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DIGIMON: THE CARD GAME

The chrono clash system is an intriguing one for a

MICRO MACRO: CRIME CITY

Solving crimes in a big city is tough for even the

THE COURT OF MIRACLES

The Court of Miracles immerses players into the 16th

COATL

I think most would agree that everyone needs a bit

DARING DUSTBUNNIES

To say that Daring Dustbunnies surprised me would be

ABANDON ALL ARTICHOKES

Abandon All Artichokes seems like a reasonable mantra

RIPPLE RUSH

The appeal in Ripple Rush is simple: guessing correctly

VISCOUNTS OF THE WEST KINGDOM

The final instalment in Shem Phillips and S.J. Macdonald’s

WRECK RAIDERS

Under the Sea! Under the Sea! Gather some treasure

POLYNESIA

Peer Sylvester has been on a bit of a roll this year.

PIEPMATZ

With a delicate flutter, Piepmatz, a set-collecting

SUPERFIGHT

Superfight is a simple party game, whose rules pleasingly

MEEPLE LAND

I think I can say, without a doubt, that everyone has

ORE: THE MINING GAME

It gives us no end of punny pleasure to announce that

HALLERTAU

One look at the box for Hallertau will be enough to

NEVADA CITY

There’s plenty of games drawing on the oft romanticised

TALISMAN RPG

An adaptation of an almost 40-year old boardgame, the

ARTBOX

Artbox is a game that turns you into the artist, though

MATCHA

Matcha is inspired by a traditional Japanese tea ceremony

WELCOME TO NEW LAS VEGAS

Before the time of Elvis impersonators and Cher tribute

BLUE SKIES

‘Dignified’ is how one player around my table described

CURIOUS CARGO

Path-building games are usually pretty simple. From

THE LOOP

Prepare yourself, agent, as the nefarious Dr Foo is

BEEZ

Beez is the perfect antidote to everything that’s gloomy

IWARI

Iwari oozes an ethereal quality. At the start of the

TALES OF EVIL

Antonio Ferrara has a knack for mashing together themes

WARHAMMER FANTASY RPG: MIDDENHEIM – CITY OF THE WHITE WOLF

One of the biggest draws of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying

BATTLECON: DEVASTATION OF INDINES

Fighting games are a bit of a showoff genre. They always

THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS: RISING

What to do with a tie-in game? Often we can feel game

RAPA NUI

In Rapa Nui players compete to erect giant statues

MAUSRITTER

It’s a hard life being a mouse adventurer. Not only

PARKS MEMORIES

Parks packed all the visual majesty of America’s national

MARVEL CRISIS PROTOCOL

The biggest heroes and villains of Marvel finally get a lick of paint

THE GAMING DEN

The Gaming Den describes itself as Basingstoke’s premiere gaming shop, and here we chat to owner Daniel Flewitt about how it came about

THE MIDNIGHT SCREAM

We explore a few tricks you can put in place to bring your players’ characters to life

AT A GLANCE

Content to keep you contented

SEBASTIEN DUJARDIN

The founder of Belgium’s Pearl Games, and designer of Deus and Black Angel, looks back at his 2010 debut, Troyes.

SIMULTANEOUS PLAY GAMES

‘Whose turn is it anyway?’ is a question that floats across many gaming tables after particularly tricky, lengthy, or complex turn is completed. So what about if we did away with taking turns, and instead did everything at the same time? While not every game here is totally turnless, they’ve all got a bit of synchronised action (or simultaneous action selection) in them and each tries to remove the dreaded ‘downtime’ as much as possible. So then, here’s a few of our favourites that add a certain concurrent competition to any gaming evening.

Role Call

New year, new games! If you want something fresh to spice up your 2021 look no further than this months’ ROLE CALL

AEON’S END

As the last line of defence for the ancient city of Gravehold, you and your breach mage friends will be doing your best deck building to get you out of this mess

A ROLE OF ONE’S OWN

We explore the world of solo gaming one move at a time This month: solo roleplaying games

ANDREW KOLB

Andrew Kolb, the creator of Neverland, asks the age old question… ‘Whodunit?’

GOTHAM’S FINEST

We explore the dark DC multiverse of The Batman Who Laughs: Rising with its designer Pat Marino

CANADA

As we retreat from the heat of last month’s Saudi Arabia

THE SECOND ACT

The elegant slow boil of cultures clashing in space has never been so temping, join us and Mattias Haake as we explore the Horizon

NYCTOPHOBIA

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MICROGAME OF THE MONTH

A FREE GAME FOR YOU TO PLAY INSIDE EVERY ISSUE OF TABLETOP GAMING!

A LASTING LEGACY

As Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 is the last instalment of the series, we wanted to check in with its creators Matt Leacock and Rob Daviau to discuss the last entry in the Pandemic Legacy series

THE PANDEMIC EXPANDED UNIVERSE

Pandemic’s base game offers scalable difficulty and

WHAT’S THE POINT OF VICTORY POINTS?

Matt Bassil enjoys winning, but asks, at what cost?

TALES OF EVIL

It looks like we’ve got another mystery on our hands, and this time, it feels really real

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

We join Dávid Turczi and Viktor Péter midway through their epic four part game of surviving a dinosaur inhabited island

HOW TO CLEAR OUT YOUR COLLECTION WITH THE ART OF D6

We do our best Marie Kondo impression and provide you with our six step plan to a better (not bigger) board game collection

CORE SPACE

It’s time to get to grips with the purge and explore the depths of Core Space