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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GAME ON • UK Games Expo is the biggest event in our calendar – but what’s the story behind it?

THE INDIE ROUNDUP • The weather is turning and it feels like Spring is firmly on the way. The mornings are warmer, the nights shorter. That doesn’t mean we can’t spend time around tables. Throughout the year we tell stories inspired by the world around us. I’ve started the year with a full Slugblaster campaign and now I am eyeing up my next game. Maybe I can help you find yours?

WHAT’S HOT? • Join us as we take a look at some of the games that are getting people talking. What’s being viewed and reviewed? Is it right up your street, or something you’re crossing the road to avoid?

UNBOXED - FORBIDDEN ISLAND • Rob Burman speaks to prolific games designer Matt Leacock to celebrate 15 years of sinking islands and treasure hunting

tabletop Glossary • Welcome adventurers, to the tabletop – where deck building has nothing to do with the patio, and worker placement isn’t part of a recruitment agency. If the terminology used to describe the games we know and love can feel like trying to learn a new language, let our glossary demystify, and have you speaking tabletop in no time at all

THOSE TROUBLESOME TARIFFS • The impact of the tariff war on board games

BREAKING THE MONOPOLY • Why does a community known for its friendliness hate so dhar on a smiley old chap in a hat and his cute little dog?

AIRECON 2025 • The games to watch from this year’s AireCon

TAKE ME FOR A SPIN • Ah the wheel. For six millennia this foundational technology has transported us great distances, eased our labours and delighted hamsters. Small wonder then, that it found its way into the most important human activity of all: games

HARMONIOUS WITH HARMONIES • The design story of a beautiful cosy favourite

10 OF THE BEST DECK BUILDING GAMES • Today, the deckbuilding mechanic is so widespread that it is more typically defined as its own genre. It has merged with other mechanics to brilliant effect, and even crossed over into the realm of video games. For now, though, here are ten of the best deckbuilding games to grace our tabletops.

THE HOLLYWOOD TABLETOP TAKEOVER • Take a deep dive into the future of Hollywood. You heard it here first…

around the world in 80 plays ALBANIA

YOUR WORLD YOUR RULES • Welcome to the return of Your World, Your Rules, the column that gives you insight into creating a tabletop RPG campaign that can see you through any title

CALM BEFORE THE STORM • Magic: The Gathering is taking us back to the plane of Tarkir

A L♥VE LETTER TO L♥VE LETTER • Rob Burman puts pen to paper (well, fingers to keyboard) and waxes lyrical about one of his favourite games

ON THE C♣RDS • Can I Borrow That?

LET’S GET IT STARTED IN HERE • The best trading card games to get into right now

SAPH-I’LL BE WINNING NOW • Why Sapphire is the way to go

SAY I DO • Board games are such a large part of our lives, why not guests at our weddings?

THE BEST GAMES FOR WEDDINGS

TINY LASER HEIST • The most ridiculous caper

THE MYSTERY AGENCY – THE GHOST IN THE ATTIC • A real mystery box!

NEKOJIMA • Planning permission vs…cats

PERSPECTIVES (BLUE) • The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but your opinion

RNSM • We must rule out vowel play

THE MORRISON GAME FACTORY • Moving, in mysterious...