Climb! (Benoit Michaud)

In this ingenious dexterity game players climb using a sequence of cards, swivelling their hand to progress. The further you go, the more points you score, but shifting a card counts as a fall and you lose the points! £10.00.

Leader 1 (Christophe Leclerq and Alain Ollier)

Excellent cycle racing game from Italy. Key to the game is the ‘peloton’ – the pack where the bulk of the cyclists are. Players have to take their opportunities to break away while making sure they don’t get dropped. Leader 1 reproduces all the tactics and incidents of cycle races: £40.00.

Lords of Creation (Martin Wallace)

The game that started Warfrog: it's a simple wargame where players (as Gods) pit warring tribes against each other. Or us 'civilization' to pacify them. the aim is to have the most worshippers at the end of the game: £23.00.

That's Life! (Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling)

Terrific family fun from the fabled duo of Kramer and Kiesling. This is an apparently simple game—be first to get your pawns to the end of the tiles—is enlivened by the opportunity to sabotage your opponents: £25.00.

Wits and Wagers (Dominic Crapuchettes)

“The trivia game for people who don’t know stuff.” That's because players reveal their answers, bet on which one is correct and it's the most money that wins the game. The only trivia game I like: £25.00.