Role Call

Welcome

NOW PLAYING... Life Siphon We’ve got the fate

AT A GLANCE

NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITES IN THE TTG AWARDS Time

KANE KLENKO

The real-time specialist behind FUSE and Flip Ships rewinds to his 2014 debut, Mad City.

10 OF THE BEST GAMES FOR NON-GAMERS

Shock horror, I know, but not everyone played board games past Cluedo and Monopoly in their childhood. For those ‘non gamers’ as we’ll call them here, there’s a small opportunity to show off what our hobby can offer, but the question really is how best to get them hooked. In this list we consider familiarity with concepts, ease of play, and delve into that murky area between a party game and a gateway game

OH MY GOODS!

Become the master of the medieval supply chain

The Soloist SOLO LEGACY GAMES

We explore the world of so lo gaming one move at a time This month: solo legacy gam es (or, learning to love the Clockwork Prince)

RON HALLIDAY

The designer of Seven Bridges takes a gamble

THE 100 DAY ADVENTURE

Can you save the land of Thra before it’s too late?

UKRAINE

ABOVE AND LEFT Tajemnicze Domostwo (later, Mysterium) and

THE HUMANITY

Skip to the spooky side of the tracks with Wyrd Games’ boss battler, Vagarantsong

THE BIG CHILL

Stanislav Kordonskiy is here to introduce us to another blurry part of human history in Endless Winter: Paeloamericans

LET’S MAKE A TRADE

Games that let you wheel and deal are in short supply, we demand more trading games

EVENT REPORT: UK GAMES EXPO 2021

Finally, we can start attending events again, and why not start with one of the biggest. Here’s a little of what was there

WHY EVERY COLLECTION SHOULD CONTAIN A HIDDEN MOVEMENT GAME

This uniquely fiendish genre might just be what you need to put a bit of unseen danger back into your gaming nights

1998

The millennium creeps closer but the nineties still has plenty to offer. Sit back and enjoy learning about the best that 1998 gave to us!

COMPANY OF HEROES

We’re in good company with this indie translation of the digital titan

SLOWMO SUCKS THE FUN FROM GAMING EVENING

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

A PERSISTENT WORLD

We explore Galzyr with Sami Laakso

THEY CAME FROM BOVE

We catch up with Kane Klenko to chat about Space Invaders, a remastering of his dexterity classic, Flip Ships

GLOOMHAVEN: JAWS OF THE LION

PLAYED

EQUINOX

PLAYED

CAPITAL LUX 2: GENERATIONS

Published in 2016, Capital Lux was an overlooked

THE HORNED RAT

PLAYED

THE HORNED RAT COMPANION

Packed with background lore, spare monsters and side-quest

THE HORNED RAT

Pádraig Murphy joins us to chat about the latest instalment of The Enemy Within Campaign, The Horned Rat, and what’s so good about Skaven

DUNAIA

PLAYED

FIRED UP

In an arena-style fighting game, you would expect

TINNERS’ TRAIL

PLAYED

DESCENT: LEGENDS OF THE DARK

Descent: Legends of the Dark feels like the

RAJAS OF THE GANGES: THE DICE CHARMERS

PLAYED

PAPER DUNGEONS: A DUNGEON SCRAWLER GAME

Come all ye glory seekers to descend into

BIBLIOS: QUILL AND PARCHMENT

Whenever an existing game gets a roll-and-write version,

FOUR GARDENS

PLAYED

JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: READY, STEADY, WORM!

Love for Jim Henson’s camp kids’ fantasy Labyrinth

JACKALS

PLAYED

MOONSTONE STARTER SET

It’s quite rare for a wargame to stealth

SHEEPY TIME

PLAYED

DESTINIES

Stories of hope and inspiration have long stood

GREAT PLAINS

PLAYED

WHAT NEXT?

Big Potato’s first real foray into the world

NANGA PARBAT

PLAYED

FLORIDA MAN

You may have heard of the Florida Man Meme:

SHERLOCK 13

Sherlock 13 is a quicker Cluedo. One out

SIGIL & SHADOW

PLAYED

EMBARCADERO

Designer: Adam Buckingham & Ed Marriot | Publisher: Renegade Games

SWORD & SORCERY

Lawful & Chaotic Familiars Painting Guide

PAINTING GUIDE

SWORD & SORCERY

DICE BOARD GAME LOUNGE

We spoke to Rikki about Dice in Portsmouth, a board game café offering great food and drink, and a relaxed space for everyone from the board game amateur to the experts

BURIED

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

SEASONING YOUR CAMPAIGN

Seasons change… unless you forget to mention it in your campaign…

tabletop time machine

1760 DOMINOES We needn’t start by describing dominoes,