RECTO VERSO

Welcome

You hold between your hands the greatest of

KUZOOKA

Putting the ape in great escape

SPLENDOR: DUEL

A real gem of two-player gaming

WORLD’S FAIR 1893

Showcasing the classic Euro of yesteryear

TICKET TO RIDE: GHOST TRAIN

Let’s play with scary trains before bedtime!

MONOLYTH

Press for points in prophetic polyomino play

HEAT: PEDAL TO THE METAL

A true engine game

MAUI

Lazy fun in the sand – just don’t forget your towel

WONDER WOODS

A mysterious yet merry mushpit

SHOOT FOR THE STARS

Guess the best, but don’t outpace the rest

THE GUARDIANS OF HAVERSACK

Family friendly sack building

TERRA NOVA

Welcome to Eurogames 101

NAMIJI

From road to sea

WILDSTYLE

Let’s play tag!

MISTS OVER CARCASSONNE

Not a mist-step at all

READY SET BET

A game that will make you shout so much you’ll become a little hoarse

KING OF MONSTER ISLAND

Teamwork with titanic tussles

HELLBOY: THE DICE GAME

Red Means Stop!... or roll again, possibly

CATSTRONAUTS

In space no-one can hear you ‘squeeeeeee’

FOUR HUMOURS

Good humoured fun

LOOK AT THE STARS

Look how they shine for you

INSIDE JOB

A Splendid Shake up

CHALLENGERS

An unexpected tournament 

LOFOTEN

How to kill a theme and get away with it

BEACON PATROL

Let me steer my boat

POWER PLANTS

Unlocking the magical energy of chlorophyll

LIBRARY LABYRINTH

A Real Page-turner

ROME IN A DAY

A Slice of Civilisation

RABBITO

Happy Hopping

DICE SPLICE

A Powder Keg of Fun

MY ISLAND

Desert Island Hexes 

DISNEY ANIMATED

A Splash of Co-op Magic

NO CONTEXT

Comic Creation Comedy

SAVERNAKE FOREST

Survival of the Fluffiest

BAKE IT HAPPEN

Simple and Sweet

TIPPERARY

Puts a song on the tip of your tongue

DORFROMANTIK: THE BOARD GAME

Idyllic in play and presentation

OBEY THE CLAY

Nonstop motion

RACE TO THE RAFT

Avoid the steady build-up of flaming tiles in this puzzle based follow up to Isle of Cats

PYRAMIDO

Sometimes, a game just has to find the

TICKET TO RIDE LEGACY: LEGENDS OF THE WEST

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? Starting Components ◗5 Puzzle-cut

OAK

There’s a grand oak tree in the back

STARSHIP CAPTAINS

In Starship Captains, you assume command of a—mostly—functional

TENPENNY PARKS

Tenpenny Parks sees players competing to construct

FEED THE KRAKEN

This really shouldn’t work, y’know. On first viewing,

3000 SCOUNDRELS

There’s something forever pleasing about transparent cards. The

THE SPILL

No other cooperative game manages to make removing

AHOY

On first inspection through the spyglass, Ahoy is

WAYFARERS OF THE SOUTH TIGRIS

Kicking off Garphill Games latest series following the

EVERGREEN

As board gaming’s silver age trucks along, games

TILETUM

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

DOM PIERRE

I’m going to address the elephant in the

THE PALACES OF CARRARA

Whilst you may never have heard of Carrara

FROSTHAVEN

The follow-up to the immensely successful legacy dungeon

DARK VENTURE: BATTLE OF THE ANCIENTS

Battle of the Ancients is both the second

BEER & BREAD

In Beer and Bread, you and another player

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

Since its launch in 2008, Matt Leacock’s Pandemic

TIME OF EMPIRES

Let’s cut to it, after all, the sand

TERRACOTTA ARMY

Nearly fifty years ago, a farmer was digging

DRAGONLANCE: WARRIORS OF KRYNN

One of the most appealing things about finally

BASILICA

Medieval Florence wants a sweet new church. However,

DOMAIN OF MIRZA NOCTIS

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗3 Reaper miniatures ◗36

STAR FIGHTERS: RAPID FIRE

Despite its ubiquity, representing warfare and combat on

NIGHTMARE PRODUCTIONS

Human game factory Dr Reiner Knizia has designed

CLANK! CATACOMBS

At the first glance, Clank!: Catacombs might look

SHAPERS OF GAIA

It’s been thousands of years since ecological catastrophe

AUTOBAHN

Swallow that mouthful of tea and make sure

FORESTS OF PANGAIA

Some board games have a strong table presence,

WOODCRAFT

Deep within the elves’ magical forest, light industry

ARK NOVA

Let’s acknowledge the elephant in the room: this

HORSELESS CARRIAGE

What are these things? For a relatively small

VOTES FOR WOMEN

Women, a novel concept, but one that has

CITY OF THE GREAT MACHINE

Typically, expectations lead us to disappointment. City of

PLUNDER

Just like trains and wars, pirates rank pretty

BLAZON

With some games, it’s love at first play.

ENDURANCE

In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton led a British

DISTILLED

Look, whisky is horrible. We all know it.

