Tabletop Gaming

Tabletop Gaming is the UK’s only monthly magazine dedicated to all types of gaming on your tabletop. From board games, card games, roleplaying games and miniatures we have you covered every month in 100 pages.

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FALLOUT: FACTIONS • Is this the game to make you a skirmish gamer? We sit with James M. Hewitt, designer of Fallout: Factions, to find out just why this one is different

A GAME OF TWO HALVES • A decade after it launched on Kickstarter, Rob Burman speaks to Steamforged Games about the cancellation and return of the innovative and influential Guild Ball

HALO: FLASHPOINT • Ahead of its launch later this year, we find out how Mantic Games is making the transition from the Halo video games to the tabletop as smooth as possible

STARTING IN MINIATURES • I’d like to play, but… we look at the reasons you may not, and offer some responses with the help of Anne Richmond of Atomic Mass Games

ONCE UPON A FUTURE • It doesn’t need to be all Warhammer, all the time. We’ve got five alternatives you won’t regret bringing to the table

FROM VIDEO GAME TO BOARD GAMES: A MINIATURE TAKEOVER • Why is it that video game after video game are getting tabletop makeovers, and why is it seemingly always with miniatures? With Halo: Flashpoint amidst these pages, the news of a Mass Effect game on the horizon, and work of Steamforged Games in general, we’re taking a look at why this is the case.

TWO THIN COATS PAINT & TAKE • You may have seen the Two Thin Coats Paint & Take title across convention sessions more and more, but with their recent appearance at AireCon, we thought we’d see what it actually entailed

BATTLETCH BACK AND EVEN BETTER • Mike Whitaker pens a love letter to a classic wargame brought back to life

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THE HISTORY OF MINIATURES IN RPGS • We so often associate miniatures with tabletop wargaming and other titles that need to be played within a physical environment. But miniatures have been just as much a part of roleplaying games as they have wargames. Here we cover the basics of their foundation to today

THE TERRAIN AHEAD • Getting good terrain or scenery on a board game, wargame, or RPG can change the feeling of it completely. Although it creates something beautiful, how exactly can gamers enjoy it when it’s not there as standard? We look at ways to upgrade your terrain game

6 WAYS TO REPURPOSE YOUR MINIATURES • Miniatures don’t need to wallow in a box somewhere when not in use. Whether they have an origin in wargames or RPGs, we look at ways you can repurpose them for a new life on the tabletop

MINIATURE BUDGET, MAXIMUM EFFECT • It’s often been said that tabletop gaming is a luxury hobby, and there’s certainly some truth in that. But if one turns to miniatures, with the frequent releases from the likes of Games Workshop, or even the kit you need to get them together - it’s easy to find expense there too. So how can we enjoy miniatures and the associated terrain without the price tag?

HOW DIORAMA MAKING CAN INSPIRE YOUR NEXT CAMPAIGN • Diorama making is a hobby on the rise, and it’s easy to find fantastic YouTube channels like gameyy builds, Boylei Hobby Time, and Nerdforge, which provide brilliant examples of expert builds. But, there’s a lot of crossover between the RPG world, wargaming, miniatures and diorama making which could help to inspire a new campaign

THE VAULT GAMING HALL • Newly opened, we caught up with Josh Smith about creating a welcoming home for tabletop gaming – wargaming in particular – in Peterborough

THE MINI HACK • We couldn’t resist the pull of this fun storage and transport hack....