Tabletop SPIRIT Magazine

Deanna just tossed up an #Unboxing on Instagram for Origin Story from Stonemaier Games

Check it out:
www.instagram.com/p/DUyzg3dElw5/

Selfie of me, hubby, and pal with our Fantastic Factories game, rolling dice, placing them for resources and fabricating goods

The pips on the dice become the spots on the dalmatian dog cards

Twelve cards of white and blue played mostly facedown in six segments around a center circle

Cards with simple line art bridges of different styles (suits) and varied number values next to power cards, like Wild

Sometimes a good pal says “hey are you free for #boardgames tomorrow” and you are free!
We got Fantastic Factories back to the table, learned Spots and Bridge City Poker, and taught Take Time

The Taluva board game box cover

Beaten by insta-win on the penultimate tile of Taluva on BGA.

Airship City from Analog Lunchbox today. Great stuff, lots going on, and it all looks and feels very Analog Lunchbox. Not as heavy as Bean to Bar, but very enjoyable and easy flowing.

Here's a couple of small teaser / sampler links for what you can expect in the next issue of Tabletop SPIRIT Magazine...

Sampler 1 (features) - bit.ly/TSM30sampler

Sampler 2 (reviews) - bit.ly/TSM30RevS

YouTube video by Zaktact Elemental Flesh & Dark Desires | Demons BLADES IN THE DARK

This channel is such a great love letter for specific RPGs, it's great.

youtu.be/IXOkn6GSlaQ

Specially since they're not D&Ds all over again 👍

#ttrpg #fitd #bladesinthedark #dndisnotforme

In a low-resolution screen capture from Red Dwarf, a character stands in a doorway marked "STASIS" while the words "The End" are superimposed across the center of the frame.

Red Dwarf started 38 years ago today on BBC Two with the aptly named "The End".

Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!!

All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:

We've got a few things to say about that as well. In the next issue of TSM to be released later this week, in fact... 🤔👏👍

Oooh ...

Oh yes, we also have a puzzle page, lots of boardgame reviews, and our signature short and sweet Snapshots as well... 3/3

Some of the features coming your way in TSM #30 include the concluding part of Ciro's History of Hobby gaming in Italy, several Top 3 Game Lists for 2025 from our regular contributors, a belated MidCon report, and the editor has a rant about the 'enshittifcation' of just about everything... 2/3

Sharing some of the stuff coming your way in TSM #30 including some of our regular columns: Tony Boydell's Cult of the Old (from The Museum of Board Games), our resident Grumpy Old Git having another moan, and an interview with Mario Cortese from our latest Letter from Italy...
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The cover of Tabletop SPIRIT Magazine issue number 30 shows an image of the Gazebo boardgame and promotes their 2025 Top 3 Game Lists in this issue, as well as interviews, reviews, and event reports.

This shows an image of the Gazebo boardgame, and the first page of a review of the game. Gazebo is designed by Reiner Knizia and was published by Bitewing Games in 2025.

This shows an image of the Cryptic Killers: Murder of a Magician murder mystery game, and the first page of a printed review. Murder of a Magician is designed by the Cryptic Killers team and was published by Cryptic Killers in 2025.

This shows an image of the Gimbap box cover, as well as smaller images of the front and back of the Korean version of the game. It shows the first page of a printed review, and Gimbap was originally published by Korea Boardgames in 2023.

I'm very pleased to share a sneaky look at the next issue of Tabletop SPIRIT Magazine - #30 is out later this month but early access copies have already gone out to Patreon supporters. More support is always helpful and welcome, so please consider sharing this post: www.patreon.com/join/Tableto...

Yesterday’s game, more Cabinet Noir (intelligence agency competition and cooperation in Napoleon’s Empire). 3 players today. (Scales from 2-8 players.) Here are some prototype components, and a section of detail from the board with the color-coding for the different dice in play:

We'd be very happy to chat more with you about how the Spiel des Jahre jury works for a future issue?? 🙏🤔

Hello lovelies,
I'm Martina (she/her), co-host of the podcast ‘Fux und Bär’. As I've also been a member of the Spiel des Jahres jury since 2020, I only really play.
Other topics: ‘School and games’ or gamification, I love historical games and wargames. There's always a bit of politics thrown in too.

It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!

Gal4Xeon: A 4X roll and write game by Eurydice Games Ltd - Gamefound Conquer the galaxy! Gal4Xeon is a print at home roll and write game where you explore, expand, exploit and exterminate your way to victory. Playable solo and with any number of friends!

Have you followed our Gal4Xeon 4X roll and write campaign yet? It’s coming to @gamefound.bsky.social in April… gamefound.com/en/projects/...

YouTube thumbnail for the Watch It Played tutorial for Sagrada

It is really nice to be able to share a tutorial video with you all today. Let's enjoy learning a game together. Join me for the new release of Sagrada from @floodgategames.bsky.social:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7rZ...

Thanks, Rodney. Sharing this, as requested... We've had a few things to say about "the way things work" in previous issues, but the majority of boardgame media peeps are decent at heart and well worth supporting if you can... 👍

Head and shoulders image of a man with dark hair and wearing thin-framed glasses. He sits at a table, wears a green and white checked shirt, and is holding a pink-tinted piece of paper. Rodney Smith from board game how to play YouTube channel Watch It Played.

Watch it Played’s Rodney Smith cuts ties with Game Night Picks, accuses owner of unethical advertising practices towards publishers:

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This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!

Bees 🐝

Blades '68 Blades ’68 is an official supplement for Blades in the Dark, moving the timeline forward 100 years to the swinging 60s.

It's here!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

🏯RUMBLE NATION continues to be brilliant. Jared was the last player to go out & wasn’t sure where to place his last soldier. I suggested for him to get second place in an area for 3 points. He later won the game with 35 points. I scored 33.

Spent a decent chunk of yesterday working on a video for the the Gal4Xeon Gamefound campaign. It’s coming together…

My latest review is out now!

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

What they said... 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Eight box covers for different board games, with three above the rest on gold, silver and bronze-coloured chunks of rock. The golden rock game in the centre shows Ada's Dream, the silver rock to the left Keyside and the bronze rock to the right Ants, while the games below comprise Sweet Lands, Recall, Luthier, Galactic Cruise and Philharmonix. Winners and finalists of the 2026 Diamant d'Or prize for complex board games.

A board game box for the title Ada's Dream on the left, which shows Ada Lovelace explaining her calculating machine to onlookers. The background and remaining image to the right shows the board for the game, including many different coloured dice on a yellow-coloured action rondel.

British board game publisher Alley Cat Games has triumphed in this year’s Diamant d’Or – a prize focused on championing heavier eurogames – after pivoting its strategy several years ago to experiment with crowdfunding more complex designs:

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