Welcome

Welcome to 2025! As you read this, you’ll

WHAT’S HOT?

Join us as we take a look at some of the games that are getting people talking. What’s being viewed and reviewed? Is it right up your street, or something you’re crossing the road to avoid?

UNBOXED

Rob Burman kicks off a new series that takes a closer look at classic games. This issue, there’s a real buzz about Hive

GUN-DAMN THIS LOOKS FUN!

Everything you need to know about the new Gundam Trading Card Game

tabletop Glossary

Welcome adventurers, to the tabletop – where deck building has nothing to do with the patio, and worker placement isn’t part of a recruitment agency. If the terminology used to describe the games we know and love can feel like trying to learn a new language, let our glossary demystify, and have you speaking tabletop in no time at all

POCKET POWER

Keeping games handy – Chris Handy of Perplext gives us the story behind his chewing gum sized Pack O Games and more

THE TROUBLE WITH TARIFFS

We’ve heard whispers of tariffs impacting our gaming, but what does it actually mean?

A LIFE OF LUXURY

Are board games worth what we pay for them now?

YOUR QUEST AWAITS

Your yearly reminder that Zine Quest is returning – spend your February picking up innovative explorations by TTRPG creators!

YOUR WORLD YOUR RULES

Each month, we double down on a theme, and we just couldn’t resist galloping straight into the Wild West. In this edition, you’ll meet some characters you can develop further, a setting to base your adventure within, and a premise that will go on to form the bones of your next RPG quest

10 OF THE BEST ROLL & WRITES

G rab your pen, we’re looking this month at some of our favourite Roll and Write style games. Most often, you’re going to see dice, a pad of paper, and a few pencils (or dry-erase markers and boards for the fancy among us), that have you carefully making decisions to place the result of the die on your paper, building combinations, hopefully not running out of space, and getting the most points at the end. Of course, we’re breaking our own rules straight away by including Flip and Write games within this style, but rules were made to be broken! Except when playing the games, of course…

THE BEST OF THE SCENE RIGHT NOW

It’s a new year and we are all anticipating the gaming treats we will experience this year. The indie RPG scene is bright and vibrant with games both numerous and varied Written by Iain McAllister

ENCHANTING ESCAPADES

The story behind Chronicles of Light: Darkness Falls

LORCANA DENY IT’S GOING WELL!

Disney Lorcana has been one of THE tabletop gaming stories of the past year. Where are we now?

ON THE CARDS

A monthly look at the world of Trading Card Games. This month? Plundering the competition…

SAMOA

around the world in 80 plays

TRY THIS IF YOU LIKED… TELESTRATIONS

For those who have graduated from Pictionary ,

BAKE BATTLE AND ROLL

We’re all gamers ourselves, so we know the tabletop community is like no other. This is your space to share the amazing things you’re getting up to. Tell us your stories and your achievements. Have you been raising money, organising activities in the community, or attempting to break a record? Get in touch, we’d love to see you in a future Community Chatter

ROLL THE DICE

Gaming opportunities down in Cornwall have been lacking,

tabletop time machine

1922 LEXICON

CLUES IN TWOS

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 110

BANG! LEGENDS

Have you got what it takes to become

TIGER & DRAGON

In recent years, many people from Hong Kong

A GENTLE RAIN

My two-year-old son was given a little magnet-style

INEVITABLE

I once went to a restaurant that blended

FOR SMALL CREATURES SUCH AS WE

A deck of cards and a dice. That’s

WEREWOLF: THE APOCALYPSE 5TH EDITION

W erewolf: the Apocalypse has always been less

WHERE THE WHEAT GROWS TALL

If you want to get a sense of

DUNGEON UNIVERSALIS

While tabletop gaming has changed a lot in

MALADUM: DUNGEONS OF ENVERON

For miniature gamers of a certain age, it’s

SNOWCREST

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 5 Cloth

TEA GARDEN

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Game

THE LAST OF US: ESCAPE THE DARK

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Game board

LUMICORA

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 4 Reef Boards

CASCADITO

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 6

POWER GRID: OUTPOST

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Game board

MASKMEN

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 60 Wrestler

FORKS: SECOND EDITION

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ Rules

FLIP 7

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 94 Cards

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS–BUFFER TIME: THE CARD GAME

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ◗ 18

TR ANSFORMERS CORE RULEBOOK

There is a certain type of person likely

THE TERROR BENEATH

T he Terror Beneath is a sinister investigative