‘Board games are beautiful’

A magazine about the craft, creativity and community of board games. Top fact, the magazine is named after ‘the oldest known board game, dating back to around 3,000 BCE in Egypt.’

This Summer 2026 edition opens, as usual, with a generous selection of curious and fantastical board games expected over the coming year.

Elsewhere, you’ll find features sure to have you ‘wistfully skipping down memory lane’: Peter Wooding, owner of Orcs Nest, recounts his favourite memories over the game shop’s almost 40-year tenure; Dan Thurot reflects on ‘roll-and-move’—the oldest and perhaps most dismissed board game system—arguing that it still has life yet; and James Wallis discusses one of the landmark games that heralded Eurogames into the mainstream in the 1960s, Sid Sackson’s Acquire.

The 23rd issue of Senet magazine, including:

• An investigation into board-gaming’s most ancient and controversial mechanism: roll-and-move. With contributions from Richard Garfield (Magical Athlete) and Jo Kelly (Molly House).
• An in-depth Q&A with Japanese designer Saashi (In Front of the Elevators, Bus & Stop, The Great Evening Banquet).
• The brilliant art of Edu Valls, illustrator of Bitoku, The Yellow House and Gaudí.
• A waltz through the theme of music in board games, with the help of Jackie Fox (Rock Hard: 1977), Abe Burson (Luthier) and Robb Smigielski (The Gig).
• An appraisal of the game which, for many, started it all: Acquire.
• Previews of Personal Demons, Fragments, Yotei and SHUG, among others.
• Reviews of the latest releases, including Bella Vista, Cozy Stickerville, Sovereign: Bretwalda and The Queen’s Dilemma.
• Across the Board with Orcs Nest owner and co-founder Peter Wooding.
• A guide to controlling your board-game collection.
• Shelf of Shame with Mandi Hutchinson of Salt and Sass Games.

The magazine comprises 88 full-colour, 164mm x 240mm pages, printed on 110gsm uncoated paper, with a 250gsm uncoated cover.


Released: 29 May 2026