Seasons Greetings, Senet-heads! Have a wonderful festive break, and please do remember: board games are for life, not just for Christmas.

Just gave myself a holiday gift, a subscription to @senetmagazine.bsky.social I've been meaning to get for a long time (since I found out about Senet magazine about a year ago). Also backordered all the previous issues so you'll find me in my reading chair all of next year. #boardgames

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Want to subscribe to Senet? It’s £36 for four issues a year, including p&p if you’re in the UK. Head to senetmagazine.com, where you can also buy the issue, pre-order Issue 22 or pick up back issues. #boardgamesarebeautiful

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! In which Colombian podcaster Camilo Navarro reveals what’s been sitting on his Shelf of Shame... And plays it! Go to senetmagazine.com to order a copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Senet is by far the best board game purchase I make every year. They put so much effort into everything they do and seeing it arrive in the mail every few months is such a highlight. A subscription is the perfect gift for every gamer.

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Including our new regular feature: Across the Board, where we meet people from the tabletop community around the world and ask about their gaming life. This issue: Ricardo Ferreira, of VianaCon in Portugal. #boardgamesarebeautiful

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Featuring reviews of Ayar: Children of the Sun, Vantage, Star Wars: Battle of Hoth and more! Go to senetmagazine.com to order a copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Good news everyone! The current issue of Wyrd Science is now on the shelf at London’s magazine temple magCulture alongside some of the best fashion, art & culture mags around today Many games stores don’t realise this but you can stock us too, just email us! magculture.com/products/wyr...

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Featuring previews of Iberia: Kings and Emirs, Kalypso, Shakespeare’s First Folio and more! Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Including our new regular: The Classic, where a Senet writer revisits a masterpiece board game. This issue: @danthurot.bsky.social on Small World. (Illustration by Julian Osbaldstone.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

The last year of Senet is the giveaway on the latest Meeple University blog! Check it out here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Tj...

It's the final day-and-a-bit of our massive winter sale! You only have until midnight GMT tomorrow until it ends!

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! In which we unwrap the party game genre with @timclare.bsky.social and the fun-seeking creators of Wits and Wagers, Just One and That’s Not A Hat. (Illustration by Lizzie Lomax.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful‬‬

adding two of my favorite mars games, martians: a story of civilization and on mars. mars is such a wonderful theme for games because it's the combination of the familiar and the frontier. it's far away and its harsh but it's also romantic and beautiful

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! In which @mattthr.bsky.social confirms that there IS life on Mars… As a board-game theme, in titles like First Martians, On Mars and Terraforming Mars. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Incredibly happy to see Hot Streak mentioned on this list of board games! It's also a really well curated list, written up by some people in the community who really know their stuff. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! In which we journey through the fantastical art of Mindclash Games with art director Villo Farkas. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Great day for gamey reading! Finally took the plunge and ordered a bunch of Tumulus, a really interesting looking game design publication from @exeunt.press! Then the newest issue of @senetmagazine.bsky.social arrived as well!

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Featuring an interview that goes ‘Above and Below’ with designer and artist Ryan Laukat, of Red Raven Games. (Portrait by Ian Wright.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Including Ryan Laukat (Above and Below, Near and Far, Sleeping Gods), Villo Farkas of Mindclash Games, Mars on the tabletop, party games, Small World and more! Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now and available at senetmagazine.com. If you’d like to advertise in our gorgeous pages, contact us at [email protected], and we’ll send you a media pack and rate card. #boardgamesarebeautiful

This is an excellent gift guide from @senetmagazine.bsky.social. I've played or own half of them. If you're looking for board games this Christmas this is an excellent place to look. #boardgamesky 🎲

Seeing the responses to the boardgame recommendations piece @senetmagazine.bsky.social curated for @theguardian.com is so gratifying. Loads of people going 'wait... this list is actually good?' There's such a demand for quality mainstream boardgame coverage & I hope editors take note.

