California (Michael Schacht)

Each player is renovating a Californian mansion, furnishing each room in a particular style. They score points for different styles or combinations and can also get housewarming presents from visiting neighbours. Good fun: £15.00 (last copy).

Can't Stop (Sid Sackson)

A new edition of the classic push-your-luck game. The impulse to roll the dice just one more time is always there – you simply can’t stop: £18.00

Cannes (Joris Wiersinga, Jeroen Doumen, Tamara Jannink and Herman Haverkort)

As movie producers, the players need to put together the right combination of script, stars and publicity to create award-winning films. A clever game with lots of tactical opportunities.

Capt'n W Kidd (Günter Cornett)

A set of three simple, but ingenious, piratical games played out across the deck of Captain Kidd's ship. Limited edition.

Carpe Astra (Ted Cheatham and Jackson Pope)

An entertaining tile-laying and networking game. Players struggle to acquire the backing to become galactic Emperor. Of course, they can also do down their opponents: £18.00 (last copy).

Celtic Quest (Nigel Buckle)

Against the backdrop of the Roman invasion of Britain, can you fulfil your destiny as a Celtic warrior? Fascinating game of resource gathering and quests – two games, in effect: £25.00 (last copy).

Chelsea (John Ede)

A neat tactical game where the players are rich Chelsea families setting up their offspring in their own homes. To get the most points, however, players have to share a house. Not too deep, but still challenging: £20.00.

Chinagold (Günter Cornett)

Two prospectors use different methods in pursuit of the same gold nuggets. A clever tactical game. Limited edition.

City and Guilds (Steve Kingsbury)

A clever strategy game where players must balance taking control of city blocks with gaining influence over the guilds: £20.00.

Climb! (Benoit Michaud)

This ingenious dexterity game uses a deck of cards with odd-shaped holes in. Players place their fingers in the holes, swivelling their hand to progress along the cards—but shifting a card counts as a fall. This is a clever little game: £9.00.

Confucius (Alan Paull)

A fascinating take on life in medieval China. Players seek to improve the standing of their family in the three arms of Government with an important tactic being the giving of gifts. Clever stuff: £32.00.

Days of Steam (Aaron Lauster)

A clever, tactical, tile-laying railway game from the Stratamax team. Players lay tiles to build up steam to move their locomotive and deliver goods. This is the original (smaller box) edition: £20.00

Dominant Species (Chad Jensen)

A hefty Euro-style game of competition in evolution, this game has players pitting their order of animal against the others (mammal vs reptile vs insect vs …) in a territory that is slowly being covered by glaciers. Players must also compete for particular actions. I found it gripping: £55.00.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Günter Cornett)

Another fiendish card game based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story. Players back either Jekyll or Hyde, but which will win out?

Dry Gulch (Alan Ernstein)

Dry Gulch is a one horse Wild West town - are you the person to put it on the map? An atmospheric strategy game.