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Previous issue: August 2012

2012 Games of the Year
(from the December 2011 issue)

September 2012 issue
(on sale July 3)

Features

The Joy of 18xx
Buy stock, lay track, and run trains for profit in this little-known strategy game category.
R. Wayne Schmittberger

Stargazing
Can you identify these rock stars from their silhouettes?
chopshopstore.com

Sew What?
Are your visual matching skills right on the button?
William Whitehurst

The Best of the Browser
A selection of recent games that can be played on a Web browser.
Thomas L. McDonald

Orderly Thinking
Which came first: the contact lens or the helicopter?
Paddy Smith


Contest

Word Pairs

GameViews

Update: Sid Sackson’s Games
Several of the great American designer’s best game inventions are available in new editions from Gryphon Games.
R. Wayne Schmittberger

Inside the Box
News from the world of electronic gaming.
Thomas L. McDonald

Electronic Game Reviews
Mass Effect 3
Edited by Thomas L. McDonald

Traditional Game Reviews
Pax
Wizard’s Museum Construction
    Kit
Siberia
Snake Oil
Fealty
Edited by John J. McCallion

Puzzle Round-Up
Say Cheese!
Hedgehog Escape!
Robin H, King

State of Play: A Gaming Blog

GAME OF THE YEAR
AND OTHER AWARDS