Tabletop Gaming magazine celebrates its 11th birthday this issue, as Disney Lorcana Wilds Unknown graces our cover
Hope you brought your dancing shoes and an appetite for cake, because we’re celebrating! Tabletop Gaming magazine launched on Friday 29th May 2015 at UK Games Expo, making us 11 years old this issue. And we invited a few familiar faces to help us celebrate! Join five Tabletop Gaming Editors as they reveal their personal highlights (see page 18).
Not content with one major milestone, we’re also hanging up our backpack as our jaunt around the world comes to an end. Sri Lanka is the final destination in 80 Plays Around the World (page 26). We’re some way off Phileas Fogg’s record, as it took Chad Wilkinson seven years and 48,000 words to complete this epic journey!
Elsewhere, it’s a trading card jamboree! We start with an in-depth look at the new Disney Lorcana Wilds Unknown set (page 12). Then we ask if anyone still trades these cards (page 40), before revealing the murky world of counterfeit cards (page 42). Elsewhere, we profile the varying art styles in TCGs and give our verdict on both Azuki (page 67) and Riftbound: Unleashed (page 71).
Full highlights of Issue 115 of Tabletop Gaming magazine include…
REVIEWS
Our legendary reviews section passes judgement on: Rattlesnake, Mystery Agency: Ghost in the Attic, Take Cat, Azuki, Catan: On the Road, Riftbound: Unleashed, The Last Spell: The Board Game, Captain Flip: Isla Bomba, Angel’s Share and the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Day of Ascension Card Game.
DISNEY LORCANA: WILDS UNKNOWN
Share joyous childhood Pixar movie memories Senior Art Director Anna Stosik and Senior Game Designer Levi Dodd. Meanwhile, Ross Gilbert digs into the key cards from the new set.
COMMUNITY CHATTER
Meet the UK’s first-ever shop combining tabletop gaming and professional body piercing: Dice & Needles.
SALUTE 53
Wandering a rich landscape of intricate craftsmanship and miniature battles as the annual wargaming show invades ExCeL London.
WHAT’S HOT
The latest and greatest games capturing everyone’s attention, including Lairs and Excursions.
INDIE RPG ROUNDUP
Previewing exciting upcoming projects and chatting with Seven-Part Pact designer Jay Dragon.
TURNING IT UP TO 11!
Happy 11th birthday to us! Editor Matt Chapman and former Editors Rob Burman, Matt Jarvis, Christopher John Eggett and Charlie Pettit share their TTG highlights.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 PLAYS
As the epic journey comes to an end, we check out our final destination – Sri Lanka.
UNBOXED: LABYRINTH
Max Kobbert discusses clever kids and canny collabs as the classic game celebrates its 40th anniversary!
ON THE CARDS
Ross Gilbert on the wildly different art styles being used in trading card games.
IS THE ‘TRADING’ IN TRADING CARDS DEAD?
We ask if trading is still as vital a part of TCGs as it once was?
FAKE IT TILL YOU BREAK IT
The flood of counterfeit trading cards could cost you serious money! What can you do to guard against this illegal practice?
TRY THIS IF YOU LIKED
What to play if you enjoyed Codenames.
GLOSSARY
Getting territorial with area majority.
TABLETOP TIME MACHINE
David Parlett profiles Bob Abbott’s abstract puzzler, Epaminondas.
TIMELINES: WARLORD GAMES
Exploring the history of this classic wargaming company.
GAME ADJACENT
Enjoy a massive double bill of this month’s coolest game-related gear, as we dedicate a whole page of minis to Salute 53.
