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STEVE FINN

The creator of Herbaceous and Sunset Over Water on his monasterial 2007 debut, Biblios

10 OF THE BEST SPOOKTACULAR GAMES

“I’m sure it’s nothing.”, “I’ll go check it out alone”, and “let’s split up,” are the fear inducing words that guarantee you’re next. When Halloween loops around each year though, we get the itch to put ourselves into their fearful shoes, getting our spooky, paranormal, or horror filled fix from the opportunities presented in the hobby. With a mixture of ghosts, gruesome creatures, unexpected deaths and more, there’s something a little unsettling about this list of games…

Role Call

Tolkien, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer and Mörk Borg all in one place? It must be fantasy heaven in this month’s ROLE CALL

SPIRIT ISLAND

Expel the colonial forces from your island as the elemental gods that guard it, in Spirit Island

IMMERSIVE SOLO GAMES

We explore the world of solo gaming one move at a time This month: getting lost in the game

JAMES VAUGHAN

Big Potato’s James Vaughan tells us why it’s all about the experience in, The Mind

THE 8TH PASSENGER

We return to the world of Alien in family friendly outing for the multi-jawed menace

COLOMBIA

The current line of Colombian publisher Azahar Juegos

THE DRAGON PRINCE

The hit animated Netflix show gets a tabletop outing from Brotherwise Games

OLD MEG

This mystery for Vaesen takes place in the

THE TIME TRAVELLER’S KNIFE

Time travel can be murder, especially in Pandasaurus’ latest ‘thematic abstract’ game – That Time You Killed Me

SOMETIMES LESS ISN’T MORE

Base games shouldn’t be demos for their expansions

GRUB GUMS UP GAMES NIGHTS

Each month our in-house agony aunt, Ben Maddox, answers your ludological lamentations

ENCAPSULATE 2000

We finally leave the 1900s behind and move into the big Y2K

KABUTO SUMO

Charlie Theel gets us ringside seats at the (beetle) sumo match of the century in Kabuto Sumo

THE TREASURES INSIDE THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNNESS

Our guide to what’s best to buy from five years of Arkham Horror: The Card Game

EXCAVATION EARTH

Welcome to Planet Dig Site

PROJECT L

Block Block. Who’s there?

CRASH OCTOPUS

Kraken good fun

CASCADIA

How the Pacific Northwest was won

CO2: SECOND CHANCE

A welcome refresh

CODEX NATURALIS

The folks at Bombyx sure know how to

MARVEL CHAMPIONS: THE MAD TITAN’S SHADOW EXPANSION

Finite fun

SORCERER

Gothic greatness

KHORA: RISE OF AN EMPIRE

Corr, a game for your brain

WHISTLE MOUNTAIN

Airship enterprise

ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD OF VENICE

Death in Venice

FLAMES OF FREEDOM

Talk about a revolution

MAGNATE: THE FIRST CITY

We built this city

MILLION DOLLAR SCRIPT

For a niche audience

GLEN MORE II: CHRONICLES

Just like before but… more

GLEN MORE II: HIGHLAND GAMES

Highland Games adds a further three chronicles to

OUT OF ORDER

It is rare to find something new in

THE GOOD LIFE

Alife driven by self-sufficiency is something many strive

WRONG PARTY

As much as you try, you can’t organise

7 MOONS: HEROES OF DRAGON REACH

Just out of reach

12 GANGSTERS

A capable caper

NECROMOLDS

Doing the monster smush

TINY ACROBATS

Big top, little performers

DOCTOR WHO : TIME OF THE DALEKS

Time-travelling Yahtzee for whovians

THE WILD BEYOND THE WITCHLIGHT

Low-combat, high-fantasy

DESCENT: LEGENDS OF THE DARK

Part two of our Descent painting guide takes in the evil that lurks in the dark

SLIME

We bring you a smorgasbord of roleplaying tools and ephemera, this month: slime

AS UNTO GODS

THE DUNGEON MASTER'S GUIDE TO ROLEPLAYING

FAN BOY THREE

In the heart of Manchester sits Fan Boy Three, a huge game store with a ton of space for playing. We spoke with Dave Salisbury about the store

tabletop time machine

1000 BCE GO