MOON

This game feels like it was designed to

FROSTPUNK: THE BOARD GAME

Re-imagining video games as board games has historically

OROS

Oros is a 1-4 player game of sliding

FINDORFF

Friendmann Friese continues his long-standing tradition of starting

THE GREAT WALL

When The Great Wall Kickstarted back in 2019,

MAUL PEAK

Maul Peak follows on the back of Pencil

CARAL

Building pyramids is hard work. Having to run

SAGRADA ARTISANS

It’s always tricky to review anything where spoilers

BIG BOSS

+ Why are many of our games are

UNDAUNTED: BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Undaunted: Battle of Britain leaps to the skies

IERUSALEM: ANNO DOMINI

Jerusalem, AD 33. Trouble is brewing. There’s a

THE WITCHER: OLD WORLD

Centuries before Geralt of Rivia stabbed his first

ARCHEOS SOCIETY

Some games struggle to find a way to

LEGACY OF YU

Iam a solo gamer who, when not dungeon

RAILWAYS

The thing about railways, is that they tend

HEGEMONY: LEAD YOUR CLASS TO VICTORY

Hegemony is a high-concept political game where players

EXPEDITIONS

Anticipation for Expeditions was always going to be

FREELANCERS

Five titles into their well-received ‘Crossroads’ line of

GREAT WESTERN TRAIL: NEW ZEALAND

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 2 Game boards

THE LAST KINGDOM BOARD GAME

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Game board ◗

WAR OF THE RING THE CARD GAME

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 120 Faction cards

FANTASY REALMS

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 95 Cards ◗

PUZZLE STRIKE II

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ The Scepter ◗

LONGBOARD

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 80 Board cards

KINGSBRIDGE THE GAME

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗120 Illustrated Cards Ken

51ST STATE: ULTIMATE EDITION

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 400 Cards ◗

1815: SCUM OF THE EARTH

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 169 Cards ◗

LORD OF THE RINGS: TALES OF MIDDLE EARTH

WHAT’S IN THE SET? ◗ 450 Cards with

ACHROMA

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 40 Game Card

LORCANA: THE FIRST CHAPTER

WHAT’S IN THE SET? ◗ 216 Cards with

MINDBUG CARD GAME: FIRST CONTACT

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 2 Life spinners

EARTH

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 283 Earth cards

ISLE OF TRAINS: ALL ABOARD

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 7 Island cards

VAULTS OF VAARN

‘Blue Dune’ is one way to introduce Vaults

SLUGBLASTER

Depressingly, I’m old enough to remember the 90s.

ISLE OF IXX

Skullfungus is known mostly for their dungeon designs.

GRAN MECCANISIMO

Aclockpunk RPG set in Renaissance Italy. The idea

DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS

From the instant you lay your eyes on

MIRU

Can you kill a god? Is it worth

ULTRAVIOLET GRASSLANDS AND THE BLACK CITY

I’ve long held it to be true that

FALL OF MAGIC

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Five and a

HEART OF ICE

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Adventure

BLACK SWORD HACK

Black Sword Hack is the game I wish

NOTORIOUS

Notorious is a role play game that knows

MOONLIGHT ON ROSEVILLE BEACH

Roleplaying is about becoming other people, to a

BIGBY PRESENTS: GLORY OF THE GIANTS

This latest addition to the Dungeons and Dragons

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: KEYS FROM THE GOLDEN VAULT

Dungeons & Dragons fans have been clamouring for

DRAGONBANE

If you want to get an idea of

BASTARDS. PEARLESCENT EDITION

Bastards. opens with a note explaining exactly what

NOVA

The sun exploded, and humanity is struggling to

THE LORD OF THE RINGS ROLEPLAYING 5E

The relationship between The Lord of the Rings

AEGEAN

When thinking of solodeveloped indie RPGs, we usually

SIGNAL TO NOISE

Signal To Noise is a two player RPG

ACTION POTENTIAL

Every RPG needs to have its cool moment,

SHIVER CORE RULEBOOK

Horror is an interesting genre. For some it

SHIVER GOTHIC : SECRETS OF SPIREHOLM

Shiver is an RPG built specifically to let

FABULA ULTIMA

Like stepping through the screen into a 16-bit

COWBOY BEBOP: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME

Cowboy Bebop is one of the most beloved

DIE RPG

Aquick caveat: DIE RPG is based off the

CY_BORG

If there’s any genre born to explore the

PIRATE BORG

Pirate Borg is the latest attempt to port

STAR TREK ADVENTURES: CAPTAIN’S LOG

Stardate 2209.23, I am reviewing Captain’s Log, a

STAR TREK ADVENTURES: LOWER DECKS CAMPAIGN GUIDE

Even in its most serious moments - the

SALVAGE UNION

ACorp ship has gone down in the ruins

OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA

Just like the podcast that inspired it, Old

TROIKA!

Troika! is loved intensely by those who already

THE BIG SQUIRM

Trouble is brewing in Downgate Arches. Hatching, in

MASSIVE DARKNESS 2: HELLSCAPE

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 6 Hero dashboards

CARNIVAL ZOMBIE

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 6 Character

TRUDVANG LEGENDS

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Map board

HOGS OF WAR

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 96 Miniatures ◗

STARS WARS: SHATTERPOINT

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 16 unassembled

BRIKWARS

BrikWars is a very funny book. From the

THUNDER ROAD: VENDETTA

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 4 Command