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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Welcome

BUMP IN THE NIGHT • A hoard of monsters are entering Marvel: Crisis Protocol, and Will Shick is here to offer a deep dive on just what that means…

100% FAITHFUL • A game of Mafia to The Traitors – deception has never been so fun.

TICKET TO TERROR • The designers of Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game are on board with sharing the journey

SURVIVAL OF THE FUNNEST • It’s one thing to watch a slasher movie from the comfort of your sofa, screaming at the protagonist to get out of that room, it’s quite another to be yelling those same warnings to your best friend across the table, as they delve deeper into the eerie mansion. If you’re looking to feel hunted, paranoid, and only possibly alive at the end of it all, here are our recommendation for eight pulse-raisingly good survival horror games across a range of systems, settings and flavours, from deck builders to tabletop roleplaying

YOUR LAST ROLL • A tale of true horror awaits…

LIGHTS, CAMERA PANIC! • We speak to SHIVER creators about how they put the “AAARGHHHH!!” into “AAAHHH”PGs

SPOOKY FAMILY FAVOURITES • This is the perfect time of year to start playing more board games together as a family. With cold days, dark evenings and wet weekends, we’d all much rather be sat indoors, all warm and cosy with some of our seasonal favourites. Here are five fantastically spooky games for the family to play together

HOW CLASSIC MONSTERS HAVE IMPACTED TABLETOP • George Chrysostomou dives into the harrowing history of monster mythology

SUBLIME DARK • With Sublime Dark launching as this issue goes to print, Gloom of Kilforth designer Tristan Hall offers us a glimpse into its nightmare horror domain…

10 OF THE BEST SCARY RPGs • Roleplaying games are a perfect home for a little bit of fun fear. With everything from vampires to eldritch horrors, this list gives you some famous names perfect for this time of year. Assemble your Mystery Inc. team to face the horror head on, or better yet, dare you face them alone?

DARK NIGHTS, DARK QUESTS • George Chrysostomou highlights some must-play D&D campaigns for the dark nights ahead

A DARK QUEST IN A CURSED CITY • Corpse rat swarms, deadwalker zombies, and blood-born vampires, oh my! A dark adventure for Games Workshop fans…

KIRIBATI

tabletop Glossary • Welcome adventurers, to the tabletop – where deck building has nothing to do with the patio, and worker placement isn’t part of a recruitment agency. If the terminology used to describe the games we know and love can feel like trying to learn a new language, let our glossary demystify the terminology, and have you speaking tabletop in no time at all

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INDIE RPG ROUND UP • The best of the scene right now

FORTHCOMING • Of course, the world of tabletop RPGs moves fast and it is good to have a weather eye on the horizon as new games loom into view.

YOUR WORLD YOUR RULES • We’re back with the latest entry into the Your World, Your Rules column. So far, we’ve taken you to lonely planets, magical libraries, and mysterious schools. In each issue, we create a set of ideas and concepts to inspire your next RPG campaign and this month, we’re focusing on all things horror. The darkening evenings are a perfect backdrop for a stellar story, and there are plenty of games out there that lend themselves well to those spookier narrative arcs. Here you’ll find everything you need to create a compelling campaign, which can be applied to most major...