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.

Tabletop Gaming

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JUST SLAP IT ON • Why you should paint your board game miniatures. Even if you’re bad at it.

10 OF THE BEST BOARD GAME BOOKS • Hey! You! Yeah, you! You’re reading this right? What if I told you there were several really good books about board games out there to also read? Here’s some of our favourite books about games, game design and the hobby in general.

RoleCall • It’s a quiet time for big new titles, but that just means there’s more room for Austenera cultists and kick-arse tournaments in this month’s ROLE CALL!

THE QUEST FOR EL DORADO • This Ravensburger classic is a great addition to any family gaming table, even for those who don’t quite make it to the treasure at the end

CHOOSE YOUR OWN PANEL • Each month we explore the world solo gaming one move at a time, this month: graphic novel adventures

THREE GREAT GRAPHIC NOVEL ADVENTURES

ALEX MURTY • Hobby veteran Alex Murty tells us why Rhino Hero Super Battle is his top pick

RETURN OF THE KING • We talk to the king of tabletop game about his new cooperative King of Tokyo outing, the gigantic King of Monster Island

NETRUNNER AND NULL SIGNAL GAMES • In our last Independent Shelf we look at a real comeback – that of Netrunner by Null Signal Games

DUDE! WHERE’S MY EMPIRE? • How long should an empire last? Hundreds of years? Thousands? How about just under half an hour? That’s what we’re dealing with in this expansive new asynchronous civilization game

around the world in 80 plays BULGARIA

A SOLO SECOND WIND? • Each month our in-house agony aunt, Ben Maddox, answers your ludological lamentations

BEHOLD! • We share a few pages from the just released Dungeons & Dragons: Behold! A Search and Find adventure

GRAIL GAMES • Do you have long-forgotten tabletop gold in your attic? Find out as we look for our grail games

GRAILS ATTAINED AND ASPIRED • Our contributors on how successful they’ve been on their treasure hunts.

GOLDEN GRAILS • The pick of the best-of-the-rest of entertaining-but-hellishly-hard-to-get-hold-of games – and how much you should pay for them.

NO RULES REQUIRED • Our round up of the good, the bad and the ugly of non-gaming, nearly-gaming, sort-of-gaming stuff

WHAT’S IN A GAME? DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION • We all know games are good for us, but in what way? Each month Tim Clare untangles the science and philosophy behind what makes games good

WHAT IS THE PRICE OF POWER? • We attempt to take control of Europe, again, in this new translation of the video game strategy classic

IS AI ART CHANGING GAMING FOREVER? • We talk to creators using Artificial Intelligence to make games, and those who swear they never will

ENCAPSULATE 2012 • Collectable Gaming Forever Changed

PLAYED

AHOY • Fish ‘n’ ships

SAN FRANCISCO • San Fran by tram

THE SPILL • A slippery slope to success

AIR MAIL • Is this high-flying route builder first class or lost in transit?

BAG OF CHIPS

BURGER ASAP!

WORDLE: THE PARTY GAME • Have a word…

ELEVEN • Football manage your expectations

CHAINSOMNIA • A chain link short of greatness

MARCHING ORDER • Escape the Darkest Dungeon

MAUI • Lazy fun in the sand – just don’t forget your towel

DELICIOUS • Veg out and get fruity

PATCHWORK: STACK ‘N STUFF •...