Tabletop_Gaming__Issue_27__February_2019

In this issue

4 February 2019

06 AT A GLANCE

09 FIRST TURN

Sushi Go! creator Phil Walker-Harding digs up

his game design past in Archaeology

10 10 OF THE BEST

Spin a yarn in these games with stories

13 ROLE CALL

14 ALL THE JAHRES

The wobbly foundations of Villa Paletti

17 MY FAVOURITE GAME

Star Realms co-creator Darwin Kastle on the

games that turned him from player to designer

18 RES ARCANA

Race for the Galaxy designer Tom Lehmann

conjures up his latest compact card game

24 WINGSPAN

We train our binoculars on Elizabeth

Hargrave’s bird-filled strategy game

30 MICROGAME OF THE

MONTH: THE HOLY MOUNTAIN

Overcome peril and reveal hidden secrets as you

journey through this RPG, free to play in the mag!

32 ANOMALY

The creator of Decrypto sneaks out his new game

36 HAVE YOU PLAYED?

Get on board with stock-trading train game 1830

38 DESIGNER DUOS

Inside the partnerships that have produced

some of gaming’s finest experiences

41 THE INDEPENDENT SHELF

42 HOW WE MADE

John Yianni on the unlikely story of how Hive

became an abstract strategy phenomenon

47 AROUND THE

WORLD IN 80 PLAYS

48 BUILD

Meet the 13-year-old designer who turned her

homework into a game with a real-world impact

51 PLAY IT SMART

Dealing with spoilsports

52 REICHBUSTERS

Fighting Nazis, zombies and more in the

weirdest World War II game yet

57 THROUGH THE AGES

Revealing the origins of hidden identity games

58 WARGAMING ON A BUDGET

Five tips for saving pennies on miniatures

gaming essentials without sacrifing quality

61 UNEARTHED ARTEFACTS

62 CUBIKO GAMES

One game every year, made from wood: the

utterly unique Gavin Birnbaum

65 PLAYED

Our verdict on this month’s must-plays

85 PAINTING GUIDE

A rad makeover for Fallout: Wasteland Warfare

90 DUNGEON MASTER’S

GUIDE TO ROLEPLAYING

93 EVENT REPORT

94 CLUB DIRECTORY

96 SHOP SPOTLIGHT

98 TABLETOP TIME MACHINE

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