ICYMI, our Big Winter Sale is still on... For one more week! 25% off all back issues! (And if you're not in the UK, and want pre-Xmas delivery, you'll need to get your orders in by the 11th at the very, very latest!)

Opening the Guardian board game Christmas guide and seeing my living room is a heck of a way to start a Monday. (I took product photography for ARCS) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Issue 21 is out now! Want to subscribe to Senet? It’s £36 for four issues a year, including p&p if you’re in the UK. Head to senetmagazine.com, where you can also buy the issue, pre-order Issue 22 or pick up back issues. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now! In which Colombian podcaster Camilo Navarro reveals what’s been sitting on his Shelf of Shame... And plays it! Go to senetmagazine.com to order a copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

…and here it is in digital form: the Senet/Guardian collab with all the best board-game recommendations.

Morning hive mind. If anyone has a physical copy of yesterday's Guardian newspaper they'd be willing to sell me, I'd like to buy one. RT's appreciated.

Issue 21 is out now! Including our new regular feature: Across the Board, where we meet people from the tabletop community around the world and ask about their gaming life. This issue: Ricardo Ferreira, of VianaCon in Portugal. #boardgamesarebeautiful

We’re also in The Guardian (Saturday magazine) today, recommending board games! What a day!

Ooh, we're in this! We're in this! We're very thrilled and happy to be in this.

Issue 21 is out now! Featuring reviews of Ayar: Children of the Sun, Vantage, Star Wars: Battle of Hoth and more! Go to senetmagazine.com to order a copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now! Featuring previews of Iberia: Kings and Emirs, Kalypso, Shakespeare’s First Folio and more! Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now! Including our new regular feature: The Classic, where a Senet writer revisits a masterpiece board game. This issue: @danthurot.bsky.social on Small World. (Illustration by Julian Osbaldstone.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Just in case you’re considering Christmas gifts for someone you love who loves great blockbuster filmmaking, might I make a little suggestion or two…?

Issue 21 is out now! In which we unwrap the party game genre with @timclare.bsky.social and the fun-seeking creators of Wits and Wagers, Just One and That’s Not A Hat. (Illustration by Lizzie Lomax.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful‬‬

Issue 21 is out now! In which @mattthr.bsky.social confirms that there IS life on Mars… As a board-game theme, in titles like First Martians, On Mars and Terraforming Mars. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now! In which we journey through the fantastical art of Mindclash Games with art director Villo Farkas. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now! Featuring an interview that goes ‘Above and Below’ with designer and artist Ryan Laukat, of Red Raven Games. (Portrait by Ian Wright.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Enjoy Dragonmeet everyone! Sorry we can’t be there!

I had the pleasure of chatting with these folks at UKGE earlier this year. They make a stunningly beautiful magazine and are great advocates for (And in the process of selling me on) a sub set of gaming I've always struggled with.

Issue 21 is out now! Including Ryan Laukat (Above and Below, Near and Far, Sleeping Gods), Villo Farkas of Mindclash Games, Mars on the tabletop, party games, Small World and more! Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

We're super-chuffed to have been included here! Thanks @actualol.bsky.social!

Exciting news everybody! We’ve just launched our biggest-ever sale, where we’re knocking 25% off all back-issue prices. No discount code required, just a straightforward price slash until the sale ends on midnight 16 December.

Just in case you missed it before…

🥳 As of today HERO SLAM, my first ever card game, is now available everywhere! Indie stores, book stores, Amazon, wherever you normally buy your games! ⚔️ Or, if you fancy buying the Hero Slam game or jigsaw direct from the publisher, head to www.laurenceking.com, enter code SMART20, and get 20% off!

Sadly now leaving Viana do Castelo, Portugal after three days of VianaCon, the most chill, friendly expo you could hope for. We can’t recommend it enough, and we couldn’t have felt more welcome.

And finally, VianaCon Game 5: Ofrenda, kindly taught to us by designer Andre Santos.

Game four of VianaCon: Leaders! (Look at those gorgeous Naiade standees…)