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Previous issue: May 2011

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

July 2012 issue
(on sale March 20)

Features

Sherlock Holmes:
Call Our Bluff
Which of these stories about the famous detective are real, and which ones did we make up?
Alan Lance Andersen and
Rebecca Ann Edwards

It’s a Pip!
Three assorted puzzles based on a double-18 set of dominoes.
Paddy Smith

Robotics 101
Use simple science to solve these dinner table stunts.
Martin Gardner

Chain Reaction
Presenting a game from master designer Sid Sackson, playable with a checkers set.
John J. McCallion

Change of Art
Can you find the 10 differences between these illustrated scenes?
Mrcela Mladen

Contest

Short Cuts
Can you identify these logos from horizontal slices taken from them?

GameViews

Ongoing App Plagiarism
It’s a fine line between “tribute” and “ripoff,” and developers large and small cross it.
Thomas L. McDonald

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

Electronic Game Reviews
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Edited by Thomas L. McDonald

Traditional Game Reviews
Decktet/Decktet Book
Meltdown 2020
Village
IQ Fit
Campbell’s Alphabet Dice Game
Coney Island
Edited by John J. McCallion

Matt Worden Interview
We speak with the designer of Jump Gate, a recent Game of the Year. John J. McCallion

State of Play: A Gaming Blog

GAME OF THE YEAR
AND OTHER AWARDS