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10 OF THE BEST GAMES TO PLAY OUTSIDE

As summer approaches, we may not be so bold as to assume that it will bring with it peaceful sunshine and warmth, but certainly after a winter lockdown we’re confident in saying we’ll want to spend as much time outside as we can. Bringing our board games with us adds a few extra requirements, so to make this list, we need particularly robust games, or those unaffected by the elements. After all, there’s nothing worse than your game being upturned by an unexpected gust of wind.

Role Call

Italian Dungeons & Dragons? Intergalactic romance? An evil house? Must be time for another ROLE CALL to sort it all out…

EVERDELL

Spring is here, so we’re sitting down to enjoy the gorgeous shade of the Ever Tree in Everdale

DETECTIVE GAMES

We explore the world of solo gaming one move at a time

THOMAS SING

We’re dealt a lesson in Blackjack, and life, from the creator of The Crew

LEGENDARY

We head off into the forest with illustrator and designer, Michael Menzel

MEXICO

Hopping west, from last month’s stop in the Netherlands

MASTERING THE TEACH

We smooth out the trickiest part of any games night, The Teach. We offer our tips, and chat to Paul Grogan about the pleasures and pains of teaching games

IT’S TIME TO BE A HERO

It’s time to jump into the fray with a card game that puts you mano a mano with your opponent, welcome to Flesh & Blood

DUST IN THE WINGS

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MICROGAME OF THE MONTH

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

JOHN COMPANY

We set forth into the complex and dark world of the East India Company, with the hope of enriching ourselves

FORGING THE ONE RING

It’s been a long journey, but we’re finally back in Middle-Earth

FROZEN PLANET

Crash landed on a frozen planet, we have to make it to the caves before sundown to survive, luckily we’ve got Tom Jolly and Luke Laurie to show us the way

IN THE LONG GRASS

Spring is here, so it’s time to explore nature once again at our tabletops, with Meadow

MANUALS OF MADNESS

Board game designers have neglected their rulebooks for too long

1994

Last year saw the creation of CCGs and a massive influx in tabletop enthusiasts. Let’s see what happened when the world woke up to the power of cardboard!

DINO-MITE GAMES

We put on our palaeontologist hats to dig up the dino-roaring success of Pandasaurus Games

DETECTIVE: CITY OF ANGELS

With Detective: City of Angels, designer Evan Derrick

FUNFAIR

In 2017’s Unfair, players built the best amusement

STEAMPUNK RALLY FUSION

A race across unexplored Martian terrain or the trap-filled

APOCALYPSE ROAD

Racing is one of the oldest board game themes, so it’s

THE RED CATHEDRAL

The Red Cathedral is an exercise in restraint in a

THE RED CATHEDRAL

We chat about building cathedrals with Shei S and Isra C

FAIRY TALE INN

“The Fantasy Fair Is Here”, the game’s box proclaimed.

ANANSI

Much like any spider, Anansi faces no problems standing

TAPEWORM

Edmund McMillen’s roguelike video game about childhood

DETECTIVE CHARLIE

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of detective games. Having

MEADOW

Meadow is a tableau building game of habitat creation

EXIT: THE GAME: SACRED TEMPLE

It’s difficult to write about a game like this – the

EXIT: THE SACRED TEMPLE

We talk to Markus and Inka Brand about trying a new kind of puzzle

CLEOPATRA AND THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS

Cleopatra sees rival architects vying for the favour

ADVENTURE PRESENTS TARTARUS GATE

There has long been a strange assumption that roleplaying

THE WAYLANDERS

Learning a new game isn’t always an enjoyable experience.

THRIVE

Yes, I was a Chess kid. I went to Chess club, competed

CANDLEKEEP MYSTERIES

Over the years that Dungeons & Dragons’

SURVIVE: ESCAPE FROM ATLANTIS!

It’s the early 20th century – a time of exploration

URANUS!

There’s an old saying; a problem shared is a problem

SEASTEAD

Civilization is decimated. All that remains are fragments

REEF SECOND EDITION

Once again we return to the bottom of the sea to play

K2

K2 also known as the Savage Mountain, may only be the

BOB ROSS: THE ART OF CHILL

You may have rolled your eyes as soon as you heard

ROYAL VISIT

Royal Visit is a regal reimagining of Reiner Knizia’s

JURASSIC PARTS

I enjoy heavy, table hogging games as much as the next

WRATH OF N’KAI

It’s 1920’s Massachusetts, and ‘aquisitioner’ Countess

THE DOOM OF FALLOWHEARTH

The Doom of Fallowhearth sees us descend into the world

CURSE OF HONOR

The Curse of Honor offers us a take on The Legend of

TALES FROM THE CRUCIBLE

Tales from the Crucible is an anthology of stories

ANDOR: THE FAMILY FANTASY GAME

The 2012 adventure game Legends of Andor ticked all

SUPER FANTASY BRAWL CORE SET

It’s time to get back in the ring with Super Fantasy Brawl

TABLETOP REPUBLIC

This High Wycombe store aims to be a welcoming place for nice people to buy and play tabletop games, and so we settled down with owner Thomas Cullerton and manager Tom Mepham about all things Tabletop Republic

A TWO-WAY STREET

We explore a few of the helping hands, and little indulgences, that your GM might appreciate

tabletop time machine

Perhaps only in imperial China might a player have