What a lovely war

It’s an interesting time to be involved with the hobby, as tabletop gaming and technology become ever more linked. There are negatives and positives to each advancement being made, but one particular

THE FIRST TOTAL WAR GAME WAS THE BREAKOUT HIT THAT CREATIVE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO FREE ITSELF FROM ITS WORK-FOR-HIRE SITUATIONSHIP WITH ELECTRONIC ARTS. SINCE THEN THE SERIES HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS TO SKAVEN AND UNDEAD LORDS

You find yourself in a room. It is a bedroom, in fact, in Cheshire in the year 1966. Sitting in front of you are two teenaged boys. It is the year of England’s World Cup victory, and the two friends a

There were demos aplenty! Star Wars: Battle of Hoth was always popular, recent Kickstarter Even Deeper Regrets hooked in players and expanded worker placement game Oranges and Lemons (see page 46) bro

You’ll have heard people say, “Never judge a book by its cover.” Well, a similar sentiment – if you’ll bear with this tenuous link for a moment – could be applied to tabletop games: “Never judge a gam

Some games are so famous they transcend the tabletop and enter the realms of semi-popular culture. They inspire novels, comics, clothing, soft toys and even video games. Among this handful of super fa