Tabletop Gaming

TEN OF THE BEST

Simultaneo­us action games

- Words by Christophe­r John Eggett

‘Whose turn is it anyway?’ is a question that floats across many gaming tables after particular­ly tricky, lengthy, or complex turn is completed. So what about if we did away with taking turns, and instead did everything at the same time? While not every game here is totally turnless, they’ve all got a bit of synchronis­ed action (or simultaneo­us action selection) in them and each tries to remove the dreaded ‘downtime’ as much as possible. So then, here’s a few of our favourites that add a certain concurrent competitio­n to any gaming evening.

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