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RAINY DAY GAMES
THE SHIRE
We bring you a smorgasbord of roleplaying tools and ephemera, this month: the shire
D4 STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SHIRE
WHO’S THAT STRANGER IN THE CORNER?
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Welcome
NOW PLAYING
AT A GLANCE
FIND NEW FAVOURITES AND INDIE GEMS AT TABLETOP
HOW THEY REMEMBERED THEIR FIRST TIMES
Dan Jolin looks back on five years of interviewing designers about their debuts, and finds a lesson in there for anyone keen to create their own game one day
10 OF THE BEST WOODEN GAMES
Our hobby is dominated by cardboard, with a heavy sprinkling of plastic. Yet, for many of us, some of the games that introduced us to gaming also utilised beautiful wooden components; games like Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne stood apart with the organic joy of their pieces. This month, we thought we would celebrate the games out there that exclusively use wood in their composition.
Role Call
Summer is here, and so are the big dogs of nerd-dom. Expect everything from Middle-earth to Kronos (that’s where the Klingons live) in this month’s ROLL CALL
SCOTLAND YARD
Get your ‘looking at the board’ caps on (yes, literally) for this game of cat and mouse across old London town
SMALL BOXES ON THE CARDS
We explore the world of solo gaming one move at a time This month: small box games that pack a big punch
JUSTIN KEMPPAINEN
The designer of Wrath of the Lich King tells us about getting over Pandemic, and then falling in love again
THE WAR GOES ON
Ten years on from the second edition being released, we return to the Lord of the Rings game that sparked a love of Tolkien on the tabletop
ENCAPSULATE: LORD OF THE RINGS
To celebrate the anniversary of the films, we
ONE TO RULE THEM ALL
Tristan Hall tells us why this card game is the Tolkien masterpiece on our tabletops
THE MANY FACES OF MIDDLE EARTH
We take a trip around the Middle-earth games that you can make your own
FORMING A FELLOWSHIP
Join us for a look at a direct retelling of the original story of Lord of the Rings, which became what is often called one of the first ‘modern’ co-operative board-games.
REGICIDE
It’s (standard deck of) cards on the table time with this brutal boss battler
HAITI
This month, Tabletop Gaming heads to the Caribbean
WHAT’S IN A GAME?
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK?
BAKER BUTCHERS ENLIGHTENED EVENINGS
Each month our in-house agony aunt, Ben Maddox, answers your ludological lamentations
WRITE FOR THE GALAXY
Can we fit the fight for the galaxy on a piece of paper? We’re about to find out
LAND OF THE RISING FUN
The Japanese hobby scene is starkly different to the English-speaking world’s, so we thought we’d pop in to the biggest event in the Japanese calendar Tokyo Game Market. Here’s our report
STORM WEAVERS
It blows
DICE THEME PARK
Another day in paradice?
GET ON BOARD: NEW YORK & LONDON
Megabus
ETERNAL PALACE
One thick coat
ROLLING REALMS REVIEW
Your aim is to earn the most stars
TACOPOCALYPSE
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LUCIDITY: SIX- SIDED NIGHTMARES
A nightmare... no, not like that!
FIRST RAT
A rat race you won’t want to escape
MARVEL CHAMPIONS: THE CARD GAME – SINISTER MOTIVES
A web slinging showdown
KARDASHEV SCALE
A familiar feel with a sci-fi coating
PATHFINDER GOBLIN FIREWORK FIGHT
We be goblins, you be advised to stand well back
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
Looting and a-losing
THE KRAKEN EXPANSION
Release The Kraken! As if there aren’t already
BERRIED TREASURE
This is the fourth version of a game
NOW OR NEVER
An ultimatum worth considering
WONDERLAND’S WAR
We all go a little mad sometimes
CREATURE COMFORTS
Relax in the socks of a well-stocked fox
EXIT: THE GAME – SHADOWS OVER MIDDLE-EARTH
Finding your way out of a paper Baggins
COSMIC ENCOUNTER DUEL
This galaxy ain’t big enough for the both of us
ROOM 25 ULTIMATE
Gaming for your life
HERO: TALES OF THE TOMES
Fantasy melee feels like tome to me
PARIS
Spend a pleasant couple of hours in Paris with all the sophistication and savoir faire
STARDEW VALLEY: THE BOARD GAME
Grafting for grandpa
SNIPER ELITE: THE BOARD GAME
Elite tier hide and seek
PHANTOM INK
You’re only a word awa
THE CUBE: AREA 51 REVIEW
Huey Lewis and the News might change their tune after playing The Cube
BARDSUNG
A little out of tune
FALLOUT: WASTELAND WARFARE
We splash a (little bit) of colour on to the wasteland with this Railroad Core Box set
DUNGEONS & DELEGATION
Dishing out the jobs can make dungeons less of a drag
BLACK DRAGON MINIATURES
We caught up with David from Black Dragon Miniatures in Leicester, about the store and its miniatures focus
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