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As a seasoned gamer, it’s hard not to see the prefix ‘The Card Game’ and read ‘the cash in’. But Rajas of the Ganges is a strange game to cash in on, as while it did okay, it wasn’t a blockbuster rele

Chess sets and backgammon boards are a familiar sight on drawing-room tables, but one expert Highland woodworker is refashioning their forms in beautiful new ways, writes Mary Miers

Trick taking games are now a staple of the tabletop experience. Every month there seems to be a new trick taker desperately vying for your attention and each one needs a ‘hook’ to make sure it stands

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

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