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1856 (3-6 Players; 360 Minutes) £34.99
1870 (3-6 Players; 360 Minutes) £34.99
While not for everyone, Mayfair's highly acclaimed 18XX series of train games puts you on the footplate of locomotive history. Buy and sell stocks and shares in various train companies, lay track and more. The original 1829 game was based in England; 1856 switches the action to Eastern Canada, while 1870 is set in the Central USA. Like the steam trains it emulates, this is a classic (but don't expect to get anywhere in a hurry!) 7/10, add one if you're a train buff.
221B Baker Street (2-6 Players; 90 Minutes) £18.99
Also known as Scotland Yard, players must assume the mantle of the world's greatest detective and prowl the capitol looking for clues to unravel one of twenty notorious cases. A classic that's been continuously in print since 1977. 6/10
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Acquire (2-6 Players; 90 Minutes) £39.99
Probably Sid Sackson's finest hour, Acquire is one of the best economic games of all time. Build hotel chains, deal in stocks and shares - acquire is so much more than 'Monopoly for adults'. 9/10
Africa (2-5 Players; 60 Minutes) £29.99
Discover the Dark Continent, Knizia-style in this tile overturning game of African exploration and scientific discovery. Multiple token types and point scoring opportunities abound, but the nature of the gameplay makes luck too strong a factor for some spielefreaks. 6/10
Age of Mythology (2-4 Players; 180 Minutes) £34.99
Eagle have made quite a name for themselves producing boardgame versions of popular computer RTS games with millions of tiny plastic pieces, and this is no exception. Recruit armies of Greeks, Egyptians or Norsemen, complete with gods, monsters and heroes, then seize control of the Mythological world from your rivals. 7/10
Age of Steam (3-6 Players; 120 Minutes) OOP
Age of Steam Expansion 1(4-6 Players; 180 Minutes) OOP
Martin Wallace's Early Railways series gets serious, thanks to Warfrog. Serious spielefreaks consider this not just Wallace's magnum opus, but one of the greatest train and economic games of all time. 10/10
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Airlines 2 (2-4 Players; 45-120 Minutes)
Watch out Stelios - now Easy Jet have some competition in the low cost Airlines stakes! Fly Avalanche Press Airways, and take on the role of an aviation tycoon as you juggle flights, destinations, hubs and passengers with your desire to make money. Just like in the real world, seats are a universal currency. 5/10
Alexandros (2-4 players; 60 minutes) £19.99
Join Alexander the Great on his conquest of the known world. As one of his top generals, you'll compete to see who can carve up the most territory to govern when the Big A karks it. From Leo Colovini, and no relation to the 1991 XTR Corp game of the same name. 6/10
Amun Re (3-5 Players; 90 Minutes) £24.99
It's just gone noon half past monsoon on the banks of the River Nile in this Reiner Knizia game of pyramid builders and flood plain agriculture. Recommended - one of the standout games in a year that gave the world Puerto Rico. 9/10
Anno 1503 (2-4 Players; 60 Minutes) £34.99
That Klaus Teuber, always setting sail to discover new worlds and then settling them. Anno 1503 is based on the bestselling computer game spun with a little Settlers/Entdecker magic. Expect an expansion(Aristocrats & Pirates) later this year. 7/10
Arena Maximus (2-5 Players; 60 Minutes) £16.99
Ave Caesar! Try your hand at charioteering in this Fantasy Flight foray into the romanum racing set. But remember: Speed kills. And so do traps, pitfalls and even the spells of your opponents! 7/10
Ark of the Covenant (2-5 Players; 30 Minutes) £19.99
In this standalone variant from Inspiration games, all the good clean medieval city building fun of Carcassone is transposed to good clean Biblical city building fun in the Holy Land. Prophets, sheep, wolves and Temples vary the gameplay, while the progressing Ark racks up points from every follower it passes. 8/10, add a point if you liked Settlers of Canaan.
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Atlanteon (2 Players; 30 Minutes) £14.99
This used to be known as Revolution before Fantasy Flight gave it an aquatic makeover. It's Marauders versus Guardians in the battle for Atlantis. Each piece placed influences those in its row and column; control enough of Atlantis' buildings and districts to win the game. 6/10
Attack! (2-6 Players; 180 Minutes) £24.99
Attack! Expansion (2-6 Players; 180 Minutes) £24.99
Attack is Eagle Games' Axis & Allies killer, with land, sea and economic units representing all the major combatants of WWII. The expansion adds in cards which allow for politics, trade routes, technology and oil to play their part. A very good stab at unhorsing A&A from WWII boardgame dominance, but you really need the expansion to play the full game. 6/10, 8/10 with expansion.
Attika (2-4 Players; 60-90 Minutes) £24.99
No - not the American maximum security prison; Attika is the game of early Greek city states. Players complete for best land, position and natural resources as they construct the best Pellopanesean polis. Highly Recommended. 9/10
Attila (2-5 Players: 45 Minutes) OOP?
The year is 375 AD, and it's up to you to influence the tribes of Germans, Visigoths and Huns massing on Rome's borders. 6/10
Awful Green Things From Outer Space 7th Edition (2 Players; 90 Minutes) £14.99
Based on truly appalling Japanese/US sci-fi film collaboration Green Slime (1969), can the crew of the Znutar repel the invading green things using everyday objects lying around their spaceship? Tom Wham was the '70's Kovalic and Earnest rolled into one, and this TSR game from '79 was probably his finest hour. 6/10, add two if you're over thirty and feeling nostalgic.
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Axis & Allies Revised (2-5 Players; 240 Minutes) £39.99
Axis & Allies D-Day (2-3 Players; 120 Minutes) £32.99
Axis and Allies is das uberspiele of WWII boardgames. Relaunched this year in an all new version with modified victory conditions, units, technology and rules, it's back fighting Attack for the crown of top boxed WWII strategic game. Meanwhile 'D Day' is battling Memoir 44 for the tactical laurels. Will this war be over by Christmas? Settle the matter the honourable way, by buying both from Fan Boy Three. 7/10
Axis & Allies Europe (2-4 Players; 210 Minutes) £39.99
Axis & Allies Pacific (2-3 Players; 120 Minutes) £39.99
These Axis and Allies variants opens up two distinct theatres of war. Naval bases, kamikaze pilots and convoy zones abound in Pacific, while Europe adds destroyers and artillery. 6/10
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