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WARHAMMER CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ROYAL MAIL STAMP

10 OF THE BEST GAMES I WILL ALWAYS PLAY

Given its my first issue, rather than listing a personal Top 10, here’s 10 games I’ll always jump at the chance to play!

A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

Why our game libraries need better organization

CHRISTOPHER JOHN EGGETT

The ex-editor of this very magazine finally reveals his favourite game! Not that you couldn’t have guessed it…

ALCHEMISTS

Pioneering design concocting a pretty puzzle

OMAN

Perched on the southeastern edge of the Arabian

CLASSICS WITHOUT COMPANIONS

No-one free? Thankfully there’s fantastic solo modes with tabletop classics

ORDER IN THE GAMING ROOM

Our resident independent counsel, Ben Maddox, weighs in on another tricky dilemma

UK GAMES EXPO 2023

We look back at the biggest tabletop gaming event in the UK!

PREVIEWS

With so many wonderful games at the convention, we take a moment to highlight some of the smaller upcoming independent designs showcased, giving you the games to watch out for in the future!

STAR WARS: LEGION WORLD QUALIFIERS

We find out who won the UK’s biggest ever Star Wars: Legion tournament

PLAYTEST UK

We meet with Rob Harris, director of the voluntary group helping budding game designers realise their dreams

2017

When Kickstarter became King

CONFIDENCE GAMES

This month Tim Clare looks us dead in the eye, asking if you’re confident enough to put your pride on the line?

FLAMME ROUGE

It’s a photo finish in France as four cycling teams race for victory!

CODENAMES

A classic competitive caper as two teams try to retrieve their secret agents first!

YAHTZEE

It’s a mini discovery this month as a member of the TTG team uncovers a family favourite!

Four games like… TICKET TO RIDE

All aboard as we look back on the world’s bestselling train game, with four connecting routes to expanding your tabletop journey

TAROT CARD GAME

How it came to be and the games continuing to draw inspiration from the deck of destiny

ON THE CARDS

We take a looksee at some of the biggest trading card game news of the month and discover what’s on the cards…

A LONG EXPECTED PARTY

With the release of the new Lord of the Rings centred set for Magic: The Gathering, we explore the hard work that went into visualising Middle Earth like never before

Role Call

Curious what’s coming up in the world of tabletop roleplaying? Look no further than this month’s ROLE CALL!

MONSTER HUNTER WORLD ICEBORNE

What’s even better than Giant Monsters? Multiple, Ice-Encrusted Giant Monsters, that’s what!

ANGLE GAMING LOUNGE

We chat with young entrepreneur Adam McCarthy about living his game store dream

TAMERLANE CHESS

TAMERLANE CHESS

THE NUMBER

Do you remember the last days of term

POWER PLANTS

I’m not particularly green fingered, if I’m honest.

GREENVILLE 1989

Making horror fun is a particularly difficult challenge

THE ROAD TO INNSMOUTH

Back in the late 90s - early 2000s,

HOLIDAY HIJINKS #4 THE CUPID CRISIS

The eighteen-card game format has been around for

WHINE NIGHT

With such an uninspiring name, Whine Night had

I’M A LITTLE CRABBY

Like most of Exploding Kitten’s titles, I’m A

TWISTY TRACKS

Before the arrival of Ticket to Ride

SUB TERRA II: INFERNO’S EDGE

I, like many people, enjoyed the original Sub

INSIDE JOB

The table is hushed. Two agents are stacked

DISTILLED

Look, whisky is horrible. We all know it.

FIGHTERS OF THE PACIFIC

F ighters of the Pacific is that

MOON

This game feels like it was designed to

TINY EPIC VIKINGS

Tiny Epic Vikings is Gamelyn Games latest

KINGMAKER

Few games bear the weight of such history.

OROS

Oros is a 1-4 player game of

EUROPA UNIVERSALIS: THE PRICE OF POWER

When you think of power struggles in early

EVOLUTION: NEW WORLD

Fittingly, the history of Evolution has been a

DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

I don’t think I’ve ever played anything quite

FINDORFF

Friendmann Friese continues his long-standing tradition of starting

VILLAGE: BIG BOX

Where were you in 2011? Binge-watching Game of

BRAZIL: IMPERIAL

It’s clear that designer Zé Mendes crafted Brazil:

SHADOWGATE: THE LIVING CASTLE

Hats off to the designers, adapting a point-and-click

IMPERIUM MALEDICTUM

The weird, wild world of Warhammer 40,000 has

DRAGONBANE

If you want to get an idea of

THE LORD OF THE RINGS ROLEPLAYING 5E

The relationship between The Lord of the Rings

SHIVER: THE CURSED LIBRARY

Shiver is a horror RPG aimed squarely at

STARS WARS: SHATTERPOINT

General Anakin Skywalker leaps from the ground and

MARVEL ZOMBIES: A ZOMBICIDE GAME

The Zombie miniatures in all their gruesome glory,

UNMATCHED: TEEN SPIRIT

If I’m honest, I thought that Unmatched would