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AT A GLANCE

Finally, something to look forward to

PEER SYLVESTER

The designer behind The King is Dead and The Lost Expedition discusses his 2007 debut, King of Siam

10 OF THE BEST CAT GAMES

Cats. They may knock everything off of the shelves with some delight, try to con you into extra food helpings, and bring all sorts of creatures into the house as a gift, but they’re human-kinds other best friend, and so here’s ten of the best cat games. We can’t promise that these games won’t be swiped off the table, but they might gain more feline favour than most.

Role Call

What do you get if you cross an immortal Roman Empire with Coen Bros. heist stories? Apparently, this month’s ROLE CALL!

RISING SUN

Eric Lang’s mythic oriental masterpiece strikes a high note for thematic and dramatic dudes-on-a-map action

THE BEST BADDIES

We explore the world of solo gaming one move at a time This month: cardboard antagonists

KASPER LAPP

The designer of Gods Love Dinosaurs and Magic Maze tells us why his favourite game is probably the next one he’s about to play, and the search for ‘the perfect game’

SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT

We talk to Andrew Kolb about adventuring in Neverland, his Peter Pan inspired RPG

THE KIDS ROLL ALRIGHT

Getting younger members of the family into roleplaying games early is a goal for gaming parents everywhere. Join us as we explore a few good ways to get kids into RPGs with No Thank You, Evil! Creator Shanna Germain, Young Adventurer’s Guide writer Jim Zub, and Russ Charles and Richard August the creators of Animal Adventures

NO THANK YOU, EVIL!

Shanna Germain tells us what’s so good about RPGs for kids anyway

YOUNG ADVENTURER’S GUIDES

Sneaking Dungeons & Dragons into bedtime stories with Jim Zub

ANIMAL ADVENTURES

Teaching young pups new tricks with Russ Charles and Richard August

LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

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SAUDI ARABIA

Travelling 1500 miles south-east from Greece, last

HOW WE MADE TROYES

Join Sébastien Dujardin, Alain Orban and Xavier Georges on a journey to Troyes

TALES FROM THE WOODS

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

GIVE ME MORE

Amongst other things, 2020 was a year of expansions for many of our favourite games. But what kind of expansions are there out there? Simon Castle takes a look at the ways we can get more game out of our tabletop favourites

TEAMS FOR TABLETOP

Team play modes should become more common in board gaming

AGEMONIA

Prepare for an epic journey in a world 30 years in the making

DAWN OF PEACEMAKERS

We explore the art of war, or rather, peace, in Dawn of Peacemakers.

DAWN OF PEACEMAKERS

We parlay with Sami Laakso to bring a little more peace to our tabletops

JAWS OF VICTORY

We check in with Isaac Childres to talk about the oxymoronic sounding ‘small box Gloomhaven’ and see what’s in store for one of the most anticipated games of the year

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME

Mages prowl the halls of the black lodge in the hope of securing control of the black rose before the magical overspill rips the walls down around them. Join us as we explore this dark world of mage duels

MASTER WORD

You’ve played some variation of ‘What am I?’, ‘Yes

HORIZON ZERO DAWN: THE BOARD GAME

Tribal societies and advanced, often dangerous, technologies

PRAGA CAPUT REGNI

In 14th Century Prague, things are looking up. The

GUDETAMA: THE TRICKY EGG CARD GAME

In case you didn’t know, Gudetama, a lazy egg yolk

CALICO

The theme of a game plays a large part in our enjoyment

WORLD OF TANKS: MINIATURES GAME STARTER SET

As one of several new releases from Gale Force Nine

WORLD OF TANKS

We talk to Chris Townley about bringing World of Tanks to our tabletops

LOST RUINS OF ARNAK

Mash-ups aren’t, as the name suggests, always going

PATHFINDER BEGINNER BOX

It says a lot about Pathfinder that its pared-down

MEDICI: THE DICE GAME

As a roll-and-write game, Medici: The Dice Game feels

TRANQUILLITY

Bobbing along in the ocean looking for the perfect

IMPERIAL SETTLERS: RISE OF THE EMPIRE

Portal Games offers us another slice of somewhat cartoonified

ROSSIO

Have you ever failed a recipe? Bought all the correct

KINGDOM RUSH: RIFT IN TIME

Games based on smartphone games, or indeed, any highattention-

CLOUD CITY

Star Wars fans please take note: this game has nothing

KITARA

Board games are the product of an undoubtably creative

BONFIRE

Let’s start positive: I like the theme of Bonfire.

BILL & TED’S RIFF IN TIME

“You haff sunk my battleship!” Anyone who’s seen Bill

SCHOTTEN TOTTEN 2

The 1999 card game Schotten Totten is a fantastically

SKORA

Fishing rights, they’re not just for Brexit. They’re

KODAMA FOREST

The Kodama series of games from publisher Indie Boards

GRIND HOUSE

Grind house as a film aesthetic had its corpse jolted

TASHA’S CAULDRON OF EVERYTHING

Over the six years since it was first published, Dungeons

TASHA’S CAULDRON OF EVERYTHING

We talk to the legendary Jeremy Crawford about, well, everything

CAT TOWER

If you share the personality trait of being a sucker

SCHOOL OF SORCERY

Looking at School of Sorcery’s box art, it is easy

BARON VOODOO

Imagine, for just a moment, you’re Baron Samedi, the

DEVIL MAY CRY: THE BLOODY PALACE

A game from the publisher Steamforged Games tends to

DEVIL MAY CRY: THE BLOODY PALACE

James Hewitt is known for Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower, Blitz Bowl, Hellboy, and many others. Devil May Cry: The Bloody Palace is his latest.

THOSE DARK PLACES

Plenty of games manage to conjure up feelings of horror

VEILWRAITH

The universe has ended. After the battle to defeat

RESIDENT EVIL 2:

It’s time to fight back against the living dead, in style

RANSACKED

We speak to Charlotte Rance, Gwynn Rance-Shilbach and Mill Goble about RanSacked, the escape room and board game lounge in Worthing

CHEATING THE SYSTEM?

Are the dice loaded, or is it the player fudging their rolls? Let’s explore whether cheaters deserve a place at the table

tabletop time machine

Squatter may sound like a game of primitive sanitation