To Win Just Once magazine
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TWJO 2023 issues
TWJO 2022 issues
TWJO 2021 issues
TWJO 2020 issues
TWJO 2019 issues
Recent back issues
To Win Just Once is a magazine about games (and other things) published by Pevans on paper and online.
This page has links to recent issues (as PDF documents). The menu (left) has links to previous years' issues and an introduction to To Win Just Once. ("Booklet layout" for each issue is a PDF laid out to create an A5 booklet – print it double-sided and fold the pages.)
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Latest issue (TWJO 250, December 2024-January 2025, PDF 1 Mb) – The conclusion of my report from this year's MidCon and the mammoth game of Commands & Colors: Napoleonics in which I was Wellington, leading the Allied team at the battle of Waterloo – booklet layout (PDF, 12 Mb) |
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TWJO 249 (November 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – my report from this year's MidCon and the games I played, including first impressions of Fishing, Lost Ruins of Arnak and The Red Cathedral, blasts from the past (Louis XIV and Tycoon), more about Pilgrim and several more, plus beer – booklet layout (PDF, 6 Mb) |
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TWJO 248 (October 2024, PDF .5 Mb) – a thin issue with lots of chat, including beer – booklet layout (PDF, 3 Mb) |
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TWJO 247 (September 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – first impressions of some new-to-me games – Dune: Imperium - Uprising, Free Ride, Hey Yo, Pilgrim, Sea Salt & Paper, Sheriff of Nottingham, Skull – and accounts of playing some older games: a short Civilization (I'll take it any way I can get it!), Pandemic (with On the Brink), Rajas of the Ganges and Thunderbirds – booklet layout (PDF, 4 Mb) |
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TWJO 246 (August 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – marking 20 years of Games from Pevans and reporting my recent Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles games – booklet layout (PDF, 4 Mb) |
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TWJO 245 (July 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – Pevans completes his report on this year's Gathering of Friends (including the Memoir '44 Overlord game) and gives his first impressions of Bomb Busters, Dorfromantik, Flotsam Fight, Free Ride USA, HEAT: Pedal to the Metal, Kutna Hora: The City of Silver and The White Castle – booklet layout (PDF, 6 Mb) |
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TWJO 244 (May-June 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – Pevans reports on this year's Gathering of Friends and gives his first impressions of DerrocAr, Dune: Imperium, Forest Shuffle, Let's Go! To Japan, Nucleum, Pioneer Rails, Universal Rule and War of the 3 Sanchos plus a few craft beers – booklet layout (PDF, 11 Mb) |
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TWJO 243 (April 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – Pevans reports on the new, Collector's edition of Firefly: the board game – booklet layout (PDF, 17 Mb) |
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TWJO 242 (March 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – Pevans reports on the 2024 London Toy Fair, reviews The Thing with the Ring and the games he played in 2023 while Andrew Larder watches the Napoleon movie – booklet layout (PDF, 15 Mb) |
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TWJO 241 (Jan-Feb 2024, PDF 1 Mb) – Pevans reports on his games playing over Christmas and the New Year – booklet layout (PDF, 5 Mb) |
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Earlier back issues:
from 2023 (231-240)
from 2022 (221-230)
from 2021 (211-220)
from 2020 (201-210)
from 2019 (191-200)
"Booklet layout" for each issue is a PDF laid out to create an A5 booklet – print it double-sided and fold the pages.