AT A GLANCE

FOUR NEW SEASONAL MYSTERIES FOR VAESEN Free Leagues

WHERE IS MY INDEX?!

I can’t understand why anyone would release a rulebook without one, weeps Chris Lowry

10 OF THE BEST GAMES FOR LONG WINTER NIGHTS

Winter is cold, dark and miserable. It’s no fun at all. Which makes it the perfect excuse to have a few mates over and really get yourself stuck into something distracting. We take a look at ten tasty treats to liven up your evenings by the fire...

Role Call

Adventure calls from locations as wild and fantastical as the Fire Kingdom, the Shire and… London? Welcome to ROLE CALL.

CAMELOT: THE BUILD

In a hobby obsessed with building castles, Camelot offers us the unusual challenge of doing the interior decorating

THE THRIFTY VERSUS SOLO EXPERIENCE

This month: how production quality makes for different solo vibes

My Favourite Game

Indie roleplaying game designer and Beyond Cataclysm publisher Chris Lowry explains why Level 7: Escape will always have a special place in his heart

OUTBREAK

The Escape The Dark series brings its atmospheric gameplay to triple-A video game The Last of Us

6 YEARS OF TROIKA!

Troika! Is six years old this year, an auspicious age for a game revolving around rolling six-sided dice. We pop over to the game’s creator’s sphere with a party hat and D6 slices of cake

SPIRES END: HILDEGARD

A choose your own adventure with the lightest of touches

BECOME THE GAMES MASTER

A new boxed RPG from board game makes Gigamic promises to make anyone capable of being the games master – but does it deliver?

MACEDONIA

Travelling the roads leading 1,300 miles south from

WELCOME TO GAME NIGHT

Join us for the ultimate guide to making your gaming sessions a night to remember

GAMES FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Flexible games that can hit the table at (almost) any player count

THE ART OF LOSING

We all know games are good for us, but in what way? Each month Tim Clare untangles the science and philosophy behind what makes games good

BUGGING FOR THE SILENT TREATMENT

Ludological Lamentations

ENCAPSULATE 2011

The Year of Dicemania

WHAT GOES AROUND…

One of the most alluring dexterity games out there right now comes from a pair of British designers, we chatted to George about why Carrooka is worth a spin

STARSHIP CAPTAINS

Set phasers to fun?

MASSIVE DARKNESS 2: HELLSCAPE

A shining example

ATIWA

The bat-tle to save the forest

CARNIVAL ZOMBIE

No time to clown around

GASHA

PLAYED The joy of Gasha (the Japanese word

MARVEL CHAMPIONS: THE CARD GAME – MUTANT GENESIS

The X-Men have come to Marvel Champions: The

SPLENDOR: DUEL

A real gem of two-player gaming

CRIMES & CAPERS: AND THE WINNER IS… DEAD!

A murder mystery that’s all dressed up

KUZOOKA

Putting the ape in great escape

TRUDVANG LEGENDS

Shouting saga, saga, saga, saga

OAK

Fun and folklore

MANTIS FALLS

It's high time to leave town

WORLD’S FAIR 1893

Showcasing the classic Euro of yesteryear

HOGS OF WAR

Hogging the table

EXPLORERS

The ‘premium roll and write’ sometimes feels like

BIRDWATCHER

Flying hot on the tail of Wingspan is

FEED THE KRAKEN

Decadent deduction that comes down to the wire

TENPENNY PARKS

Gentrification for thrill-seekers

3000 SCOUNDRELS

The Good, The Bad, The Funny, The Okay, The Handsome, et cetera

CAR WARS: SIXTH EDITION

Set those wheels on fire

VAULTS OF VAARN

A vaast world to explore together

TRIPLANETARY

Traversing the galaxy aboard a dry-wipe pen

TICKET TO RIDE: GHOST TRAIN

Let’s play with scary trains before bedtime!

SPECTRE: THE BOARD GAME

No, Mr Bond. I expect you to roll a die.

TOPIC_

Not the chocolate bar

1212 LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA

Readers of these pages know how much I

ANOMIA 2.0

The term ‘anomia’ refers to a very specific

MONOLYTH

Press for points in prophetic polyomino play

WAR OF THE RING THE CARD GAME

A younger sibling that knows its place

1880: CHINA

All aboard the Spreadsheet Express

SQUID INC.

A (fish)head for business

HEAT: PEDAL TO THE METAL

A true engine game

THE ELDER SCROLLS CALL TO ARMS DAWNGUARD

We brighten up the world of Skyrim

WILD AT HEART

THE DUNGEON MASTER’S GUIDE TO ROLEPLAYING

THE BOARD GAME HUT

We talk to the duo of gaming families that run the popular Southend-on-Sea gaming store, The Board Game Hut

tabletop tlme machine

CIRCA 1500 TRICTRAC Trictrac is the classic French