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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A CASE FOR MORE DUPLICATES • Alex Livingston, the author of novel The Knave of Secrets introduces us to the idea of duplicates in hobby gaming

10 OF THE BEST GAMES WITH MEEPLES • While the humble meeple may have come into existence (in name, at least) in Carcassonne, we’ve come a long way since. If a worker needs to be placed, it’s usually a tirelessly working meeple that comes to your aid. We celebrate our favourite games which use those little wooden people, animals and dinosaurs in clever or beautiful ways.

RoleCall We’re • We're reliving the 80s in ROLE CALL this month, with new RPGs from both The Terminator and Blade Runner hitting the shelves soon

RA • Are you bidding to find an auction game that everyone might like? Look no further than Ancient Egypt

The Soloist IT’S ALL IN YOUR MINDSET • We explore the world of solo gaming one move at a time This month: solo roleplaying mindset

THREE GREAT RPGS TO TRY PLAYING SOLO

my favourite game ALAN GERDING • One half of Two Rooms and a Boom tells us why Plato 3000 isn’t a rum job

LONG LIVE THE KING • We get to grips with becoming the boss of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

CRYPTIC EXPLORERS • Survival is anything but black and white

FANHAVEN • What happens when a Gloomhaven fan project gets out of hand? Let’s find out with The Crimson Scales

around the world in 80 plays JAMAICA

ONE SMALL STEP FOR VILLAGERS • We’re heading beyond the street and out of the village, with Moon

THE MUPPETS GO TO MORDOR • We learn the secrets of a new whimsical adventure game, Land of Eem, with its creators Ben Costa and James Parks

EXHUMED • We chat with two of the nicest people in the indie game scene and find out how their metal-adjacent online shop became the home of indie RPG publishing

FOUR OF OUR FAVOURITE EXALTED FUNERAL GAMES • While it’s honestly hard to pick our favourites from the entire catalogue of this indie publisher. They all drip with exactly what we like from our roleplaying games – brilliant ideas, peril and a whole lot of attitude. Nevertheless, here are some of our top picks.

WHAT’S IN A GAME? PLAYING GAMES DOESN’T MAKE YOU SMARTER • We all know games are good for us, but in what way? Each month in this series, Tim Clare untangles the science and philosophy behind what makes games good

MULTI-GAME MASTERMIND • Each month our in-house agony aunt answers your ludological lamentations

ENCAPSULATE 2007 • We finally reach a turning point in board game history from here on in, it’s nothing but classics

TOO MANY SCOUNDRELS • Unexpected Games drops another surprise

We’re plunged into a pivotal moment of World War II with… UNDAUNTED STALINGRAD

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS BOARD GAME • Rotten Gotham rides again

303 SQUADRON • Does everyone need a 303?

LONG SHOT: THE DICE GAME • On the right track

DUNGEON FIGHTER SECOND EDITION

FRENCH TOAST

SCOUT • Circus entrepreneurs go for the juggler

MONUMENTS • A monumental shame

YAK • Track, unpack, stack

THE EVERRAIN • A bit of damp experience

TUSK!: SURVIVING THE ICE AGE • A cold snap everyone can enjoy

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