Rajas of the ganges: cards & karma

Sometimes I really fancy playing something a bit like chess. A game that’s strategic and completely without luck; a two-player puzzle where we can outwit one another. I just don’t want the overwhelmin

Like it or loathe it, there’s a reason UNO has been a bestseller since the 1970s. The standard version has bold colours that are easy to recognise and the rules are so incredibly simple they can even

It’s gamble o’clock, and everyone’s invited to the party! In Emerald Skulls everyone gets to wager all the time. During your turn you can enjoy pushing your luck with a big stack of dice, trying to cl

running the largest live-action roleplaying game in New England for decades. So he’s incredibly tuned in to what players actually want – what’s balanced, what’s fun, what draws people in.” When Robert

Kory Heath was born in San Jose, California, in 1970. After teaching himself programming and making a career out of it, he moved to Maryland in 2000 and became a key contributor to the Looney Labs boa

Trick taking games are a staple of the tabletop world (see page 36 if you don’t believe us). Every month there seems to be a new trick taker vying for your attention and each one needs a ‘hook’ to mak