Around the World in 80 Plays

The Independent Shelf

Procedurally generated encounters and gonzo fantasy sit at the heart of this strange old-school romp. Strap in, it’s going to get weird

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At a Glance

Join Pete and Robin for a Warhammer Underworlds tournament at Alexandra Palace

First Turn

The co-creator of Evolution and Oceans looks back on his formative game-design experience with his clay-moulding debut Cluzzle

Ten of the Best

If you’re bored of politics on the telly, social media, and everywhere else, turn it off, and take your turn at being the political puppet master

Role Call

It’s an incredibly European month here at Role Call, as we take on Greek myths, Nordic horror and Spanish fantasy.

Have you played?

Adventure is calling, and how will you answer? Usually by making a swift dash across the map towards the most important items required for the quest at hand, it turns out

ALL the Jahres

James Wallis replays the winners of the Spiel des Jahres so you don’t have to

My Favourite Game

Dan Blanchett, the creator of Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein, tells us about how Chaos in the Old World and his wife, Goda, brought him into the hobby

Cardboard Manifesto

Greater diversity in gaming leads to more diverse games, which can only be better for everyone - unless you’re a chain mail bikini manufacturer

Microgame of the Month: Passenger

A FREE GAME FOR YOU TO PLAY INSIDE EVERY ISSUE OF TABLETOP GAMING!

Unearthed Artefacts

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Event Report

Organiser Amy Hewitt tells us that we should have a cow, man

Shop Spotlight

Café owner Ruth Haigh talks about gaming ‘tup North.

Tabletop Time Machine

No, it’s not an electronic game. Sugoroku means ‘double

Cowboy Bebop: Space Serenade

Playing the real folk blues for the new Cowboy Bebop deck-building game

Frosthaven

How does one create a follow up to the game which has sat atop the BoardGameGeek rankings for what seems like forever? We head north, to the colder, harsher climates of Frosthaven with Isaac Childres to find out

The Old School Revival

While many of us embrace the newest systems in roleplaying games, there are a number of players looking for the classic, free-flowing roleplaying of the past. That’s where the Old School Revival comes in

How we Made

We talk to Lorenzo Silva, Andrea Crespi and Stefano Castelli about their mixology exam classic, and whether they accidently made an analogue Candy Crush

Minecraft

We talk to Ulrich Blum, the man tasked with the nigh-on impossible task of bringing Minecraft to our tables

Dungeon Degenerates

From an underground broadsheet to a baroque adventure board game played as members of the marginalised underclass, Sean Aaberg invites us to shake the hand of doom

Alexa, let’s play a game

When it comes to bringing tabletop games to new technology, you might as well start with a classic. But how exactly would a voice connected Ticket To Ride actually work?

DARK DOMAINS

Being the bad guy is pretty good fun. Really the only

MINECRAFT: BUILDERS & BIOMES

Tabletop versions of video games have always seemed

TAINTED GRAIL: THE FALL OF AVALON

The myth of King Arthur is a story so often told, retold

VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE - THE FALL OF LONDON

The first full campaign for Vampire: The Masquerade’s

THE FOX IN THE FOREST DUET

Attention games publishers: if you’re going to call

POCKET LANDSHIP

Pocket Landship is a tiny game of big war, in the futures.

IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING

A troll’s life is not a simple one. There is always

SIX GUN SHOWDOWN

Its pistols at dawn. Or anywhere really, considering

THE MIND EXTREME

Of course there was going to be a sequel. When a game

TINY EPIC TACTICS

Never judge a game by its box size

CAIRN

Where the sea meets the forest, shamans duel, infused

TERRAFORMING MARS: TURMOIL

Mars wasn’t terraformed in a day. In fact, it takes

VALLEY OF THE VIKINGS

When Odin goes bowling

FATE OF CTHULHU

Give me your pants and your tentacles

ENCHANTERS: OVERLORDS

One of the most novel things about fantasy videogames

CAYLUS 1303

If it ain’t broke, give it a polish

REVOLUTION OF 1828

The revolution will not be televised, but don’t worry

TRAILS OF TUCANA

Ah, plotting the trail of your next island adventure

DUNGEON DEGENERATES: HAND OF DOOM

As board gamers, we are not unfamiliar with the term

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL SECOND EDITION

An army may march on its stomach, but this game is no crawler

BAG OF DUNGEON

As a fan of roguelikes, there’s usually a fairly direct

VILLAINOUS: PERFECTLY WRETCHED

You see… I’m a really terrible person

AGENTS OF MAYHEM: PRIDE OF BABYLON

Just play the videogame instead

LIVING PLANET

A cautionary tale of alien worlds and magic mushrooms

STAR WARS: DARK SIDE RISING

Let the dice flow through you

WORM LORDS

Dexterity games don’t often get the love they deserve

Painting Guide

Doc Ock is here to offer a hand, or four, to your brush with the evil side of the Marvel universe

Dungeon Master’s Guide to Roleplaying

Death is always an occupational hazard of the professional hero, and when one of the team falls in battle it’s a tragedy, but one we can move on from. But when it happens to the entire party at the same time… well, that’s something different entirely