Articles by Matt – Langden Games

Posted on 05/11/202405/11/2024 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Why I Think Magic Foundations Is Awesome!

Magic Foundations releases this Friday (8^th November), and personally I think this one of the most important Magic Sets Wizards has released in a while! (In the interest of honesty, I was going to call this opinion piece Foundations: Make Standard Great Again, but as the US election is taking place at the time of writing I decided not to tempt fate too much! These might be famous last words, anyway…).

So why do I think it’s important, lets discuss…

Posted on 02/01/202402/01/2024 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Matt’s Annual Ramble

“Ho, ho, etc., and let me welcome you back to reality after the hopefully satisfactory completion of your respective annual rituals. Personally, I consumed roughly my weight in chocolate and crashed like a hypothetical bl…”

Ah well I can’t finish that quote, trying to be family friendly and all that! However, the first person who guesses where it’s from will get a £10 discount on the Langden website – the code is where the quote is from all lower case with no spaces…

Anyway, it’s the beginning of January and as we say a fond (is that the right word? Nah, I’ll stick with it) farewell to 2023 I wanted to take some time to ponder upon the year that was and the year that will be!

Posted on 03/01/202303/01/2023 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Matt’s Annual Ramble…

Happy New Year all!

I confess, time seems to have lost all meaning over the last few years (thanks Covid!) and as such this ramble is a little later than planned. But anyway, let’s get rambling!

Looking Back at 2022!

Obligitory thumbs up photo is obligitory

2022 was the first full year we’ve had in our new premises. To say we were apprehensive about moving would be the most understated statement that had ever been understated! But after what is now 14 months in our new location we’re looking forward to the future!

As it stands today the move was definitely the right choice! We’ve seen loads of new customers, have a proper street presence, and have much more space! Admittedly at heart I’m still nervous about the move, especially with the looming spectre of recession on the horizon and the cost of living crisis that is having an impact on everyone. However these are things that are outside on my control, and all we can do is focus on the store and what were doing and hope that with continued customer support we’ll keep going from strength to strength!

Posted on 29/01/202229/01/2022 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Model of the Month – January 2022

Today saw the first of our new season of Model of the Month for 2022 kick off! We were really happy to receive 9 entries!

There was no set theme for this month so, in other words, it was ‘Super Cazh’!

The 9 entries were:

Space Marine Primaris Apothecary – Warhammer 40,000
Ork Wurrboy – Warhammer 40,000
Ork Megatrakk Scrapjet – Warhammer 40,000
Théoden, King of Rohan – Lord of the Rings
Genestealer Bust – Relic Board Game
Skink Priest – Age of Sigmar
Horus Lupercal – Horus Heresy
Space Marine Primaris Lieutenant – Warhammer 40,000
Orruk Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth – Age of Sigmar

Posted on 26/01/202226/01/2022 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

MTG Ban Announcement 25th January – Our Thoughts… AKA A Rant About Lurrus…

Yesterday WoTC did their latest ban announcement for Magic the Gathering. In the days leading up to the announcement the community was doing it’s best to predict what was going to happen.

When talking about Modern and Legacy, the two big formats in store, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer was on the hit list for Legacy, and Modern has a host of cards that people wanted to address, the chief of which was Lurrus of the Dream-Den!

Posted on 29/12/202013/02/2021 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

The ‘Good Riddance to 2020’ Ramble…

You’re probably (hopefully) familiar with a Matt ramble by now – basically I dump all the thoughts in my brain onto our website and hope they make sense and that people actually read them…

2020… well, what can I say that hasn’t already been said! (or that doesn’t involve screaming and lots of swearing).

Looking Back…

In short 2020 was a train wreck, although that’s probably insulting to trains if I’m honest (this line, or at least the inspiration for it, comes from “Death to 2020”, it’s on Netflix, go watch it!)

Posted on 03/11/202005/11/2020 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Lockdown 2 – Electric Boogaloo: The Langden Games Update!

It’s November 3^rd and barring a massive revolt in the Commons, we’ll be back in lockdown again from Thursday! Fun!!

The one (and only) positive about Lockdown 2 – Back in the Habit, is that it’s the second one! Strange as it sounds, we’ve been through this before, so we have experience of how to operate. As a result the shop may be closed but we can still meet your hobby needs.

Posted on 12/10/202012/10/2020 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Set Boosters – My Thoughts….

Now that I’ve actually opened some Zendikar Rising product, I wanted to give my thoughts on the newest type of Booster, the Set Booster!

What is a Set Booster?

In short it’s a new type of product that lets WOTC have a bit more freedom, in a draft booster there is a need for there to be set amounts of Commons and Uncommons and a good colour spread, the same is not true of a set booster!

They have 12 cards (14 with the token and art card included) in a booster and come in boxes of 30 rather than 36, they are also slightly more expensive than draft boosters, all seeming like negatives so far, but don’t worry there are positives!

Posted on 12/08/202012/08/2020 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Matt’s Annual Ramble – A Birthday in Interesting Times…

‘May you live in interesting times…’, I now fully understand why this is seen as a curse! I know that I, for one, would like the much simpler times where global pandemics were movie plots and social distancing was an unused phrase, but as you all know 2020 had other ideas!

Posted on 21/02/202028/05/2020 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Model of the Month & Modeller of the Year Results

Here are the results of Model of the Month and Modeller of the Year so far.

Last updated – January 2020

Posted on 21/02/202021/02/2020 by Langden Games — Leave a comment

Model of the Month, Model of the Year, and Modeller of the Year

What is Model of the Month (MotM)?

MotM is Langden Games monthly model painting competition, to enter you need to bring in your model by 12 noon on the last Saturday of each month, it’ll then be voted on by visitors to the shop. The winner is whoever gets the most votes. That person will get a Model of the Month certificate and will be in with a chance of winning Model of the Year!