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MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOP ANNOUNCED FOR TABLETOP GAMING LIVE 2022

We’re pleased to announce a brace of wokrshops

MARTIN TAKAICHI

The Swedish creator of the Tales From the Loop boar game looks back at his video-game-adapting debut, 2 Crusader Kings (co-designed with Tomas Härenstam Nils Karlén and Jon Manker)

10 OF THE BEST ESCAPE ROOM GAMES

Sometimes you just want to get out. And then, sometimes, you want to stay in but try to get out. Ideal for gatherings of more casual gamers, the escape room genre of games bridges the gap between a big puzzle and a party. Here’s ten of our favourite escape room games for you to play at home.

Role Call

We’re looking forward to a pair of fancy 5E settings, a new Who and a pair of supplements in this month’s ROLE CALL

PIT

This shouty party game classic is nearly 120 years old and deserves a revisit

INSPIRING A RESISTANCE

We explore the world of solo gaming one move at a time This month: the inspiration for Resist!

PETER C. HAYWARD

We learn to Circle the Wagons in this minimalist microgame from Steven Aramini, Danny Devine and Paul Kluka with That Time You Killed Me designer Peter C. Hayward

BLOOD, SWEAT & CHEERS

We explore the competitive card game scene with Flesh & Blood champion Matt Rogers

REAL TIME

Can the designers of the Escape the Dark… series bring us a true taste of real time strategy games on our tabletop?

GAMES AREN’T JUST FOR GAMERS

Games transcend their intended audiences, if we let them, argues Chris Lowry

LONG SHOT: THE DICE GAME

We look at the oddities of this horse racing hit, and find ourselves on the edge of our seats for the final furlong

GO BIG OR GO HOME

Monster mountaineering has never felt so appealing

IRELAND

This month we’re not straying too far from

SERIOUSLY?

Each month our in-house agony aunt, Ben Maddox, answers your ludological lamentations

ENCAPSULATE 2006

As the board game industry continues to expand, numerous board games themselves see their own beloved expansions

I HAVE THE POWER

We call on the power of Castle Greyskull to make a new He-Man miniatures game

VOICES IN MY HEAD

Brain boxed

FREIGHT CARS

Pieces of fr-eight

LUNA CAPITAL

Moon tycoon

FJORDS

Your chance to out-do Slartibartfast

ASSASSIN’S CREED: VALHALLA ORLOG DICE GAME

Ever since Gwent, the digital TCG that stole

ROLL IN ONE

My dad was a keen golfer Often I’d

ART DECKO

Galleries and salaries

HIDDEN LEADERS

Tug of war with a splash of personality

RELOAD

Drop, Fight, Reload

FREE RADICALS

Free, but at what cost?

CRESCENT MOON

May it never wane

ECHOES: THE MICROCHIP

The idea of an audio mystery is alluring.

ZOMBIE PRINCESS AND THE ENCHANTED MAZE

No brainer

FIRE AND STONE

A paleolithic playground of discovery

THE THING : INFECTION AT OUTPOST 31

Trust’s a tough thing to come by these days

EVERWAY: SILVER ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Reject dice, embrace destiny

MYSTIC VALE: ESSENTIAL EDITION

Card crafting classic

FLICK OF FAITH

Changing worlds with the flick of a wrist

LIBERTALIA: WINDS OF GALECREST

Send your fellow captains to Davey Jones’ Locker (with talking cats)

KOHAKU

Pondering the perfect pond

SENTINELS OF THE MULTIVERSE: DEFINITIVE EDITION

A golden age reboot?

LOST ONES

You’ll feel a little lost

THE NIGHT CAGE

Not one to keep you up at night

DISTRICT 9: THE BOARD GAME

Surf and turf war? Or prawn cocktail?

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

The game is a-tentacle

CRITICAL ROLE: FIRE, MAGIC AND SHADOW

We return to the world of Critical Role to give our spells a lick of paint

LEIRIA CON

We travel to a gem of a games convention in the sometimes sunny Lisbon

WEIRD TECH

We bring you a smorgasbord of roleplaying tools and ephemera, this month: weird tech

FLY, YOU FOOLS

Every now and then, it’s nice to remind your players that their characters aren’t necessarily the most powerful – or even the most important – thing in existence.

MEEPLES’ CORNER

Meeples’ Corner is a board and card game shop, offering everything from the hard to get imports to family friendly games. We spoke to Christoph about this South Devon store.

tabletop time machine

1970 QUANDARY Fifty years ago, almost to