Co-op or competitive?
There seems to be a clear divide among tabletop gamers when it comes to co-operative versus competitive games: some love co-op, others hate it with a passion.
UK Games Expo 2018
If you are interested in any type of tabletop game for pretty much any reason, and you live in the UK, then the UK Games Expo 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham is a must.
Variants and house rules
If you have played a few tabletop games, you will have probably come across some that either don't quite fit your expectations or are a little ambiguous.
Games on the go
It is great fun sitting around a table with friends or family playing a tabletop game.
Rule books – the Holy Grail?
Every tabletop game comes with a rule book.
The long game
If you have played a few tabletop games, you will have noticed how game length varies drastically.
Miniatures – worth the extra money?
A lot of recent game releases have done away with old fashioned, wooden game pieces or cardboard standees and replaced them with miniatures.
Boxes full of air?
If you have bought a number of tabletop games, you will have noticed how some games fill out every inch of space in the box, while other games are basically a large box of air.
Design your own game – you can do it!
With the advent of crowd funding sites like Kickstarter, it has become easier to fund a new project - and the tabletop games industry has been overrun by games designers launching their own games with the help of people willing to sponsor their ideas.
Chance or strategy
All games are a mixture of chance and strategy - Yahtzee is virtually pure chance, while Chess is virtually pure strategy, and there is a whole range in between of course.