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Welcome

It’s Tabletop Gaming Live month! If you haven’t already

At a Glance

The next dramatic survival game after Dead of Winter has finally been unveiled

First Turn

The Czech designer of 20th Century and Pulsar 2849 on his initial bid for gaming glory with 15th-century-set auction game, League of Six

10 of the Best

Question: Who doesn’t love a good battle of the minds? Answer: Nobody, of course! Prove you’re a regular clever-clogs and font of knowledge with these brain-busting delights

Role Call

Long-awaited settings, old games made fresh for new players and all the things a future adventurer could ever need.

All the Jahres

Replaying the winners of the Spiel des Jahres so you don’t have to

My Favourite Game

The Millennium Blades, Pixel Tactics and BattleCON creator tells us why there’s little he’d rather be doing than getting his throat cut on the high seas in Libertalia

Have You Played?

10 minutes makes all the difference in this frantic real-time survival game. In space, no-one can hear you scream – but that’s because you’ll be laughing too loud

Kickstarting from Scratch

Holly Gramazio starts to feel the stretch of the extra goodies promised to Art Deck’s Kickstarter backers

The Independent Shelf

This cat-and-mouse race between police and would-be escapee is as breakneck as it is breathtaking. Can you keep up?

Through the Ages

Try to keep up as we speed through a high-octane genre that stretches from cars and cycles back to slippery snakes

Play it Smart

With games often overlooking the realities of colonialism, can the depiction of one of the tabletop’s most pervasive – and popular – themes be corrected?

Unearthed Artefacts

++YEAR 3126++INCOMING TRANSMISSION++ found sector a43: pastime x17 – board game – “witness”

Tabletop Time Machine

Downfall is a vertical game that uses gravity as its

Tabletop Gaming Live Preview

Just some of the unmissable games, hot new releases, tournaments, talks and more coming to London’s Alexandra Palace later this month

X-Wing 2.0

X-Wing put us right in the cockpit of Star Wars’ intense space battles – and the experience was phenomenal. But its creators were just getting started, as the game’s biggest overhaul yet proves

How We Made

Avery Alder’s coming-of-age RPG might star the supernatural, but its frank exploration of adolescence, sexuality and identity is as real as it comes. Puberty has never seemed quite so terrifying…

Print-and-play

Welcome to the crafty, cheerful and gloriously cheap world of print-and-play gaming.

Cheapass Games Presents Fightopia

It’s the future! Giant robots fight each other in epic duels on windswept and desolate plains. Society as we know it has crumbled, and technology has changed the face of warfare forever. Doesn’t that sound cool?

Holding on

Dealing with death, illness and regret, Holding On is a board game like nothing you’ve ever played – and it tells a story you’ll never forget

Turn

The sequence of play is one of the most fundamental mechanics of tabletop gaming. But radical innovations in rules design have challenged traditional approaches, leading to more dynamic experiences

Sagas of Midgard

Sagas of Midgard will have you clashing swords, drinking mead and dying gloriously like the most legendary of Norse heroes. It’s a Hel of a story

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team

It’s back – and this time, it’s personal

Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game

Put this in your pipe and smoke it, Holmes

Sailing Toward Osiris

Pharaoh play

Welcome to your perfect home

Roll-and-move… house

Heroes of land, air & sea

A clunking triumph of stuff over substance

Spy Club

Whether it’s Scooby-Doo or Stranger flings, pop culture

Star Wars: The RPG – 30th Anniversary Edition

Designer: Fantasy Flight/West End Games team | Artist:

News@11

Designer: Jon Gilmour, John Burns, Travis Magrum, Ian

The Ninth World

Bid for adventure a billion years in the future

Wallet

Robbed of the possibility of being good

Choose your own adventure: House of danger

You must choose… but choose wisely

Capharnaum

Designer: Raphaël Bardas, François Cedelle, Sarah Newton

Amun-Re: The Card Game

Designer: Reiner Knizia| Artist: Gaël Lannurien, Igor

Ticket to Ride: New York

City slicker

D&D: Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron

A new world to explore

Council of 4

Don’t get too comfortable, councillor…

The Tea Dragon Society Card Game

Tea leaves predict tranquility and calm in this cute deckbuilder

Specter Ops: Broken Covenant

Imperfections can’t stop this hidden gem from shining

Cubirds

Birds of a feather flock together in this brain-scratching set-collector

PAINTING GUIDE

A wyvern, a giant, a yeti, oh my! Make the fantasy menagerie pop from the tabletop with these tips on giving them a magical makeover

Dungeon Master’s Guide to Roleplaying

Whether they’re going out with a bang or falling prey to fateful rolls, should you be unafraid to swing the scythe when it comes to killing off player characters?

EVENT REPORT

Director David Wright on bringing gaming right to the heart of Scotland with his new Perth convention

Shop Spotlight

Robyn Marsh ponders why paperbacks and cardboard make the perfect pair as the Cambridge bookshop opens its expanded games department