03/02/2025

We're working hard on redesigning our Kobold cards. Kobolds are our characters in Three Kobolds in a Trench Coat.
Here's a test piece we are using to find the right fit for the game.
The left version was our test piece, and the right is our current version.

What do you think?

29/01/2025

Did you know, we're looking for board game cafés around the UK where we can donate a prototype copy of Three Kobolds in a Trench Coat, allowing customers to try it out.
So far, we're excited to have the following cafes on board: Boardroom Gaming Cafe Dice & Destiny Tabletop Store The Board Room Bridgnorth NERDY

We've still got a little work to do to get them ready for you, but we're very excited!

If you know of any board game cafe's that you'd like to see our game in, or if you are the manager of one, send us a message and we'll look into it!

23/01/2025

We've been thinking over this about the games we'd like to play this year.

We are pretty new to playing board games and haven't played a lot.
So here are our top three games that we would love to try:

1: Azul.
This tile based game looks really fun and pretty and doesn't have overly complicated rules. It's definitely a game for us as beginners.

2: Ticket to Ride.
Since we started out making Three Kobolds, we have heard nothing but good things about Ticket to Ride. We will definitely have to give it a go.

3: Everdell.
This game looks so cute and peaceful from the box art. We have a soft spot for the fantasy genre, and Everdell will fit right in.

Have you played any of these games? What did you think?
Would you recommend any other games for us to try?

12/01/2025

This is for Hobbytime At Healys.
You can find them here: https://www.facebook.com/HobbytimeAtHealys

Lewis and Verity run a print-on-demand 3d printing business that we ourselves have used recently.

They also keep themselves busy by expertly painting minutures and Twitch streaming! You can check them out at HobbytimeAtHealys on Twitch.

They are both incredibly friendly and helpful!
We want to give a huge thank you, and we hope that 2025 is a great year for you both 💖

09/01/2025

As part of our 2025 goals, we are planning to create more content for you!
That bring us to today which is Talks Thursday!

We played a few of our new board games over the Christmas period, and our favourite out of the bunch was a Drei Magier Spiel game called Cheating Moth, which we picked up from Travelling Man at AireCon.

As the name suggests, this little game is all about cheating. The goal? Get rid of the cards in your hand either by playing them, or the quicker way, dropping, throwing, or hiding them without being caught by the Guard Bug.

We had so much fun playing it and never got tired of it no matter how much we played it.

Have you played Cheating Moth? What did you think of it?

We might talk about the game in more depth in a future video, so if you'd like to see that, let us know!

06/01/2025

We have a few goals for 2025 so we've made a list of our top 5 for FanCraftedGaming.

Here's a little break down though:

Posting regularly on social media:
A tough one for us due to our day jobs, but we will do our best.

Setting up a Discord server to build a board gaming community:
With this we can host games, run competitions, and we can also host new giveaways!

Collab with other creators:
We would also love to do this more regularly. We have a few ideas already so stay tuned for this one!

We'd also love your thoughts on our content, if there's anything you'd like to see here. If you have any ideas, let us know in the comments or DM us.

Let's start this ball rolling!
Love to all of you ❤️

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone!!
We hope you all have a great day!

Love from the FanCraftedLtd team ❤️

02/10/2024

Get ready to play at Shrewsbury Comic Con on Sunday 6th October, 10am - 5pm.

You will need a ticket to enter the venue, but it will be free to play our game.

Come meet Chad, Brad, Dax, and the other Kobolds making their way through a fantasy village, completing quests and challenging others to games of I spy, and rock, paper, scissors.

We can't wait for you to try it!