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AT A GLANCE

ESSEN SPIEL 2023 HAPPILY WELCOMES MASSIVE CROWDS BACK TO

10 OF THE BEST GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES

Bring a little gaming to your holiday meetups with these fantastic party games that’ll bring a little festive cheer to any event!

GIVE ME BACK MY TABLE!

Adam Richards lays out his concerns with trying to fit ever widening board games into his life

MANHATTAN

We explore a city builder where positioning is everything

BRUNEI

Forming just a tiny portion of the triumvirate

CHAMPIONSHIP SNOOKER

WHAT’S IN YOUR ATTIC?

MANUAL OVRERIDE

This month, Tim Clare encourages us to experience how games can add variety to otherwise rigid lifestyle structures

WITCHY WORDPLAY

We take our time with solo roleplaying, exploring the magical world of Apothecaria

NEVER ENDING ESSEN

Ben’s letter this month talks about the woes of being the partner to someone who loves to shop, but how this problem is a blessing in disguise

2021

Promising Returns to the Old Ways...

ESSEN SPIEL 2023

Our intrepid reporter Ben Maddox recounts his time well spent at the world’s biggest gaming convention

Four games like…MONOPOLY

Here’s a better offer for a more enriching time

UNDERGROVE UNCOVERED

Richard Simpson chats with Elizabeth Hargrave about their upcoming game Undergrove and on designing games with natural  and cultural diversity in mind

CASTLES OF BURGUNDY

The puzzles and perils of princedom perplex Chris Lowry and his rival nobles in this month’s tale from the tabletop

ON THE CARDS

We look ahead at some of the biggest trading card game news of the month and discover what’s on the cards…

BRIGHT-LIGHTS

Our editor engages their engine-powered enemies at their local Pre-Release event

RISE OF THE FLOOD BORN

Will the follow-up set to Disney Lorcana’s first release meet the flood of expectation?

THE ART OF ANIMATION

We spoke with Disney Lorcana Illustrator Matthew Robert Davies about visualising such iconic characters as cards

THE GATEWAY QUEST

Go on an adventure with this intro to RPGs

BRIKWARS BATTLE REPORT

RICHARD AND THE CORNFLAKE GANG A blow-by-blow

#SHELFIE

This month we have a doctor in the house, as Board Game and RPG afficionado Dr. Chris Lowry delves deep into his collection

LEADBELT GAMES ARENA

We head to Nottingham as David Walden tells us about the latest and fastest growing games store on the famous ‘Lead Belt,’ birthplace of UK miniature wargaming

tabletop time machine

1822 THE NOBLE GAME OF THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE - PART 2

FIVE GAMES PREVIEWED AT ESSEN 2023

Our quintet of upcoming games to watch out for!

TICKET TO RIDE LEGACY:LEGENDS OF THE WEST

Full Speed Ahead

DUBIOUS

Come spy with me

RACE TO THE RAFT

Avoid the steady build-up of flaming tiles in this puzzle based follow up to Isle of Cats

FOOTBOARD

Here we Go, Here we Go, Is this Go?

GOURMET POPCORN DICE

Once you pop, you can’t stop… until you do

D&D DUNGEON SCRAWLERS: HEROES OF WATERDEEP

A heroic lack of depth and interaction

PYRAMIDO

A Built Upon Classic

NIGHTMARE HORROR ADVENTURES: WELCOME TO CRAFTON MANSION

Stab in the Dark 

WHAT THE CUP!?

“A liar’s worst enemy is someone with a good memory”

FLATTER ME

Sometimes, a game’s premise is weird yet possibly

FAST TRACK TFL

There’s something timeless about Snap that ensures designers

MOMENTS

A Successful Snapshot

OBEY THE CLAY

Nonstop motion

Role Call

Explore exciting new worlds and battle sinister forces with this month’s top new RPG releases.

ARKHAM ASYLUM FILES:PANIC IN GOTHAM CITY

Where do they get these wonderful toys?

EXPEDITIONS

A Swifter Scythe?

GREAT WESTERN TRAIL: NEW ZEALAND

Shipshape Sheep

FREELANCERS

Post-modernist’s guide to the post-apocalypse

CITY PLANNER

Sim City lite in a Skinny Box

WORLD EXCHANGERS

Anyone want to swap?

WORLD SPLITTERS

Dots & Boxes has evolved and brought in blind bidding

THE LAST KING BOARD GAME

Warning: Game Contains Saxon Violence

SEA SALT & PAPER

Sink or Swim

MINDBUG CARD GAME: FIRST CONTACT

To Bug or not to Bug…

EARTH

Grow Your World

ISLE OF TRAINS: ALL ABOARD

If trains fan your flame, this is your game

VAST GRIMM

Würms Are Gonna Get Ya

OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA

There’s Something Dark in Them There Hills

TILL THE LAST GASP

Worth a stab?

THE BIG SQUIRM

A mystery with lots of wiggle room

RESIDENT EVIL: THE BOARD GAME

Still Has Some Bite

FISTFUL OF CREDITS SQUAD PACK

It’s great to see Atomic Mass dipping into

WE ARE BRAVE SQUAD PACK

Before Shatterpoint had come out, if you

BRIKWARS

A Loving Mockery of Miniature Wargames