1001 Karawane (Roman Mathar)

Players explore and trade around the desert, aiming to be the first to collect three artefacts. Interesting stuff: £25.00.

1861 (Ian D Wilson)

An 18xx (railway-building and share-dealing) game of the Imperial Russian Railways. The decent production from JKLM sets this apart from most 18xx games: £40.00.

6 nimmt! (Wolfgang Kramer)

Classic card game where players try to avoid playing the sixth card in a sequence. It's deceptively simple on the surface and great fun: £6.50.

Aapep (Paul A DeStefano)

An intriguing little game played on just a 4x4 grid. It is the eternal struggle between the snake demon, Aapep, and the Sun God, Ra. The aim is to get an edge in all sunlight or all darkness: £5.00.

Age of Steam (Martin Wallace)

Martin Wallace’s classic railway game – and an excellent business game to boot. It's a struggle to keep solvent while expanding your railway. Get it right and the money comes in. But is it enough? Brilliant: £30.00.

Age of Steam Expansion 4 (John Bohrer)

Maps for France (square) and Italy (long and thin): last copy £16.00.

Age of Steam Expansion: America/Europe (Ted Alspach)

Double-sided mounted board, with two fairly standard maps: £18.00

Age of Steam Expansion: Mississippi Steamboats/Golden Spike (Ted Alspach)

Double-sided, mounted board with two long, thin maps that are as much about connections as moving goods: £18.00

Age of Steam Expansion: 1830s Pennsylvania/Northern California (Ted Alspach)

Two maps on double-sided cardstock: £13.00.

Agricola (Uwe Rosenberg)

Players develop their farm, house and family over several years, each ending in a harvest when people have to be fed. The game provides lots of options and decisions. Impressive stuff for 1-5 players at 30 mins/player. (German edition with English rules) Last copy: £20.00 + p&p (£3 UK, £6 elsewhere).

Antike (Mac Gerdts)

One of my favourite games of 2005: players expand their empires in the ancient world. The clever mechanics mean players always have to balance what they want to do with what they can do – clever stuff. Second edition: £35.00.

Ars Mysteriorum (Alan Ernstein)

Compete with your fellow apprentices to be the best at the craft of alchemy. You will need to outwit and out-bid your opponents to win this clever strategy game: £30.00.

Attribute (Marcel-André Casasola-Merkle)

Fun party game in which players try to guess other players’ opinions about a subject. This is a boxed version of the game containing the basic pack and the blank cards expansion: £12.00.

Ausreisser (Pierre Jacquot)

A personal favourite for many years, this is a simple card game of bicycle races. Each round is fairly quick to play, but the problem is stopping: it's just addictive: £8.00.

Austin Poker (Alan Ernstein)

A game of the Wild West: win at Stud Poker and take over the town. You could get to be Sheriff. Or even the Judge. An atmospheric card game: £22.00.

Automania (Ian Livingstone) – special price

Sell cars across the world - and manage your advertising spend to make a profit. A challenging strategy game: £15.00.

Ave Caesar (Wolfgang Riedesser)

The classic chariot-racing game – and another long-time personal favourite. It's a pretty simple game, but has great pieces and is huge fun: £21.00.