OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

Once known for its lacemaking factories, Nottingham has reinvented itself as a centre of role-playing games. Games Workshop – maker of Warhammer 40,000 – is a multibillion-pound behemoth, and it sustains a whole ecosystem.

Crytek’s hack ‘n’ slash was a dud on launch, but now?

Designer: Alessio Cavatore | Publisher: Mantic Games If, like me, your first ever miniature game involved rows and rows of tiny geckos, you may have been sad when Warhammer Fantasy Battles was discont

PUTTING THE PEDAL TO THE METAL IN

Samurai rose to be global emblems of honour and courage, but their story doesn’t always match the myths they told about themselves, as a British Museum exhibition shows